WWE NXT ratings down from New Year’s Evil
Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 618,000 viewers on The CW, down 1.4 percent from last week’s New Year’s Evil special. This marks the second-highest audience total for the show since December 9.
In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.09 rating. That’s down 10 percent from last week but ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since November 18. Among English-language network programming for the night, NXT was the lowest-rated show, though The CW has a smaller profile than the other major networks.
As compared to the same week in 2025, when Nielsen was still using its panel-only reporting method, NXT’s overall viewership was down 20.7 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 47.1 percent.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s episode was up 4.5 percent in overall viewers and 12.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
WWE NXT ratings —
| Date | NXT 18-49 | NXT total viewers |
| 11/4/2025 | 0.08 | 528,000 |
| 11/11/2025 | 0.07 | 554,000 |
| 11/18/2025 | 0.11 | 650,000 |
| 11/25/2025 | 0.07 | 562,000 |
| 12/2/2025 | 0.08 | 532,000 |
| 12/9/2025 | 0.09 | 647,000 |
| 12/16/2025 | 0.08 | 607,000 |
| 12/23/2025 | 0.08 | 602,000 |
| 12/30/2025 | 0.07 | 604,000 |
| 1/6/2026 | 0.1 | 627,000 |
| 1/13/2026 | 0.09 | 618,000 |
| *10 wk avg | 0.08 | 591,300 |
| *not including current week |
