{"id":222051,"date":"2026-09-08T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=222051"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:01:00","slug":"aew-dynamite-viewership-surges-the-last-two-weeks-around-all-in-season-context-on-trends-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/09\/08\/aew-dynamite-viewership-surges-the-last-two-weeks-around-all-in-season-context-on-trends-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW Dynamite viewership surges the last two weeks around All In season, context on trends this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-501405982\" 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 Wednesday&#8217;s (9\/2) episode of AEW Dynamite on TBS averaged 796,000 viewers, according to the latest Nielsen Media Research data, according to our industry sources. It also drew a 0.15 key 18-48 demo rating. That is in line with 793,000 the prior week (8\/26) which drew a 0.18 key demo rating.<\/p>\n<p>That was a giant leap over the prior four weeks which drew, working backwards, 587,000, 658,000, 694,000, and 676,000.<\/p>\n<p>Last Wednesday&#8217;s episode featured Will Ospreay and Mercedes Mone celebrating their big title wins at All In, plus The New Level (f\/k\/a The New Day) making their Dynamite debut.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show covering the latest episode of Dynamite: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/aew-dynamite-post-show-9-2-keller-kline-discuss-ospreay-s-first-week-as-aew-world-champ-max-as-first-challenge-the-new-level-more--74854052\">CLICK HERE<\/a> (or search \u201cwade keller\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AEW DYNAMITE POST-SHOW (9\/2): Keller &amp; Kline discuss Ospreay's first week as AEW World Champ, Max as first challenge, The New Level, more\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=74854052&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The following is monthly viewership (and key demo) averages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>August: 683,000 (0.14)<\/li>\n<li>July: 715,000 (0.12)<\/li>\n<li>June: 615,000 (0.10)<\/li>\n<li>May: 623,000 (0.12)<\/li>\n<li>April: 669,000 (0.12)<\/li>\n<li>March: 691,000 (0.12)<\/li>\n<li>February: 646,000 (0.13)<\/li>\n<li>January: 548,000 (0.08)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Note: Nielsen changed their methodology at the end of January so some of the changes month and especially year-over-year\u00a0 lose some comparative value with prior months.)<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in discussing pro wrestling ratings join the newly relaunched <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.pwtorch.com\">PWTorch VIP Forum<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/govip\/\">a PWTorch VIP membership<\/a>. The PWTorch staff and VIP members are interacting throughout the day on current pro wrestling news, nostalgia, and other non-wrestling topics. It&#8217;s a great, gated community of real people having real (civil) discussions.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think has caused the surge in viewership? Is it more just general All In excitement, specifically the Will Ospreay elevation, Kenny Omega as a bigger focus, recent returns (Swerve Strickland, Jay White) or additions (New Level), better storyelling?<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1293642246\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wade Keller Post-show (9\/2) - AEW Dynamite w\/Keller &amp; Kline\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lT1j4dXBHVg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3862870483\"><div id=\"pwtor-587707047\"><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 Wednesday&#8217;s (9\/2) episode of AEW Dynamite on TBS averaged 796,000 viewers, according to the latest Nielsen Media Research data, according to our industry sources. It also drew a 0.15 key 18-48 demo rating. That <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/09\/08\/aew-dynamite-viewership-surges-the-last-two-weeks-around-all-in-season-context-on-trends-this-summer\/\" title=\"AEW Dynamite viewership surges the last two weeks around All In season, context on trends this summer\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222052,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6163,2,6916],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew-news","category-prowrestlingnews","category-ratings"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-08-at-2.58.34-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222051","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=222051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222053,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222051\/revisions\/222053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}