WWE RAW Draws Lowest Viewership Since Last June, Big Drop In Third Hour
Monday's WWE RAW, featuring Braun Strowman defeating Finn Balor in the main event, drew 2.668 million viewers. This is down 2.6% from last week's 2.741 million viewers for the taped show from London. This is also the lowest viewership of 2018 and the lowest viewership since the June 12th, 2017 episode, which drew 2.542 million viewers.
For this week's show, the first hour drew 2.792 million viewers (last week's hour 1 – 2.903 million), the second hour drew 2.767 million viewers (last week's hour 2 – 2.692 million) and the final hour drew 2.447 million viewers (last week's hour 3 – 2.628 million), a 12% drop from hour one.
RAW was #3 for the night in viewership on cable, behind the NBA Playoffs and Hannity. RAW was #4 in the 18-49 demographic, behind the NBA Playoffs, SportsCenter and Love & Hip-Hop.
The NBA Playoffs topped the night with almost 8 million viewers.
Below is our 2018 RAW Viewership Tracker:
January 1st Episode: 2.865 million viewers
January 8th Episode: 2.766 million viewers
January 15th Episode: 3.250 million viewers
January 22nd Episode: 4.530 million viewers (RAW 25)
January 29th Episode: 3.395 million viewers (Post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 5th Episode: 3.055 million viewers
February 12th Episode: 3.105 million viewers
February 19th Episode: 3.282 million viewers
February 26th Episode: 3.180 million viewers (post-Elimination Chamber episode)
March 5th Episode: 3.099 million viewers
March 12th Episode: 3.352 million viewers
March 19th Episode: 3.327 million viewers
March 26th Episode: 3.366 million viewers
April 2nd Episode: 3.357 million viewers
April 9th Episode: 3.921 million viewers (post-WrestleMania 34 episode)
April 16th Episode: 3.622 million viewers (Superstar Shakeup episode)
April 23rd Episode: 3.104 million viewers
April 30th Episode: 3.066 million viewers
May 7th Episode: 2.689 million viewers (post-Backlash episode)
May 14th Episode: 2.741 million (taped show from London)
May 21st Episode: 2.668 million viewers
March 28th Episode:
2017 Total: 156.971 million viewers
2017 Average: 3.018 million viewers per episode