This week’s edition of WWE Monday Night Raw saw its ratings drop. According to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics, the episode drew an average of 1.632 million viewers on the USA Network, which is down from the 1.716 million viewers last week. The 18-49 demo saw the average rating be 0.39, down from the 0.45 rating last week.
The show was expected to be down as it went up against the college football game between Georgia and Alabama on ESPN that did over 22 million viewers with a 6.19 key demo rating. Raw actually held up decently in total viewership compared to what the show had done in December. Last year’s Raw that was held inside the ThunderDome going against the NCAA championship game did 1.819 million viewers and a 0.55 key rating.
The 18-49 demos saw hour one had 0.40 then 0.39 in hour two, and 0.38 in hour three. Here is the hourly viewership breakdown:
Hour 1 (8 pm): 1.726 million – last week: 1.807
Hour 2 (9 pm): 1.661 million – last week: 1.716
Hour 3 (10 pm): 1.512 million – last week: 1.627
Raw ranked #9 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, down from the #6 ranking last week. 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 1 fallout
1/10/22: 1,632,000 viewers – 0.39 key demo rating
