WWE Raw Audience Down Again But Different Viewing Pattern
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw garnered an average viewing audience of 3,457,667 viewers on the USA Network. That’s down an average of (-93,333 viewers) from the week prior. Below is how the show did each hour:
Hour one - 3,471,000 viewers
Hour two - 3,392,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,510,000 viewers
Average - 3,457,667 viewers
Viewership increased from hour two to hour three, which is atypical of viewing patterns in recent years. Usually the third hour is the lowest watched hour so it can be seen as a success that the show finished with more viewers than it started. However, I can’t help but point to decreasing viewership as a negative sign this close to Wrestlemania 32.
2016 WWE Raw Viewership Archive
January 4, 2016
Hour one - 3,707,000 viewers
Hour two - 3,516,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,503,000 viewers
Average - 3,575,333 viewers
January 11, 2016
Hour one - 3,536,000 viewers
Hour two - 3,206,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,228,000 viewers
Average - 3,323,333 viewers
January 18, 2016 (Martin Luther King Day)
Hour one - 3,775,000 viewers
Hour two - 3,591,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,123,000 viewers
Average - 3,496,333 viewers
January 25, 2016
Hour one - 4,140,000 viewers
Hour two - 4,183,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,972,000 viewers
Average - 4,098,333 viewers
February 1, 2016
Hour one - 3,592,000 viewers
Hour two - 3,464,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,094,000 viewers
Average - 3,383,333 viewers
February 8, 2016
Hour one - 3,907,000 viewers
Hour two - 3,905,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,368,000 viewers
Average - 3,726,667 viewers
February 15, 2016
Hour one - 3,661,000 viewers
Hour two - 3,537,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,233,000 viewers
Average - 3,460,333 viewers
February 22, 2016
Hour one - 4,201,000 viewers
Hour two - 4,055,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,396,000 viewers
Average - 3,884,000 viewers
February 29, 2016
Hour one - 3,961,000 viewers
Hour two - 3,660,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,551,000 viewers
Average - 3,724,000 viewers
March 7, 2016
Hour one - 3,760,000 viewers
Hour two - 3,614,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,279,000 viewers
Average - 3,551,000 viewers
March 14, 2016
Hour one - 3,471,000 viewers
Hour two - 3,392,000 viewers
Hour three - 3,510,000 viewers
Average - 3,457,667 viewers
2015 WWE Raw Viewership Archive
Expanded WWE Raw Viewership Archive
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