AEW Dynamite, Oct 2 on TBS: 680,000 viewers; 0.20 P18-49 rating | TV ratings, attendance analysis

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TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, Oct. 2, 2024: 8:00 to 10:31 pm

680,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.20

Reported earlier by Programming Insider and PWTorch and confirmed by Wrestlenomics.

Competition note: Dynamite was #7 on Programming Insider’s list of top cable primetime originals for the day, ranked by P18-49, behind MLB Wild Card games, Fox News telecasts, and MTV’s The Challenge.

P2+ comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (702,000): -3%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (691,000): -2%

  • Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (680,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (828,000): -18%

  • Current Oct 2024 P2+ average (680,000) vs. Oct 2023 (825,000): -18%

P18-49 comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (0.23): -13%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.21): -5%

  • 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+: 680k (-2%)

  • P18-49: 274k (-6%)

  • F18-49: 73k (-24%)

  • M18-49: 201k (+3%)

  • P18-34: 79k (-19%)

  • F18-34: 18k (-49%)

  • M18-34: 61k (-11%)

  • P35-49: 195k (-1%)

  • F35-49: 55k (-13%)

  • M35-49: 140k (+4%)

  • Non-P18-49: 406k (+3%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

AEW Dynamite
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Pittsburgh, PA at Petersen Events Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 4,425

Market-to-market comparisons (Pittsburgh, PA):

  • 2019-10-23 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 6,000 (-26% vs. 4,425) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

  • 2021-07-24 (Sat) – WWE Supershow: 7,735 (-43%)

  • 2021-08-11 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,015 (-12%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

  • 2021-08-13 (Fri) – AEW Rampage: 5,454 (-19%)

  • 2021-12-28 (Tue) – WWE Supershow: 6,113 (-28%)

  • 2022-03-28 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 9,762 (-55%)

  • 2022-04-20 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,758 (-23%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

  • 2022-08-29 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 7,319 (-40%)

  • 2022-12-09 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,956 (-36%)

  • 2023-03-10 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 10,283 (-57%)

  • 2023-04-19 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,844 (-24%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

  • 2023-09-02 (Sat) – WWE Payback: 13,014 (-66%)

  • 2023-11-25 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 3,533 (+25%)

  • 2024-04-19 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 12,787 (-65%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 AEW Dynamite average: (4,425) vs. 2023-Q4 (4,481): -1%

DIGITAL

As of 1:04 pm, Oct 3

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

  • 1.) 204,153 – Ospreay (International Champion) vs Ricochet: A HISTORIC rematch!

  • 2.) 195,430 – AEW World Champion vs AEW Continental Champion! Bryan Danielson & Okada III!

  • 3.) 122,945 – MVP introduces his new business partner… Shelton Benjamin.

  • 4.) 80,268 – After last week’s vicious attack, Juice Robinson battles Hangman Page!

  • 5.) 65,158 – Jon Moxley & BCC send a message to Bryan Danielson before WrestleDream

  • 6.) 63,351 – “The Learning Tree” Chris Jericho sets his sights on the ROH World Title!

  • 7.) 57,780 – Could Dr. Britt Baker DMD best “The Professor” Serena Deeb?

  • 8.) 48,514 – MVP & TBS Champion Mercedes Moné talk big business?

RECEPTION

As of 4:56 pm, Oct 3

Event rating:

  • Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.30 (69 votes)

  • This episode vs. last week (8.42): -13%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.75): -6%

  • Current 2024-Q4 average (7.30) vs. 2023-Q4 (7.46): -2%

Match ratings:

  • 8.17 (117 votes) – Bryan Danielson (c)

  • 7.64 (131 votes) – Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay (c)

  • 6.72 (87 votes) – Adam Page vs. Juice Robinson

  • 5.55 (72 votes) – Dr. Britt Baker DMD vs. Serena Deeb

  • Ineligible (<5 mins) – Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. Iron Savages (Beefcake Boulder & Bulk Bronson)

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com