The TV ratings and viewership data are in for the July 16 episode of AEW Dynamite.
Per Programming Insider, Dynamite netted 588,000 viewers and a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic. Both numbers are down compared to last week’s 637K and 0.16, but it was still good enough to finish in first place on cable for the night (the ESPY Awards drew a 0.35 rating in the key demo but aired on network TV rather than cable).
This is tied for AEW’s lowest demo rating going back to late April. I guess
first place just ain’t what it used to be as the decline of traditional television continues. Like always, these numbers do not count anybody who was watching on the Max streaming service.
This episode of Dynamite kicked off AEW’s new era following All In Texas, where Hangman Page defeated Jon Moxley to become the AEW world champion. It was a slow to start to the new era, in the sense that Dynamite didn’t feature major angles outside of AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada and Swerve Strickland calling each other bitches.
Maybe we’ll see if first place can go even lower than 0.15 for next Wednesday’s episode during Shark Week when “Timeless” Toni Storm goes one-on-one with Billie Starkz. Come back here next week to find out.
Here’s a breakdown of AEW Dynamite television viewership and rating in the 18-49 demo over the last year:
- July 17, 2024: 795,000 / .27
- July 24: 786,000 / .26
- July 31: 609,000 / .18
- Aug. 7: 622,000 / .19
- Aug. 14: 703,000 / .23
- Aug. 21: 698,000 / .24
- Aug. 28: 691,000 / .22
- Sept. 4: 660,000 / .19
- Sept. 11: 716,000 / .21
- Sept. 18: 687,000 / .22
- Sept. 25: 702,000 / .23
- Oct. 2: 680,000 / .20
- Oct. 8*: 329,000 / .10
- Oct. 16: 633,000 / .20
- Oct. 23: 637,000 / .19
- Oct. 30: 628,000 / .19
- Nov. 6: 523,000 / .16
- Nov. 13: 666,000 / .22
- Nov. 20: 640,000 / .20
- Nov. 27: 536,000 / .15
- Dec. 4: 586,000 / .17
- Dec. 11: 594,000 / .17
- Dec. 18: 625,000 / .19
- Dec. 25: 574,000 / .18
- Jan. 1, 2025: 588,000 / .16
- Jan. 8: 615,000 / .17
- Jan. 15: 679,000 / .18
- Jan. 22: 655,000 / .19
- Jan. 29: 604,000 / .17
- Feb. 5: 605,000 / .17
- Feb. 12: 579,000 / .16
- Feb. 19: 563,000 / .17
- Feb. 26: 598,000 / .18
- Mar. 5: 600,000 / .13
- Mar. 12: 628,000 / .16
- Mar. 19: 658,000 / .19
- Mar. 26: 663,000 / .17
- April 2: 594,000 / .16
- April 9: 659,000 / .17
- April 16: 624,000 / .17
- April 23: 521,000 / .14
- April 30: 629,000 / .16
- May 7: 629,000 / .16
- May 14: 682,000 / .17
- May 21: 575,000 / .15
- May 28: 636,000 / .16
- June 4: 655,000 / .18
- June 11: 597,000 / .17
- June 18: 736,000 / .21
- June 25: 613,000 / .15
- July 2: 584,000 / .16
- July 9: 637,000 / .16
- July 16: 588,000 / .15
* Aired outside its normal Wednesday night primetime slot
For complete results from the latest Dynamite, check out our live blog click here. To read a recap & review of the episode, click here. Video highlights of the show are here.
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