The average age of Raw, Smackdown, & Impact Viewers

[Alexander The Great]

wrestling really is dying brehs

 

[El Guapo]

 

[prophecypro]

Wrestling is internet fan heavy and while I wouldnt doubt the bulk of the audience is old, Im also willing to bet the majority of the people dont watch in the traditional tv metrics that the old folks still do

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

but i say wrestling simply isn't popular anymore and its "nope, they're just doing everything wrong"

 

[Alexander The Great]

Wrestling is internet fan heavy and while I wouldnt doubt the bulk of the audience is old, Im also willing to bet the majority of the people dont watch in the traditional tv metrics that the old folks still do

the majority of people STILL watch it tv man.

 

[Spyro]

But but but bu bu they won't turn Cena heel cause they'll lose the kids audience

 

[dh86]

If the average age is 24 in 1999 and 41 in 2016, that means its largely the same people. The people you better cater to or else. "Neckbeards"

 

[Da King]

:flabbynfif:down viewers


No surprise

 

[prophecypro]

the majority of people STILL watch it tv man.

Not live they dont. I mean hell look at some of these podcasts like Cheap Heat that dont watch it live and discuss the change in how young people view things and look how their YouTube channel racks so many views of Raw cause people would rather watch the highlights the next day.



Look Im not saying Wrestling hasnt lost its younger audience, it absolutley has. But the audience from that demographic that it has retained and still have interest in the product aint got time to watch a 3 hour program on Monday for instance

 

[GOATpernick]

What kind of kid even wants to watch some faggy neutered down tv show anyway?

 

[Superkick Party]

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[LastManStanding]

TV ratings although still important, are not the true number of people watching. Times have changed and the Network and other streaming services are the future. Another good way to look at it is by viewing WWE's massive social media presence.

WWE's YouTube channel has roughly 12.4M subscribers. Now that's a free service, but if you figure about 10-15% of that number are actual paying customers (have the Network, attend live events in their area, etc.) then that's about 1-2M people. And that's pretty much where the Network subscriptions are right now.

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

More options for entertainment and no need for cable to watch live anymore.

 

[Black_Panther_JS]

Wrestling dumb as hell

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Idk why Meltzer brought up the head-to-head competition part. If you really study the ratings from 2001 and 2002 you'll see that WWE never converted WCW fans so that's a moot point.

If WWE dying, it's because cable is dying too because all 3 hours of RAW are in the top 10 for Monday cable ratings every week.