AEW Dynamite ratings down against Winter Olympics
Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 604,000 viewers on TBS, down 7.7% from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience for the show since January 21st, the week before Nielsen changed the way it measured their ratings under the Big Data + Panel system.
Dynamite averaged a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 20% from last week, but was the second highest rating the show has done since the November 12th Grand Slam Mexico show.
The show went head to head with coverage of the Winter Olympics on NBC, USA Network, and Peacock, finishing 9th overall in the prime time cable ratings on the night. They were also up against an NBA game on ESPN that was 2nd on cable with a 0.26 18-49 rating.
As compared to the same week in 2025, the overall viewership was up 4.3% while the 18-49 rating was down 25%.
Listed below are the last 10 available weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings as well as the 9 week average in both categories with numbers for the Christmas Eve episode still not being reported. This week’s show was up 14% in overall viewers and 33.3% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
| Date | AEW 18-49 | AEW total viewers |
| 12/3/2025 | 0.09 | 496,000 |
| 12/10/2025 | 0.09 | 516,000 |
| 12/17/2025 | 0.08 | 511,000 |
| 12/24/2025 | ||
| 12/31/2025 | 0.07 | 398,000 |
| 1/7/2025 | 0.08 | 516,000 |
| 1/14/2026 | 0.08 | 526,000 |
| 1/21/2026 | 0.08 | 498,000 |
| 1/28/2026 | 0.09 | 653,000 |
| 2/4/2026 | 0.15 | 654,000 |
| 2/11/2026 | 0.12 | 604,000 |
| *10 wk avg | 0.09 | 529,778 |
| *not including | current week |
