AEW Dynamite ratings down for Full Gear go-home show
Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 491,000 viewers on TBS, down 18.2% from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience for the show since October 29th.
AEW Collision, immediately following Dynamite, averaged 322,000 viewers. That’s down 19.5% from the previous time the show followed Dynamite and is the lowest it’s done when airing on a Wednesday night.
Dynamite averaged a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 33.3% from last week but was the second best rating the show has done in that category since October 15th. Collision averaged a 0.07 rating, down 36.4% from the last Wednesday airing. Dynamite finished 9th on the cable charts while Collision finished 18th.
The audience retention for the third hour was 65.6% in total viewers and 70% in 18-49. That’s down from the 74.9% and and 100% that the show did last month when it followed Dynamite.
As compared to the same week in 2024, and using Nielsen’s former rating reporting system, the overall viewership was down 23.3% while the 18-49 rating was down 50%. This year’s numbers do not include people watching on HBO Max.
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. Beginning on October 1st, Nielsen started using the Big Data + Panel reporting system which has resulted in a severe decline in most wrestling show’s ratings. This week’s episode was down 6.4% in overall viewers and 9.1% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
| Date | AEW 18-49 | AEW total viewers |
| 9/10/2025 | 0.13 | 584,000 |
| 9/17/2025 | 0.14 | 667,000 |
| 9/24/2025 | 0.14 | 638,000 |
| 10/1/2025 | 0.09 | 465,000 |
| 10/7/2025 | 0.07 | 321,000 |
| 10/15/2025 | 0.11 | 534,000 |
| 10/22/2025 | 0.08 | 477,000 |
| 10/29/2025 | 0.08 | 459,000 |
| 11/5/2025 | 0.09 | 497,000 |
| 11/12/2025 | 0.15 | 600,000 |
| 11/19/2025 | 0.1 | 491,000 |
| *10 wk avg | 0.11 | 524,200 |
| *not including | current week |
