WWE Monday Night Raw Doubles 2024 Viewership Numbers On Netflix

WWE Monday Night Raw made its debut in splashy fashion on Netflix earlier this week, and numbers show that the premiere was a notable success. According to new data, WWE Monday Night Raw tallied more than double its usual numbers from over the past five years of the weekly event.

WWE Monday Night Raw debuted on Jan. 6 on Netflix and the streamer, already proving it can handle live events after the Christmas Day airing of NFL games, aired the event without any technical glitches that plagued the Jake Paul and Mike Tyson bout.

According to a press release from the streamer, Monday Night Raw earned an average of 2.6 households watching the event live and same-day in the United States by way of data from VideoAmp.

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The inaugural event on Netflix averaged 2.6 million households (Live+SD) in the US, according to VideoAmp, which is 116% higher than RAW’s average 2024 US audience of 1.2 million households, and higher than any other Monday Night RAW broadcast in the past five years. The event also more than doubled the A18-49 audience vs. last year.

As we reported earlier in the week, the star-studded event featured the likes of stars Roman Reigns, Jay Uso, Rhea Ripley, and CM Punk, all emerging victorious. Fans also saw an intense open from WWE’s Chief Content Officer, Triple H, an appearance from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, John Cena cutting a promo for his farewell tour, and Hulk Hogan being booed out of the building.

The show was the top trending topic in the United States, Brazil, Australia, and the United Kingdom, using the #WWERaw hashtag. The event also garnered 223 million social views, which is more than any episode in the past year.

Netflix added that the debut of Monday Night Raw at the sold-out Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. set a record as the highest-grossing WWE area event of all time. It also set a merchandise sales record and was the highest-grossing non-premium live event of all time for the company.

WWE and Netflix are in a 10-year, $5 billion dollar partnership that will also showcase other big events such as Wrestlemania and the like.

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