WWE Raw, Sep 23 on USA Network: 1,339,000 viewers; 0.43 P18-49 rating | TV ratings, attendance analysis

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TV RATINGS

WWE Raw on USA Network
Mon, Sep. 23, 2024: 8:00 to 11:00 pm

1,339,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.43

Reported earlier by Programming Insider.

Competition note: Raw was #2 on cable in P18-49, only behind the Bills vs. Jaguars game on ESPN, averaging 6.4 million viewers and a 2.00 P18-49 rating. A second Monday Night Football game, Commanders vs. Bengals, also aired on ABC, averaging 13.2 million viewers and 3.37 P18-49 rating.

With the exception of the “Best of” episodes that aired late in December 2023 and December 2022, this was the second-lowest total viewership for Raw in the history of the program, ahead of the Sept. 18, 2023 episode that averaged 1,331,000. However, despite that this wasn’t close to a similar low point for P18-49. There have been 30 Raw episodes with lower P18-49 viewership.

P2+ comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (1,509,000): -11%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,598,000): -16%

  • Current 2024-Q3 P2+ average (1,668,000) vs. 2023-Q3 (1,680,000): -1%

  • Current Sep 2024 P2+ average (1,484,000) vs. Sep 2023 (1,463,000): +1%

P18-49 comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (0.49): -12%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.50): -14%

  • Current 2024-Q3 P18-49 average (0.54) vs. 2023-Q3 (0.51): +6%

  • Current Sep 2024 P18-49 average (0.46) vs. Sep 2023 (0.45): +2%

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

  • P2+: 1339k (-15%)

  • P18-49: 572k (-12%)

  • F18-49: 207k (-5%)

  • M18-49: 368k (-24%)

  • Non-P18-49: 767k (-17%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Raw
Monday, September 23, 2024
Ontario, CA at Toyota Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 8,612

Market-to-market comparisons (Ontario, CA):

  • 2021-10-15 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 7,992 (+8% vs. 8,612)

  • 2022-06-03 (Fri) – AEW Rampage: 7,540 (+14%)

  • 2023-09-25 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 8,132 (+6%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

  • 2023-11-15 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,429 (+151%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q3 WWE Raw average: (10,231) vs. 2023-Q3 (9,831): +4%

DIGITAL

As of 5:03 am, Sep 24

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

  • 1.) 253,918 – Braun Strowman interrupts “Big” Bronson Reed’s match with The Miz

  • 2.) 234,558 – Braun Strowman and “Big” Bronson Reed begin Raw with destruction

  • 3.) 218,840 – “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio to be locked in a shark cage

  • 4.) 198,227 – Rey Mysterio helps Dragon Lee take down Carlito

  • 5.) 174,919 – Xavier Woods snaps at Rey Mysterio

  • 6.) 149,510 – Gunther refuses to fight Sami Zayn after Zayn defeats Ludwig Kaiser

  • 7.) 127,857 – Xavier Woods loses cool during New Day’s match with American Made

RECEPTION

As of 7:59 pm, Sep 24

Event rating:

  • Cagematch.net voter rating: 8.00 (10 votes)

  • This episode vs. last week (8.12): -1%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.19): +11%

  • Current 2024-Q3 average (7.19) vs. 2023-Q3 (7.11): +1%

Match ratings:

  • 7.95 (39 votes) – Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker (c)

  • 6.81 (26 votes) – Ludwig Kaiser vs. Sami Zayn

  • 6.77 (25 votes) – The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) vs. American Made (Brutus Creed & Julius Creed)

  • 6.04 (25 votes) – Damage CTRL (IYO SKY & Kairi Sane) vs. The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn)

  • Ineligible (<5 mins) – Carlito vs. Dragon Lee

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com