AEW Dynamite Viewership Down From Last Week, Big Drop In Key Demo Rating

Wednesday's live Second Anniversary edition of AEW Dynamite drew 1.053 million viewers on TNT, according to Showbuzz Daily.

This is down 8.59% from last week's episode, which drew 1.152 million viewers.

Dynamite drew a 0.37 rating in the key 18-49 demographic this week. This is down 17.77% from last week's 0.45 rating. The 0.37 key demographic rating represents around 480,000 viewers who watched the show from that 18-49 demo. This is down 18.36% from last week's 588,000 18-49 viewers that the 0.45 key demo rating represented, according to Wrestlenomics.

Dynamite ranked #4 on the Cable Top 150 this week with the 0.37 rating in the 18-49 key demographic. This is down from last week's #1 ranking, and ends a six-week streak at #1.

Dynamite ranked #29 in viewership for the night on cable. This is even with last week's #29 ranking.

This week's Second Anniversary edition of Dynamite drew the lowest viewership and the lowest key demo rating since the All Out go-home show on September 1. This week's viewership was down 8.59% from last week, while the 18-49 key demo rating was down 17.77% from last week.

Last night's Dynamite viewership was up 39.84% from the same week in 2020. The key demo was up 19.35% from the same week last year. The 2020 episode went head-to-head with WWE NXT.

The MLB Wildcard game between the Cardinals and the Dodgers on TBS topped the night in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150 with a 1.73 rating. The MLB Wildcard game also topped the night in viewership with 6.673 million viewers.

Chicago Fire on NBC topped the night on network TV in viewership with an average of 7.178 million viewers. Survivor on CBS took the #1 spot in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.94 rating.

This week's live Second Anniversary edition of Dynamite from the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, PA featured a few matches and segments advertised ahead of time – teased announcements by Tony Khan, Bryan Danielson, Jurassic Express and Impact World Champion Christian Cage vs. The Elite (AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, Adam Cole, The Young Bucks) in the opener, new TNT Champion Sammy Guevara defending against the debuting Bobby Fish, Hikaru Shida vs. Serena Deeb, plus the Casino Ladder Match main event with PAC, Andrade El Idolo, Orange Cassidy, Jon Moxley, Matt Hardy, Lance Archer and the returning Hangman Page, who entered the match as the surprise entrant, The Joker.

Below is our 2021 AEW Dynamite Viewership Tracker:

January 6 Episode: 662,000 viewers with a 0.25 rating in the 18-49 demographic (New Year's Smash Night 1 episode)
January 13 Episode: 762,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic (New Year's Smash Night 2 episode)
January 20 Episode: 854,000 viewers with a 0.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 27 Episode: 734,000 viewers with a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 3 Episode: 844,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Beach Break episode)
February 10 Episode: 741,000 viewers with a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 17 Episode: 747,000 viewers with a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 24 Episode: 831,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 3 Episode: 934,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 10 Episode: 743,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Revolution episode)
March 17 Episode: 768,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic (St. Patrick's Day Slam episode)
March 24 Episode: 757,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 31 Episode: 700,000 viewers with a 0.26 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 7 Episode: 688,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 14 Episode: 1.219 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic (First episode following WWE NXT move to Tuesday)
April 21 Episode: 1.104 million viewers with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 28 Episode: 889,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 5 Episode: 1.090 million viewers with a 0.42 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Blood & Guts episode)
May 12 Episode: 936,000 viewers with a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 19 Episode: 821,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 28 Episode: 526,000 viewers with a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Friday Night Dynamite episode)
June 4 Episode: 462,000 viewers with a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Friday Night Dynamite episode)
June 11 Episode: 487,000 viewers with a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Friday Night Dynamite episode)
June 18 Episode: 552,000 viewers with a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Friday Night Dynamite episode)
June 26 Episode: 649,000 viewers with a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Saturday Night Dynamite episode)
June 30 Episode: 883,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Return to normal Wednesday timeslot)
July 7 Episode: 871,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Road Rager episode)
July 14 Episode: 1.025 million viewers with a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Fyter Fest Night 1 episode)
July 21 Episode: 1.148 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Fyter Fest Night 2 episode)
July 28 Episode: 1.108 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Fight for the Fallen episode)
August 4 Episode: 1.102 million viewers with a 0.46 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Homecoming episode)
August 11 Episode: 979,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 18 Episode: 975,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 25 Episode: 1.172 million viewers with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic (CM Punk debut episode)
September 1 Episode: 1.047 million viewers with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 8 Episode: 1.319 million viewers with a 0.52 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-All Out episode)
September 15 Episode: 1.175 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 22 Episode: 1.273 million viewers with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Grand Slam episode)
September 29 Episode: 1.152 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic
October 6 Episode: 1.053 million viewers with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Second Anniversary Episode)
October 13 Episode:

2020 Total: 42.970 million viewers over 53 episodes
2020 Average: 810,755 viewers per episode

2019 Total: 10.840 million viewers over 12 episodes
2019 Average: 903,333 viewers per episode