AEW Dynamite, Aug 20 on TBS: 565,000 viewers; 0.16 P18-49 rating | TV ratings analysis

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TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, Aug. 20, 2025: 8:00 to 10:06 pm

565,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.16

Confirmed by Wrestlenomics.

Lowest total viewership for Dynamite since April 23.

Dynamite ranked approximately #7 for the night on cable in P18-49. South Park on Comedy Central was #1 with a 0.34 P18-49 rating and 845,000 viewers total.

P2+ comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (690,000): -18%
  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (655,000): -14%
  • Current 2025-Q3 P2+ average (624,000) vs. 2024-Q3 (696,000): -10%
  • Current Aug 2025 P2+ average (655,000) vs. Aug 2024 (680,000): -4%

P18-49 comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (0.17): -6%
  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.16): +0%
  • Current 2025-Q3 P18-49 average (0.16) vs. 2024-Q3 (0.22): -27%
  • Current Aug 2025 P18-49 average (0.17) vs. Aug 2024 (0.22): -23%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses. Some viewer counts may be based on the national rating for that demo:

  • P2+: 565k (-13%)
  • P18-49: 210k (-2%)
  • F18-49: 72k (-16%)
  • M18-49: 138k (+5%)
  • P18-34: 68k (-6%)
  • F18-34: 28k (-15%)
  • M18-34: 40k (+0%)
  • P35-49: 142k (+6%)
  • F35-49: 44k (-14%)
  • M35-49: 98k (+11%)
  • Non-P18-49: 355k (-19%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Glasgow, UK at OVO Hydro
Estimated tickets distributed: 7,710

Market-to-market comparisons (Glasgow, UK):

  • 2021-09-22 (Wed) – Live: 7,297 (+6% vs. 7,710)
  • 2022-10-30 (Sun) – Live: 4,808 (+60%)
  • 2023-10-31 (Tue) – Live: 8,064 (-4%)
  • 2024-06-14 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 10,392 (-26%)
  • 2024-06-15 (Sat) – WWE Clash at the Castle: 11,117 (-31%)
  • 2025-03-24 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 10,929 (-29%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q3 AEW Dynamite average: (2,914) vs. 2024-Q3 (3,879): -25%

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YOUTUBE

Videos tracked since 11 PM Wed Aug 20 2025 as of 6 PM Thu Aug 21 2025 U.S. Eastern Time.


RECEPTION

As of 6:03 pm, Aug 21

Event rating:

  • Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.45 (54 votes)
  • This episode vs. last week (6.75): +10%
  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.50): -1%
  • Current 2025-Q3 average (7.58) vs. 2024-Q3 (7.82): -3%

Match ratings:

  • 8.30 (82 votes) – Brodido (Bandido & Brody King) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) – Time Limit Draw
  • 6.48 (51 votes) – Alex Windsor & Toni Storm vs. Athena & Mercedes Mone
  • 5.68 (61 votes) – Hiroshi Tanahashi & JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey) vs. Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta)

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com


Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.