Impact Wrestling Viewership Up For "Best Of 2018" Special, How Were 2018 Totals Compared To 2017?
Thursday's Impact Wrestling episode, featuring part 2 of the "Best Matches & Moments of 2018" special, drew 135,000 viewers. This is up 16.4% from last week's 116,000 viewers. This is the second-best viewership since Impact went to the 10pm timeslot on October 25, behind the 140,000 viewers they drew two weeks ago.
This week's Impact ranked #118 on the Cable Top 150. Last week's show ranked #134.
The College Football game between Miami and Wisconsin topped the night on cable in viewership with 3.790 million viewers, also ranking #1 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150.
Impact finished 2018 with a total of 13.008 million viewers, an average of 250,154 viewers per episode. This is down from the 2017 total of 16.147 million viewers, with an average of 311,000 viewers per episode.
Below is our 2018 Impact Viewership Tracker with totals for the year:
January 4th Episode: 309,000 viewers
January 11th Episode: 276,000 viewers
January 18th Episode: 309,000 viewers
January 25th Episode: 310,000 viewers (Genesis episode)
February 1st Episode: 319,000 viewers (Reboot)
February 8th Episode: 294,000 viewers
February 15th Episode: 300,000 viewers
February 22nd Episode: 262,000 viewers
March 1st Episode: 365,000 viewers
March 8th Episode: 325,000 (Crossroads episode)
March 15th Episode: 350,000 viewers
March 22nd Episode: 362,000 viewers
March 29th Episode: 399,000 viewers
April 5th Episode: 294,000 viewers
April 12th Episode: 381,000 viewers
April 19th Episode: 373,000 viewers
April 26th Episode: 308,000 viewers (post-Redemption episode)
May 3rd Episode: 299,000 viewers
May 10th Episode: 295,000 viewers
May 17th Episode: 326,000 viewers
May 24th Episode: 263,000 viewers
May 31st Episode: 283,000 viewers (Under Pressure episode)
June 7th Episode: 296,000 viewers
June 14th Episode: 276,000 viewers
June 21st Episode: 262,000 viewers
June 28th Episode: 254,000 viewers
July 5th Episode: 304,000 viewers
July 12th Episode: 284,000 viewers
July 19th Episode: 275,000 viewers
July 26th Episode: 299,000 viewers (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2nd Episode: 248,000 viewers
August 9th Episode: 168,000 viewers
August 16th Episode: 210,000 viewers
August 23rd Episode: 212,000 viewers
August 30th Episode: 225,000 viewers (ReDefined episode)
September 6th Episode: 236,000 viewers
September 13th Episode: 258,000 viewers
September 20th Episode: 229,000 viewers
September 27th Episode: 222,000 viewers
October 4th Episode: 190,000 viewers
October 11th Episode: 183,000 viewers
October 18th Episode: 189,000 viewers (post-Bound For Glory episode)
October 25th Episode: 98,000 viewers (timeslot change to 10pm)
November 1st Episode: 105,000 viewers
November 8th Episode: 129,000 viewers
November 15th Episode: 101,000 viewers
November 22nd Episode: 124,000 viewers (Thanksgiving episode)
November 29th Episode: 122,000 viewers
December 6th Episode: 116,000 viewers
December 13th Episode: 140,000 viewers
December 20th Episode: 116,000 viewers (Best Of 2018 episode)
December 27th Episode: 135,000 viewers (Best Of 2018 episode)
2018 Total: 13.008 million viewers
2018 Average: 250,154 viewers per episode
2017 Total: 16.147 million viewers
2017 Average: 311,000 viewers per episode