{"id":171442,"date":"2024-01-01T17:14:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T23:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=171442"},"modified":"2024-01-01T17:14:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T23:14:05","slug":"wwe-raw-ratings-report-12-25-2023-vs-2022-average-ratings-and-viewership-comparisons-plus-last-weeks-best-of-episode-on-christmas-totals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/01\/wwe-raw-ratings-report-12-25-2023-vs-2022-average-ratings-and-viewership-comparisons-plus-last-weeks-best-of-episode-on-christmas-totals\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Raw Ratings Report (12\/25): 2023 vs. 2022 average ratings and viewership comparisons, plus last week&#8217;s Best Of episode on Christmas totals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1322032410\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Last week&#8217;s (12\/25) &#8220;Best of 2023&#8221; episode of WWE Monday Night Raw drew an average of 698,000 viewers, fewer than half as many as usual. It aired on Christmas night.<\/p>\n<p>The hourly viewership breakdown was as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st hour: 809,00<\/li>\n<li>2nd hour: 696,000<\/li>\n<li>3rd hour: 588,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It drew a 0.18 rating in the key 18-49 demo, down from 0.48, 0.46, and 0.49 the prior three weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>2013 TOTALS<\/h3>\n<p>The average viewership for all of 2023 for Raw, excluding the Dec. 25 episode, was 1.714 million viewers. The prior year&#8217;s average (2022) was 1.748 million, also excluding the Christmas week episode.<\/p>\n<p>The average key 18-49 demo rating was 0.52. The prior year&#8217;s average (2022) was 0.47, so Raw improved in 2023 in the key demo. Both averages exclude the Christmas week episode.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/12\/31\/pro-wrestlings-top-ten-best-list-of-2013-the-end-of-vince-mcmahons-ownership-and-creative-control-rhea-ripley-toni-storm-tony-schiavone-continental-classic-swerve-ospreay-more\/\">Pro Wrestling\u2019s Top Ten Best List of 2013: The end of Vince McMahon\u2019s ownership and creative control, Rhea Ripley, Toni Storm, Tony Schiavone, Continental Classic, Swerve, Ospreay, more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/12\/31\/kevin-dunn-reportedly-leaving-wwe\/\">Kevin Dunn reportedly leaving WWE<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1547744527\"><div id=\"pwtor-898734908\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Last week&#8217;s (12\/25) &#8220;Best of 2023&#8221; episode of WWE Monday Night Raw drew an average of 698,000 viewers, fewer than half as many as usual. 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The hourly viewership breakdown was <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/01\/wwe-raw-ratings-report-12-25-2023-vs-2022-average-ratings-and-viewership-comparisons-plus-last-weeks-best-of-episode-on-christmas-totals\/\" title=\"WWE Raw Ratings Report (12\/25): 2023 vs. 2022 average ratings and viewership comparisons, plus last week&#8217;s Best Of episode on Christmas totals\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6916,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-ratings","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-06-at-12.52.11-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171443,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171442\/revisions\/171443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}