WrestleMania was a big hit on Peacock.
WWE announced WrestleMania was the most viewed WWE premium live event of all time. Global unique viewership increased 54% and domestic unique viewership increased 61% year-over-year.
"In 2021, we saw a 15% increase in viewership from 2020, which was the last WrestleMania to air in the US on WWE Network. This momentum continued into 2022, where this past month, we saw 61% increase from 2021. We also doubled WWE viewership in total on Peacock over the past WrestleMania weekend compared to the year prior. We did not hit a ceiling our first year on Peacock. During WrestleMania weekend, nearly one-third of all Peacock accounts viewed WWE content. WrestleMania 38 was the second most-watched live event in the history of Peacock behind only this year's Super Bowl," said Nick Khan on the first quarter 2022 earnings call.
He continued by saying, "This tells us we're reaching new fans on the service and growing WWE's audience with the growth of Peacock alongside the existing robust partnership and viewership with USA with Raw and Fox with SmackDown."
It was also announced that WrestleMania viewership in India was a record 56.1 million, a 29% increase year-over-year.
Fans can view the highlights from the first quarter 2022 report by clicking here.
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