AEW Dynamite, Dec 25 on TBS: 574,000 viewers; 0.18 P18-49 rating | TV ratings, attendance analysis

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TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, Dec. 25, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

574,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.18

Reported earlier by Programming Insider, not yet confirmed by Wrestlenomics.

Dynamite was #2 in primetime on cable. The later NFL game on Netflix was mostly if not completely finished by 8:00 pm. Dynamite did go head-to-head with the Lakers vs. Warriors game on ABC and ESPN in primetime, which on ESPN averaged 2,996,000 viewers and a 1.00 P18-49 rating, making it #1. The ABC telecast averaged an additional 4,845,000 viewers and a 1.32 P18-49 rating.

P2+ comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (625,000): -8%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (585,000): -2%

  • Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (610,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (828,000): -26%

  • Current Dec 2024 P2+ average (595,000) vs. Dec 2023 (823,000): -28%

P18-49 comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (0.19): -5%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.17): +6%

  • Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.19) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.28): -32%

  • Current Dec 2024 P18-49 average (0.18) vs. Dec 2023 (0.28): -36%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

  • P2+: 574k (-3%)

  • P18-49: 241k (+4%)

  • F18-49: 80k (+13%)

  • M18-49: 162k (+1%)

  • Non-P18-49: 333k (-7%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Sunday, December 22, 2024
New York, NY at Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom
Estimated tickets distributed: 1,491

Market-to-market comparisons (New York, NY):

  • 2021-09-10 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 13,132 (-89% vs. 1,491)

  • 2021-12-26 (Sun) – WWE Supershow: 6,838 (-78%)

  • 2022-03-05 (Sat) – WWE Supershow: 8,787 (-83%)

  • 2022-07-25 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 13,379 (-89%)

  • 2022-12-26 (Mon) – WWE Live: 11,301 (-87%)

  • 2023-03-12 (Sun) – WWE Road to WrestleMania: 11,037 (-86%)

  • 2023-07-07 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 13,617 (-89%)

  • 2023-12-26 (Tue) – WWE Live Holiday Tour: 15,831 (-91%)

  • 2024-06-28 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 17,843 (-92%)

  • 2024-12-20 (Fri) – ROH Final Battle: 1,491 (+0%)

  • 2024-12-21 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 1,491 (+0%)

  • 2024-12-26 (Thu) – WWE Live Holiday Tour: 12,700 (-88%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 AEW Dynamite average: (3,117) vs. 2023-Q4 (4,481): -30%

DIGITAL

As of 3:03 pm, Dec 27

Most-viewed YouTube videos on AEW’s official channel:

  • 1.) 271,673 – CHAOS ERUPTS after Claudio vs Komander!

  • 2.) 201,772 – Darby Allin & Ricochet in a WILD Continental Classic match up!

  • 3.) 148,786 – Will Ospreay & Brody King FIGHT for a spot in Continental Classic Semis!

  • 4.) 108,611 – Fletcher vs Garcia (TNT Champion) with a spot at Worlds End on the line!

  • 5.) 97,849 – Shelton Benjamin & Kazuchika Okada (c) compete for C2 Blue League points!

  • 6.) 79,781 – Toni Storm faces Vendetta’s Taya Valkyrie (once again) for the first time!

  • 7.) 63,477 – Could Komander play Continental Classic spoiler for Claudio Castagnoli?

  • 8.) 42,764 – Anthony Bowens responds to ROH Champion Chris Jericho!

RECEPTION

As of 4:00 pm, Dec 27

Event rating:

  • Cagematch.net voter rating: 8.52 (80 votes)

  • This episode vs. last week (8.54): -0%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.68): +11%

  • Current 2024-Q4 average (7.22) vs. 2023-Q4 (7.46): -3%

Match ratings:

  • 8.10 (135 votes) – Brody King vs. Will Ospreay

  • 8.03 (117 votes) – Kyle Fletcher vs. Daniel Garcia

  • 7.38 (129 votes) – Ricochet – Time Limit Draw vs. Darby Allin

  • 6.73 (102 votes) – Shelton Benjamin vs. Kazuchika Okada

  • 5.79 (95 votes) – Komander vs. Claudio Castagnoli

  • 4.58 (73 votes) – Toni Storm vs. Taya Valkyrie

This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created by me.

brandon@wrestlenomics.com