Coming out of Payback, Raw's viewership and ratings took a dip compared to last week.
According to Showbuzz Daily, the August 31 episode of WWE Raw averaged 1.896 million viewers, down from the 2.028 million viewers the August 24 episode drew. For the month of August 2020, Raw averaged 1.800 million viewers per episode across five episodes)
In the 18-49 demo, Raw drew a 0.58 rating, which is down from last week's 0.66 rating. In the 18-34 demo, Raw averaged a 0.32 rating and in the 50+ demo, the show averaged a 0.88 rating.
Hourly Breakdown:
Hour 1: 2.104 million viewers, 0.63 in the 18-49 demo
Hour 2: 1.882 million viewers, 0.59 in the 18-49 demo
Hour 3: 1.703 million viewers, 0.53 in the 18-49 demo
Top 5 Most Viewed WWE Raw (8/31) Videos On YouTube:
Keith Lee vs. Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins (1.2 million views)
Dominik vs. Seth Rollins (775,000 views)
RETRIBUTION strike against The Street Profits, Andrade & Zelina Vega (389,000 views)
Asuka is confronted by Mickie James, Natalya and Lana (343,000 views)
Kevin Owens vs. Randy Orton (292,000 views)
If you missed anything from WWE Raw, check out Fightful's full report on the show by clicking here and catch the post-show podcast for a full review of everything that went down.