WWE Raw Experiences Ratings Increase

WWE News - WWE Raw Ratings Increase!

Feb 2, 2021 February 2nd, 2021

Following what was a largely well-received Royal Rumble PPV this past Sunday, the ratings are now in for the next night’s episode of WWE Raw.

Via Showbuzz Daily, this week’s Raw suffered a small ratings boost when it comes to average viewers – with the post-Rumble Raw bringing in an average of 1.892 million viewers, in comparison to a 1.820 million average the week prior.

Breaking it down into individual hours, this week’s opening hour drew 1.981 million viewers, the second hour had 1.885 million viewers, and the final hour picked up 1.716 million viewers. All three hours represent an increase from their respective last week equivalents.

Overall, Raw ranked #17 in cable viewership figures, which is an improvement on last week’s #23 ranking, and the show nabbed the #1 spot on the Cable Top 150 for the second consecutive week. As for the ever-important 18-49 demographic, this week’s 0.58 was again up on last week’s 0.52 number.

With WWE now starting on the Road to WrestleMania, this is traditionally the time of year when programming starts to (hopefully!) improve, which in turn usually leads to a mild upturn in ratings for Raw and SmackDown.

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