This week's episode of Raw drew its lowest viewership number of 2020 and its lowest since last December.
According to Showbuzz Daily, the March 23 episode of Raw averaged 2.006 million viewers, which is up from the 2.335 million viewers the March 16 episode drew. This week's episode took place at the WWE Performance Center as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
This week's viewership number was the lowest for an episode of Raw in 2020. The only show from 2019 that did a worse viewership number was December 23 and that episode was taped the week before.
In the 18-49 demographic, the show averaged a 0.61 rating, which is down from the 0.75 rating last week's episode of Raw averaged. The first hour of Raw finished third in the 18-49 demo among original cable telecasts for the day, while the second and third hours finished eighth and 10th, respectively.
Hourly Breakdown:
Hour 1: 2.289 million viewers, 0.72 rating in the 18-49 demographic
Hour 2: 2.004 million viewers, 0.61 rating in the 18-49 demographic
Hour 3: 1.726 million viewers, 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographic
Top 5 Most Viewed WWE Raw (3/23) Videos On YouTube:
Becky Lynch takes out Shayna Baszler in sneak attack (415,000 views)
Randy Orton accepts Edge's WrestleMania challenge (357,000 views)
AJ Styles challenges The Undertaker to Boneyard Match (344,000 views)
Seth Rollins declares NXT and Kevin Owens wouldn't exist without him (324,000 views)
Paul Heyman predicts pain for Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania (245,000 views)
If you missed anything for WWE Raw, check out Fightful's full report on the show. And listen to the post-show podcast for a complete review of all the action.
