AEW Dynamite ratings down against NBA and NHL playoffs
Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 596,000 viewers on TBS, down 3.4% from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience for the show since January 21st.
Dynamite averaged a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 20% from last week and and ties the lowest rating the show has done in that category since New Year’s Eve.
The show finished tied for ninth on the primetime cable charts for the nights going head to head with the NBA playoffs on ESPN and the NHL playoffs on TNT which took the top 2 spots. A second NHL game on ESPN 2 finished third.
As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was down 5.3% while the 18-49 rating was down 50%.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Dynamite on TBS as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 12.4% in overall viewers and 33.3% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
| Date | AEW 18-49 | AEW total viewers |
| 2/18/2026 | 0.12 | 692,000 |
| 2/25/2026 | 0.1 | 633,000 |
| 3/4/2026 | 0.12 | 650,000 |
| 3/11/2026 | 0.09 | 619,000 |
| 3/18/2026 | 0.13 | 730,000 |
| 3/25/2026 | 0.14 | 765,000 |
| 4/1/2026 | 0.15 | 730,000 |
| 4/8/2026 | 0.14 | 654,000 |
| 4/15/2026 | 0.12 | 710,000 |
| 4/22/2026 | 0.1 | 617,000 |
| 4/29/2026 | 0.08 | 596,000 |
| *10 wk avg | 0.12 | 680,000 |
