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TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, Oct. 30, 2024: 8:00 to 10:11 pm
628,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.19

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

LOWEST P2+ SINCE AUG. 7, 2024

Competition note: Dynamite ranked #6 in P18-49 on cable in primetime for Wednesday. Game 5 of the World Series on Fox averaged 18,152,000 viewers. The two NBA games on ESPN led on cable with 0.34 and 0.26 ratings for Celtics-Pacers and Spurs-Thunder, respectively. The three Fox News telecasts in primetime occupied ranks #3, #4, and #5.

P2+ comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (637,000): -1%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (650,000): -3%
Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (644,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (828,000): -22%
Current Oct 2024 P2+ average (644,000) vs. Oct 2023 (825,000): -22%

P18-49 comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (0.19): +0%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.20): -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+: 628k (-5%)
P18-49: 255k (-5%)
F18-49: 94k (+26%)
M18-49: 162k (-16%)
Non-P18-49: 373k (-3%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

AEW Dynamite
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Cleveland, OH at Wolstein Center at CSU
Estimated tickets distributed: 3,487

Market-to-market comparisons (Cleveland, OH):

2020-01-29 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,800 (-27% vs. 3,487) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2021-07-23 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 10,255 (-66%)
2022-01-26 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,957 (-41%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2022-03-07 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 8,199 (-57%)
2022-08-08 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 6,786 (-49%)
2022-08-24 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,591 (-24%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2022-12-28 (Wed) – WWE Live: 5,636 (-38%)
2023-06-19 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 10,495 (-67%)
2023-09-09 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 3,181 (+10%)
2023-12-11 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 9,552 (-63%)
2024-08-02 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 10,242 (-66%)
2024-08-03 (Sat) – WWE SummerSlam: 56,523 (-94%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 AEW Dynamite average: (3,171) vs. 2023-Q4 (4,481): -29%

DIGITAL

As of 10:03 pm, Oct 31

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

1.) 1,055,601 – Bobby Lashley comes face-to-face with Swerve Strickland at FRIGHT NIGHT!
2.) 456,091 – Pure CHAOS! Jon Moxley, AEW World Champion, responds to Orange Cassidy!
3.) 175,689 – Party Over? Young Bucks (c) vs Private Party for the AEW World Tag Titles!
4.) 158,338 – Adam Cole RETURNS to in-ring action to face HOB’s Buddy Matthews!
5.) 112,576 – How did Orange Cassidy respond to the AEW World Champion’s attack?
6.) 71,225 – Aussie Open reunion? Kyle Fletcher is confronted by his past.
7.) 49,201 – POWER vs POWER! Kris Statlander battles Kamille for the 1st time EVER!
8.) 28,580 – Adam Cole isn’t slowing down until he gets his hands on MJF!

RECEPTION

As of 10:14 pm, Oct 31

Event rating:

Cagematch.net voter rating: 8.21 (61 votes)
This episode vs. last week (5.23): +57%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.51): +26%
Current 2024-Q4 average (6.85) vs. 2023-Q4 (7.46): -8%

Match ratings:

8.57 (120 votes) – Private Party (Quen & Zay) vs. The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) (c)
7.39 (84 votes) – Swerve Strickland vs. Shelton Benjamin
5.74 (84 votes) – Adam Cole vs. Buddy Matthews
5.17 (64 votes) – Kamille vs. Kris Statlander