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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