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TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, Oct. 16, 2024: 8:00 to 10:09 pm
633,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.20

Reported earlier by Programming Insider and confirmed by Wrestlenomics

LOWEST P2+ SINCE AUG. 7, 2024

Competition note: Dynamite ranked #6 among cable originals in primetime in P18-49 for Wednesday. It was outranked by Dodgers vs. Mets on FS1, Fox News telecasts, and the WNBA finals on ESPN.

P2+ comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 329,000): +92%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (690,000): -8%
Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (656,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (828,000): -21%
Current Oct 2024 P2+ average (656,000) vs. Oct 2023 (825,000): -20%

P18-49 comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 0.10): +100%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.22): -9%
Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.20) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.28): -29%
Current Oct 2024 P18-49 average (0.20) vs. Oct 2023 (0.28): -29%

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

P2+: 633k (-9%)
P18-49: 262k (-10%)
F18-49: 76k (-21%)
M18-49: 186k (-9%)
P18-34: 73k (-18%)
F18-34: 30k (-6%)
M18-34: 43k (-32%)
P35-49: 189k (-4%)
F35-49: 46k (-26%)
M35-49: 143k (+3%)
Non-P18-49: 371k (-7%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

AEW Dynamite
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
San Jose, CA at SAP Center at San Jose
Estimated tickets distributed: 3,266

Market-to-market comparisons (San Jose, CA):

2021-10-08 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 5,601 (-42% vs. 3,266)
2022-09-19 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 7,577 (-57%)
2023-10-02 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 10,707 (-69%)
2024-02-26 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 12,218 (-73%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 AEW Dynamite average: (3,247) vs. 2023-Q4 (4,481): -28%

DIGITAL

As of 6:06 pm, Oct 17

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

1.) 231,117 – Shelton Benjamin’s DEBUT MATCH in AEW! Benjamin w/ MVP vs Lio Rush!
2.) 201,800 – Adam Cole is back on Dynamite BAY BAY, and immediately calls out MJF!
3.) 136,103 – Did Switchblade Jay White get his revenge vs Christian Cage?
4.) 112,187 – The Conglomeration take on The Elite in TRIOS ACTION! BCC INVADES!
5.) 84,747 – After turning on Ospreay, the Don Callis Family hold a press conference!
6.) 27,311 – CEO vs Queen! Mercedes Moné, TBS Champion, battles Queen Aminata!
7.) 25,167 – FTR RETURN to face Jericho’s crew of Big Bill & Bryan Keith!
8.) 7,838 – EXCLUSIVE: Post Dynamite words from FTR, Switchblade Jay White, & more!

RECEPTION

As of 6:57 pm, Oct 17

Event rating:

Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.87 (67 votes)
This episode vs. last week (6.63): +4%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.40): -7%
Current 2024-Q4 average (6.98) vs. 2023-Q4 (7.46): -6%

Match ratings:

7.50 (116 votes) – Shelton Benjamin vs. Lio Rush
6.46 (97 votes) – Queen Aminata vs. Mercedes Mone (c)
6.05 (75 votes) – The Elite (Kazuchika Okada, Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) vs. The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy & Rocky Romero)
5.81 (79 votes) – FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. The Learning Tree (Big Bill & Bryan Keith)
5.76 (77 votes) – Jay White vs. Christian Cage