Impact Viewership Up For Final Episode Of 2017, How Did It Compare To WWE For The Year?

Thursday’s Impact Wrestling episode, featuring part 2 of the “Best of 2017” recap, drew 285,000 viewers. This is up from last week’s 269,000 viewers and the best number going back to late August.

Impact ranked #110 on the Cable Top 150 this week. Last week’s show ranked #141.

The NBA and college football topped the night on cable.

Below is our 2017 Impact Viewership Tracker with totals and a comparison to WWE’s 2017 totals:

January 5th Episode: 290,000 viewers
January 12th Episode: 277,000 viewers
January 19th Episode: 310,000 viewers
January 26th Episode: 307,000 viewers
February 2nd Episode: 299,000 viewers
February 9th Episode: 252,000 viewers
February 16th Episode: 325,000 viewers
February 23rd Episode: 275,000 viewers
March 2nd Episode: 293,000 viewers
March 9th Episode: 292,000 viewers
March 16th Episode: 344,000 viewers
March 23rd Episode: 305,000 viewers
March 30th Episode: 297,000 viewers
April 6th Episode: 309,000 viewers
April 13th Episode: 302,000 viewers
April 20th Episode: 320,000 viewers
April 27th Episode: 255,000 viewers
May 4th Episode: 260,000 viewers
May 11th Episode: 309,000 viewers
May 18th Episode: 272,000 viewers
May 25th Episode: 305,000 viewers
June 1st Episode: 287,000 viewers
June 8th Episode: 318,000 viewers
June 15th Episode: 327,000 viewers
June 22nd Episode: 342,000 viewers
June 29th Episode: 268,000 viewers
July 6th Episode: 345,000 viewers
July 13th Episode: 374,000 viewers
July 20th Episode: 322,000 viewers
July 27th Episode: 286,000 viewers
August 3rd Episode: 276,000 viewers
August 10th Episode: 277,000 viewers
August 17th Episode: 320,000 viewers (Destination X)
August 24th Episode: 296,000 viewers
August 31st Episode: 268,000 viewers
September 7th Episode: 227,000 viewers
September 14th Episode: 239,000 viewers
September 21st Episode: 277,000 viewers
September 28th Episode: 264,000 viewers
October 5th Episode: 251,000 viewers
October 12th Episode: 279,000 viewers
October 19th Episode: 267,000 viewers
October 26th Episode: 231,000 viewers
November 2nd Episode: 275,000 viewers
November 9th Episode: 250,000 viewers
November 16th Episode: 272,000 viewers
November 23rd Episode: 169,000 viewers
November 30th Episode: 255,000 viewers
December 7th Episode: 226,000 viewers
December 14th Episode: 161,000 viewers
December 21st Episode: 269,000 viewers
December 28th Episode: 285,000 viewers
2017 Total: 16.147 million viewers
2017 Average: 311,000 viewers per episode

In comparison, WWE RAW drew 156.971 million viewers in 2017 with an average of 3.018 million viewers per episode while SmackDown drew 132.401 million viewers with an average of 2.546 million viewers per episode.