Wednesday Night Ratings: Both Shows Lose Viewers But AEW Dynamite Wins Again

— Another week of the Wednesday Night battle between AEW Dynamite and NXT is in the books and the viewership and ratings data is also in. Once again, Dynamite came out on top – being watched by an average of 865,000 viewers compared to 717,000 for the NXT show. In the key 18-49 demographic, Dynamite topped NXT as well with a ratings of 0.30 for 9th spot vs. 0.23 for 17th spot. Week-over-week, both shows saw slight drops across the board but Dynamite ended up beating NXT in every demo, including adults 50+ which had primarily been NXT’s strength.

— Below are the week-by-week ratings and viewership data for both AEW Dynamite and NXT dating back to last year when they launched their respective TV shows.

Date
WWE NXT Viewership (18-49)
AEW Dynamite Viewership (18-49)

9/18/19
1,179,000 (0.43)
N/A

9/25/19
1,006,000 (0.32)
N/A

10/2/19
891,000 (0.32)
1,409,000 (0.68)

10/9/19
790,000 (0.22)
1,140,000 (0.46)¹

10/16/19
712,000 (0.20)
1,014,000 (0.44)

10/23/19
698,000 (0.21)
963,000 (0.45)

10/30/19
580,000 (0.18)
759,000 (0.33)

11/6/19
813,000 (0.30)
822,000 (0.35)

11/13/19
750,000 (0.25)
957,000 (0.43)

11/20/19
916,000 (0.30)
893,000 (0.39)

11/27/19
810,000 (0.24)
663,000 (0.26)

12/4/19
845,000 (0.29)
851,000 (0.32)

12/11/19
778,000 (0.24)
778,000 (0.28)

12/18/19
795,000 (0.27)
683,000 (0.25)

12/25/19
831,000 (0.22)²
N/A²

1/1/20
548,000 (0.15)³
967,000 (0.36)

1/8/20
721,000 (0.19)
947,000 (0.36)

1/15/20
700,000 (0.21)
940,000 (0.38)

1/22/20
769,000 (0.24)
871,000 (0.35)⁴

1/29/20
712,000 (0.22)
828,000 (0.34)

2/5/20
770,000 (0.22)
928,000 (0.36)

2/12/20
757,000 (0.24)
817,000 (0.30)

2/19/20
794,000 (0.25)
893,000 (0.31)

2/26/20
717,000 (0.23)
865,000 (0.30)

¹ – AEW Dynamite was simulcast on both TNT and TruTV.
² – AEW Dynamite did not air this week; NXT airs a taped show.
³ – NXT show was a “Best of 2019” special.
⁴ – AEW Dynamite matches were pre-taped on Chris Jericho’s cruise.

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