WWE NXT viewership rises, 18-49 demo rating down

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 801,000 viewers on The CW, up 4.6 percent from last week. It’s the second-lowest audience total for the show since January 14 but is the third time in the last four weeks that NXT has been above 800k viewers.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.18 rating. That’s down 10 percent from last week and is the second-lowest rating the show has done in that category so far in 2025.

The show went head-to-head with NBA basketball on TNT and a college basketball game on ESPN that took the top two spots on cable, drawing 0.34 and 0.31 ratings respectively.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show aired on USA Network, NXT’s overall viewership was up 23.2 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 5.9 percent, so the audience is skewing older this year.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s episode was up 9.5 percent in overall viewers and 5.9 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.