WWE NXT viewership/rating for this week

Jul 1, 2021 - by Staff

Tuesday’s live edition of WWE NXT drew 636,000 viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.

This is down 4.4% from last week’s episode, which drew 665,000 viewers.

Tuesday’s NXT drew a 0.13 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is down 23.5% from last week’s 0.17 rating in the key demo.

NXT featured several happenings advertised ahead of time this week, including the final build for Great American Bash, a follow-up to The Diamond Mine, mixed tag team action with Tian Sha vs. Jake Atlas and Mercedes Martinez, Cameron Grimes’ return to action, a Triple Threat to crown new #1 contenders to NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions The Way, and a face-off for Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher vs. NXT Tag Team Champions MSK. The main event saw Isaiah “Swerve” Scott defeat Bronson Reed to win the NXT North American Title.

This week’s NXT was the least-watched episode since the show moved to Tuesdays on April 13, and the lowest viewership since February 3, which aired in the Wednesday timeslot up against AEW Dynamite. It was tied with the May 25 show, which went up against the NBA Playoffs, for the lowest key demo rating since the move to Tuesdays. It was also tied with two other episodes for the lowest key demo rating since the February 10 show. This week’s viewership was down 4.4% from last week’s post-Takeover episode, while the 18-49 key demographic rating was down 23.5% from last week.

This week’s NXT viewership was down 19.7% from the episode that aired one year ago, while the 18-49 key demo rating was down 41% from the show that aired one year ago. The 2020 episode went head-to-head with AEW in the Wednesday night timeslot.

The Cable Top 150 and viewership rankings are not available as of this writing, but stay tuned as we will keep you updated with more NXT ratings data.

Below is our 2021 NXT Viewership Tracker, along with the Top 10 moments from this week’s show:

January 6 Episode: 641,000 viewers with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic (New Year’s Evil episode)
January 13 Episode: 551,000 viewers with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 20 Episode: 659,000 viewers with a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 27 Episode: 720,000 viewers with a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 3 Episode: 610,000 viewers with a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 10 Episode: 558,000 viewers with a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 17 Episode: 713,000 viewers with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Takeover episode)
February 24 Episode: 734,000 viewers with a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 3 Episode: 692,000 viewers with a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 10 Episode: 691,000 viewers with a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 17 Episode: 597,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 24 Episode: 678,000 viewers with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 31 Episode: 654,000 viewers with a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 7 Episode: 768,000 viewers with a 0.22 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Takeover: Stand & Deliver Night 1 episode, also aired on Peacock/WWE Network, final Wednesday show)
TUESDAY NIGHT TIMESLOT BEGINS
April 13 Episode: 805,000 viewers with a 0.22 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Takeover episode, first Tuesday show)
April 20 Episode: 841,000 viewers with a 0.23 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 27 Episode: 744,000 viewers with a 0.22 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 4 Episode: 761,000 viewers with a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 11 Episode: 697,000 viewers with a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 18 Episode: 700,000 viewers with a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 25 Episode: 698,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 1 Episode: 668,000 viewers with a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 8 Episode: 669,000 viewers with a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 15 Episode: 695,000 viewers with a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Takeover episode)
June 22 Episode: 665,000 viewers with a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 29 Episode: 636,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 6 Episode:

2020 Total: 37.027 million viewers over 53 episodes
2020 Average: 698,623 viewers per episode

2019 Total: 10.209 million viewers over 13 episodes
2019 Average: 785,307 viewers per episode

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