WWE NXT viewership up, best 18-49 demo rating in months

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 637,000 viewers on The CW, up 1.3 percent from last week. It’s the second-largest audience total for the show since December 9.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.12 rating. That’s up 50 percent from the prior week and ties the highest rating the show has done in that category since September 17.

The show faced heavy competition from the Winter Olympics on NBC & Peacock and finished 10th out of the 11 programs on English-language network television for the night.

As compared to the same week in 2025, NXT’s overall viewership was down 20.5 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 33.3 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 3.6 percent in viewers and 50 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE NXT ratings —

DateNXT 18-49NXT total viewers
12/2/20250.08532,000
12/9/20250.09647,000
12/16/20250.08607,000
12/23/20250.08602,000
12/30/20250.07604,000
1/6/20260.1627,000
1/13/20260.09618,000
1/20/20260.08608,000
1/27/20260.08674,000
2/3/20260.08629,000
2/10/20260.12637,000
*10 wk avg0.08614,800
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Paul Fontaine
Paul Fontaine

Paul Fontaine is a writer and podcaster covering both pro wrestling and mixed martial art. He has been a contributor to F4W Online for over 10 years, focusing mostly on the business side of both sports.