Impact Wrestling Suffers Big Drops In Viewership On AXS And Twitch From Last Week

Tuesday's new edition of Impact Wrestling drew 177,000 viewers on AXS TV, according to Showbuzz Daily. The show drew a 0.04 rating in the key 18-49 demographic.

This week's Impact ranked #143 for the night on the Cable Top 150, and #134 for the night in viewership.

These numbers are down from last week's show, which drew 221,000 viewers (-20% from last week) with a 0.08 rating (-50%) in the key demo. Last week's episode ranked #96 for the night on the Cable Top 150 and #123 in viewership.

Impact Wrestling also suffered a big drop with their viewership on Twitch. The show peaked at 14,663 viewers, down a whopping 72% from the peak of 52,492 viewers for last week's episode (h/t to WrestleNomics and @voidtoaster1992). The average viewership this week on Twitch was 12,397 viewers, down 71.3% from last week. It should be noted that this week's viewership was still better than what the show had been doing on the platform outside of last week.

This week's Impact was the second show to feature stars from AEW – announcer Tony Schiavone, President & General Manager Tony Khan, and AEW World Champion Kenny Omega.

Curse of Oak Island on History topped the night on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.54 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, drawing just 2.845 million viewers. Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC topped the night in viewership on cable with 3.462 million viewers, ranking #8 for the night on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.27 rating in the key demo.

The Bachelorette on ABC topped the night in the 18-49 demographic for network TV with a 1.1 rating. The Voice on NBC topped the night on network TV in viewership with 7.265 million viewers.

Below is our 2020 Impact Wrestling Viewership Tracker: (Archived ratings data courtesy of WrestleNomics)

January 7 Episode: 200,000 viewers
January 14 Episode: 182,000 viewers
January 21 Episode: 150,000 viewers
January 28 Episode: 188,000 viewers
February 4 Episode: 174,000 viewers
February 11 Episode: 176,000 viewers
February 18 Episode: 186,000 viewers
February 25 Episode: 195,000 viewers
March 3 Episode: 161,000 viewers
March 10 Episode: 151,000 viewers
March 17 Episode: 163,000 viewers
March 24 Episode: 172,000 viewers
March 31 Episode: 122,000 viewers
April 7 Episode: 148,000 viewers
April 14 Episode: 151,000 viewers
April 21 Episode: 132,000 viewers
April 28 Episode: 145,000 viewers
May 5 Episode: 140,000 viewers
May 12 Episode: 175,000 viewers
May 19 Episode: 145,000 viewers
May 26 Episode: 152,000 viewers
June 2 Episode: 133,000 viewers
June 9 Episode: 138,000 viewers
June 16 Episode: 148,000 viewers
June 23 Episode: 136,000 viewers
June 30 Episode: 151,000 viewers
July 7 Episode: 135,000 viewers
July 14 Episode: 156,000 viewers
July 21 Episode: 163,000 viewers
July 28 Episode: 157,000 viewers
August 4 Episode: 134,000 viewers
August 11 Episode: 182,000 viewers
August 18 Episode: 147,000 viewers
August 25 Episode: 171,000 viewers
September 1 Episode: 102,000 viewers
September 8 Episode: 78,000 viewers
September 15 Episode: 170,000 viewers
September 22 Episode: 200,000 viewers
September 29 Episode: 168,000 viewers
October 6 Episode: 156,000 viewers
October 13 Episode: 154,000 viewers
October 20 Episode: 146,000 viewers
October 27 Episode: 139,000 viewers
November 3 Episode: 116,000 viewers
November 10 Episode: 127,000 viewers
November 17 Episode: 146,000 viewers
November 24 Episode: 149,000 viewers
December 1 Episode: 166,000 viewers
December 8 Episode: 221,000 viewers with a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demographic
December 15 Episode: 177,000 viewers with a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demographic
December 22 Episode: