AEW’s Dynamite Fyter Fest episode on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, saw a significant boost in viewership, drawing 1,148,000 viewers on TNT, up from last week’s 1,025,000. The episode also pulled in a 0.44 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, an increase from last week’s 0.40 rating.
This impressive number marks Dynamite’s third-highest viewership in the show’s history, trailing only behind its debut episode on October 2, 2019 (1,409,000 viewers), and the April 14, 2021 episode (1,219,000), which aired the first week after NXT moved to Tuesday nights.
For comparison, this week’s Tuesday NXT drew 709,000 viewers on USA Network with a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demo, while Monday Night Raw drew 1,923,000 viewers with a 0.57 rating.
This time last year, on July 22, 2020, AEW was sitting at 845,000 viewers, while NXT brought in 615,000 viewers, showing how far Dynamite has come in the past year in terms of growing its audience.
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