This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite experienced an increase in both viewership and ratings after weeks of falling below 700,000 viewers.
The August 14th episode drew 703,000 viewers, a 0.23 rating in the 18-39 key demo and a 0.13 rating in the 18-34 key demo.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has shared a detailed breakdown of the ratings, including data for each quarter-hour.
AEW Dynamite ranked #1 for the night on cable and in its timeslot. The show also beat CBS in hour two and tied FOX for the night.
However, compared to the last non-Olympics show, AEW Blood & Guts 2024, Dynamite was down 10.6% in viewers, 11.8% in 18-49 and 6.1% in 18-34.
Compared to last year, AEW Dynamite was down 19.6% in viewership, 25.7% in 18-49, and 40.3% in 18-34.
Q1: Mercedes Mone vs. Hikaru Shida – 836,000 viewers, 331,000 in 18-49
Q2: Team Jarrett and Hangman Page segment/Hangman Page vs. Jay Lethal – 755,000 viewers (down 81,000), 347,000 in 18-49 (up 16,000)
Q3: MJF & Will Ospreay video/PAC promo/Darby Allin & Jack Perry segment – 706,000 viewers (down 49,000), 329,000 in 18-49 (down 18,000)
Q4: Mariah May video/Mina Shirakawa interview/Orange Cassidy vs. Roderick Strong vs. Kyle O’Reilly – 666,000 viewers (down 40,000), 299,000 in 18-49 (down 30,000)
Q5: End of Cassidy vs. Strong vs. O’Reilly/Claudio Castagnoli & Kazuchika Okada segment – 684,000 viewers (up 22,000), 292,000 in 18-49 (down 7,000)
Q6: Christian Cage promo/HOOK & The Learning Tree segment – 684,000 viewers (even), 295,000 in 18-49 (up 3,000)
Q7: The Young Bucks vs. The Acclaimed – 678,000 viewers (down 6,000), 288,000 in 18-49 (down 7,000)
Q8: End of Bucks vs. Acclaimed/Christopher Daniels promo/Bryan Danielson video/Swerve Strickland vs. Wheeler Yuta – 661,000 viewers (down 17,000), 282,000 in 18-49 (down 6,000)
Overrun: End of Strickland vs. Yuta – 606,000 viewers (down 55,000), 260,000 in 18-49 (down 22,000)
