AEW Dynamite, Jan 22 on TBS: 655,000 viewers; 0.19 P18-49 rating | TV ratings, attendance analysis

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TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, Jan. 22, 2025: 8:00 to 10:06 pm

655,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.19

Confirmed by Wrestlenomics via a Nielsen source.

Dynamite ranked approximately #6 for the night on cable in P18-49. The Timberwolves vs. Mavericks game on ESPN was #1 with a 0.37 P18-49 rating and 1,172,000 viewers. Dynamite was also behind each of the Fox News primetime lineup telecasts and Real Housewives on Bravo.

P2+ comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (679,000): -4%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (614,000): +7%

  • Current 2025-Q1 P2+ average (634,000) vs. 2024-Q1 (810,000): -22%

  • Current Jan 2025 P2+ average (634,000) vs. Jan 2024 (829,000): -23%

P18-49 comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (0.18): +6%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.17): +12%

  • Current 2025-Q1 P18-49 average (0.18) vs. 2024-Q1 (0.28): -36%

  • Current Jan 2025 P18-49 average (0.18) vs. Jan 2024 (0.28): -36%

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+: 655k (+9%)

  • P18-49: 250k (+6%)

  • F18-49: 83k (+10%)

  • M18-49: 167k (+3%)

  • P18-34: 66k (-6%)

  • F18-34: 25k (-4%)

  • M18-34: 41k (-7%)

  • P35-49: 184k (+18%)

  • F35-49: 58k (+23%)

  • M35-49: 126k (+19%)

  • Non-P18-49: 405k (+6%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Knoxville, TN at Knoxville Civic Coliseum
Estimated tickets distributed: 2,550

Market-to-market comparisons (Knoxville, TN):

  • 2021-09-17 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,100 (-58% vs. 2,550)

  • 2022-04-25 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,736 (-56%)

  • 2023-05-12 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 10,261 (-75%)

  • 2024-02-03 (Sat) – WWE Road to Wrestlemania: 5,328 (-52%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q1 AEW Dynamite average: (2,501) vs. 2024-Q1 (4,138): -40%

DIGITAL

As of 6:05 pm, Jan 23

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

  • 1.) 124,879 – MJF wants to make things explicitly clear! 1/22/25 AEW Dynamite

  • 2.) 53,135 – Hangman Adam Page retired Christopher Daniels?! 1/22/25 AEW Dynamite

  • 3.) 33,695 – Jeff Jarrett calls out Moxley and the Death Riders

  • 4.) 21,339 – Jon Moxley and the Death Riders address Cope

  • 5.) 11,695 – CHAOS Erupts All Over the Building on an Explosive Dynamite!

RECEPTION

As of 6:29 pm, Jan 23

Event rating:

  • Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.16 (57 votes)

  • This episode vs. last week (6.55): +9%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.38): -3%

  • Current 2025-Q1 average (7.07) vs. 2024-Q1 (7.67): -8%

Match ratings:

  • 6.90 (88 votes) – The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) vs. Private Party (Quen & Zay) (c)

  • 6.37 (66 votes) – Julia Hart vs. Jamie Hayter

  • 6.31 (70 votes) – Swerve Strickland vs. AR Fox

  • 5.23 (63 votes) – Cope vs. PAC

  • Ineligible (<5 mins) – Tyler Shoop vs. Adam Page

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com