4/18 WWE RAW Sees Big Drop – Last night’s WWE RAW episode saw its ratings decrease. According to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics, the episode drew an average of 1.647 million viewers on the USA Network, which is down from the 1.803 million viewers last week.
The 18-49 demo saw the average rating be 0.47, down from the 0.54 rating last week. This was the lowest key demo rating since March 7th and the lowest total viewership since January 17th.
The 18-49 demos saw hour one had 0.50 then 0.48 in hour two, and 0.44 in hour three. Here is the hourly viewership breakdown:
Hour 1 (8 pm): 1.804 million – last week: 1.836
Hour 2 (9 pm): 1.685 million – last week:1.935
Hour 3 (10 pm): 1.456 million – last week: 1.639
The NBA Playoffs have averaged its best ratings since 2018 thus far and dominated television, which impacted Raw’s ratings. The two NBA games topped the chart for the night. Raw ranked #3 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, which is down from #1 ranking last week.
Here is a list of total viewership and the key demo rating that Raw has done over the last 4 episodes:
3/28/22: 1,979,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating – WrestleMania 38 go-home show
4/4/22: 2,101 ,000 viewers – 0.63 key demo rating – WrestleMania 38 fallout
4/11/22: 1,803,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating
4/18/22: 1,647,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating
4/18 WWE RAW Sees Big Drop
