WWE NXT viewership and 18-49 demo rating down

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 652,000 viewers on The CW, down 3.3 percent from last week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since April 1 and is NXT’s second-lowest viewership of the year so far in 2025.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.14 rating. That’s down 6.7 percent from last week and ties the lowest rating the show has done in that category since December 3 of last year. NXT tied for ninth place among English-language shows on network television.

NXT went head-to-head with an Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers NBA playoff game on TNT that topped the cable charts with a 1.02 rating in the 18-49 demo and averaged 3.444 million viewers overall. There was also competition from a Carolina Hurricanes vs. Washington Capitals NHL playoff game on ESPN that finished second on cable with a 0.42 rating in the demo and 1.334 million overall viewers.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on USA Network, NXT’s overall viewership was down 1.1 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 26.3 percent, so the viewership continues its trend of skewing much older on The CW.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s episode was down 6.9 percent in overall viewers and 12.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.