WWE NXT viewership down despite title match main event
Tuesday night’s episode of WWE NXT averaged 629,000 viewers on the CW Network, down 6.7 percent from the previous week. It was still the second-highest audience for the show since December 9.
NXT averaged the same 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo that it had the prior two weeks. It was the lowest ranked show on English-language network television both in the key demo and in total viewers.
As compared to the same week in 2025, when Nielsen was still using the Panel only ratings reporting method, the overall viewership was down 17.9 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 60 percent.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE NXT on the CW Network as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 3.4 percent in overall viewers but even in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
| Date | NXT 18-49 | NXT total viewers |
| 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 |
| 1/20/2026 | 0.08 | 608,000 |
| 1/27/2026 | 0.08 | 674,000 |
| 2/3/2026 | 0.08 | 629,000 |
| “10 wk avg | 0.08 | 608,100 |
| *not including | current week |
