WWE Raw ratings: Viewership down four percent from last week
Raw dropped four percent from last week in total viewers to 1.84 million on average, setting another record low for a non-holiday show.
These drops are not unexpected as every wrestling show except NXT, boosted of late by strong lead-ins, is dropping during this pandemic period with shows not being held in arenas.
The first-to-third hour drop of 11 percent is better than usual, so they are doing a better job of keeping viewers who do tune in. The drop was nine percent in women 18-49 and ten percent in men 18-49, while teenage boys and teenage girls increased as the show went on.
Raw placed first in the 18-49 demo at 0.56, a number identical to last week. Raw was 27th overall, but finished behind only 90 Day Fiance on TLC (1.85 million viewers) among non-news shows.
Raw was 22 percent down from last year overall and 37 percent down from last year in the 18-49 demo, but huge drops from last year at this point are unavoidable.
The three hours were:
- 8 p.m. 1.94 million viewers
- 9 p.m. 1.87 million viewers
- 10 p.m. 1.72 million viewers
Dave Meltzer is the founder and lead writer on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the weekly constant when it comes to news and reviews in pro wrestling and mixed martial arts for more than 40 years. Dave also co-hosts Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and had had bylines for The National, Yahoo Sports, MMA Fighting and others.