WWE NXT viewership holds steady, 18-49 demo drops against NBA & NHL playoffs
This past Tuesday’s WWE NXT averaged 544,000 viewers on The CW, up 5.2% from the previous week’s 517,000.
The episode averaged a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 37.5% from last week’s 0.08 and the lowest rating the show has done in that category in the history of it airing on either broadcast or cable TV.
The show finished last among all English language network shows in prime time in both 18-49 and total viewers. It went head-to-head with an NBA playoff game that averaged nearly eight million viewers on NBC with a 2.07 18-49 rating as well as an NHL playoff game on ESPN that topped the cable charts with a 0.62 rating and 2.066 million overall viewers.
As compared to the same week in 2025, overall viewership was down 16.3% while the 18-49 rating was down 64.3%.
Recent WWE NXT ratings
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE NXT on The CW as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s episode was down 4.9% in overall viewers and 37.5% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
| Date | 18-49 | Total Viewers |
| 3/17/2026 | 0.07 | 588,000 |
| 3/24/2026 | 0.08 | 581,000 |
| 3/31/2026 | 0.08 | 572,000 |
| 4/7/2026 | 0.08 | 605,000 |
| 4/14/2026 | 0.09 | 584,000 |
| 4/21/2026 | 0.1 | 591,000 |
| 4/28/2026 | 0.07 | 541,000 |
| 5/5/2026 | 0.11 | 641,000 |
| 5/12/2026 | 0.06 | 498,000 |
| 5/19/2026 | 0.08 | 517,000 |
| 5/26/2026 | 0.05 | 544,000 |
| *10 wk avg | 0.08 | 571,800 |
