WWE Raw, Aug 7 on USA Network: 1,888,000 viewers; 0.61 P18-49 rating

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WWE Raw last night on USA Network, was watched by 1,888,000 viewers on average, including about 793,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.61 P18-49 rating.

This was Raw’s highest in both P18-49 and total viewership since June 26.

This week’s Raw was up 7% compared to last week’s total viewership of 1,759,000. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 14% from last week’s 0.53 rating.

The post-Summerslam bump for Raw, versus the prior four episodes, was +4%, positive but much lower than the prior three years. See the charts below for comparisons with other PPVs/PLEs and other years.

Viewer counts in thousands for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:

P2+: 1888 (+4%)

P18-49: 793 (+8%)

M18-49: 543 (+11%)

F18-49: 250 (+5%)

P18-34: 323 (+22%)

M18-34: 221 (+30%)

F18-34: 102 (+7%)

P35-49: 470 (+4%)

M35-49: 322 (+2%)

F35-49: 148 (+6%)

Non-P18-49: 1095 (+2%)

Most-viewed YouTube videos from Raw, as of 4pm today:

1. Raw’s most shocking moments: 655,425

2. Rollins, Rhodes & Nakamura vs. The Judgment Day: 309,156

3. Raquel Rodriguez obliterates Rhea Ripley: 263,453

4. LA Knight drops The Miz: 242,873

5. Rhodes, Rollins and Zayn stand up to The Judgment Day: 224,952

6. Shayna Baszler interrupts Becky Lynch and Zoey Stark: 217,602

7. Shinsuke Nakamaura lays out Seth “Freakin” Rollins!: 206,061

8. Sami Zayn gets Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins on the same page: 201,293

9. The New Day return to take out The Viking Raiders: 186,726

10. Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh suggest Damian Priest cash in soon: 179,938

This ratings report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.

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Brandon Thurston
brandon@wrestlenomics.com

P2+: “Post-PPV bump” chart for WWE Raw

P18-49: “Post-PPV bump” chart for WWE Raw



Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He’s also worked as an independent wrestler and trainer.


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