This week’s edition of WWE Monday Night Raw saw its ratings increase. According to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics, the episode drew an average of 1.716 million viewers on the USA Network, which is up from the 1.593 million viewers last week. The 18-49 demo saw the average rating be 0.45, up from the 0.41 rating last week.
This is the highest total viewership the show has done since October 4th and the highest key demo since November 29th. Raw ranked #7 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, which is down from the #6 ranking last week. An NFL game was at the top of the chart in the key demo and had over 11.7 million viewers on ESPN.
The 18-49 demos saw hour one had 0.49 then 0.45 in hour two, and 0.42 in hour three. Here is the hourly viewership breakdown:
Hour 1 (8 pm): 1.807 million – last week: 1.589
Hour 2 (9 pm): 1.716 million – last week: 1.659
Hour 3 (10 pm): 1.627 million – last week: 1.532
This was the post-Day 1 episode of Raw that featured an appearance by newly crowned WWE Champion Brock Lesnar, and Big E vs. Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens, Bobby Lashley in a Fatal 4-Way match with Lashley winning to earn the right to challenge Lesnar for the title at the Royal Rumble.
Here is a list of total viewership and the key demo rating that Raw has done over the last year:
1/4/21: 2,128,000 viewers – 0.68 key demo rating
1/11/21: 1,819,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating
1/18/21: 1,854,000 viewers – 0.60 key demo rating
1/25/21: 1,819,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating
2/1/21: 1,892,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
2/8/21: 1,715,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
2/15/21: 1,810,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
2/22/21: 1,889,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
3/1/21: 1,884,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
3/8/21: 1,897,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating
3/15/21: 1,847,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
3/22/21: 1,816,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating
3/29/21: 1,701,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
4/5/21: 1,701,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating
4/12/21: 2,026,000 viewers – 0.68 key demo rating
4/19/21: 1,907,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating
4/26/21: 1,774,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
5/3/21: 1,872,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating
5/10/21: 1,817,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating
5/17/21: 1,823,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
5/24/21: 1,621,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating
5/31/21: 1,557,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating
6/7/2021: 1,640,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
6/14/2021: 1,742,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – go-home Hell in a Cell show
6/21/2021: 1,719,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – post-Hell in a Cell show
6/28/2021: 1,570,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating
7/5/2021: 1,472,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating – new all-time low viewership
7/12/2021: 1,609,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating – go-home Money in the Bank show (final ThunderDome show)
7/19/2021: 1,923,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – Money in the Bank fall out and first show with fans back
7/26/2021: 1,814,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
8/2/2021: 1,821,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating
8/9/2021: 1,790,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
8/16/21: 1,857,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating
8/23/21: 2,067,000 viewers – 0.64 key demo rating
8/30/21: 1,907,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating
9/6/21: 1,849,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating
9/13/21: 1,670,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating
9/20/21: 1,793,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – Extreme Rules go-home show
9/27/21: 1,709,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating – post Extreme Rules show
10/4/21: 1,857,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating – night 2 of the Draft
10/11/21: 1,582,000 viewers – 0.42 key demo rating
10/18/21: 1,593,000 viewers – 0.39 key demo rating – Crown Jewel go-home show
10/25/21: 1,658,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating
11/1/21: 1,689,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating
11/8/21: 1,549,000 viewers – 0.40 key demo rating
11/15/21: 1,584,000 viewers – 0.42 key demo rating – Survivor Series go-home show
11/22/21: 1,699,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – Survivor Series fallout
11/29/21: 1,678,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating
12/6/21: 1,599,000 viewers – 0.35 key demo rating
12/13/21: 1,573,000 viewers – 0.39 key demo rating
12/20/21: 1,553,000 viewers – 0.38 key demo rating
12/27/21: 1,593,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating – Day 1 go-home show
1/3/22: 1,716,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating – Day 1fallout
