WWE Raw did not appear in Netflix’s Top 10 rankings in either the United States or worldwide for the week covering its August 31, 2026 broadcast, creating a notable low point for the weekly Monday night program on its streaming home.
Netflix’s Tudum charts did not list Raw among the leading English-language series in the U.S. or global rankings. On the worldwide chart, the No. 10 position belonged to Earle Meets World, which posted 1.8 million views. That establishes that the August 31 edition of Raw finished below 1.8 million global views under Netflix’s published measurement system.
The result is significant because Raw has been a frequent presence on Netflix’s charts since WWE shifted the program to the platform in January 2025. It is only the second occasion on which the show has failed to make either Top 10 list during that run. The other absence came with the Christmas Day 2025 episode, a broadcast that aired during an unusually crowded holiday viewing period.
While a Top 10 absence does not provide an exact audience total, the available rankings do offer a clear ceiling for Raw’s August 31 performance. Since the 10th-place global entry drew 1.8 million views, Raw’s total was lower than that figure. Netflix did not release a precise view count for the episode as part of the weekly Top 10 data.
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A New Low in Netflix’s Published Raw Data
Raw’s previous lowest viewership figure to still appear on the Tudum rankings was 2 million views, recorded by the June 1, 2026 episode. The August 31 show therefore fell beneath the prior low end of Raw’s charting history on Netflix.
The decline followed a softer trend over the preceding two weeks. The August 24 episode drew 2.5 million global views, down from the 2.7 million views posted by the August 17 show. Those numbers remained sufficient for Raw to make Netflix’s reported rankings, but the direction of travel continued into the following week, when the program fell completely out of the Top 10.
Netflix’s weekly figures should be viewed in the context of the platform’s methodology. The service reports views rather than traditional linear television ratings, and its charts cover a defined measurement window. A show missing the Top 10 is not the same as a show having no audience, nor does it reveal the full range of viewership across every market. It does, however, indicate that Raw was not among the streamer’s ten highest-performing ranked programs in the relevant categories for that week.
The global list was led by Death of the Pastor’s Wife, followed by Beauty in Black and The Gentlemen. The level of competition on a streaming chart can change sharply from week to week as new releases arrive, established series continue to accumulate viewing, and audiences spread across a large international catalog. Still, Raw’s failure to clear the 1.8 million-view benchmark represents a substantial change from its 2.5 million result one week earlier.
Netflix Data Was Not Reportedly a Mistake
Questions were raised over whether the missing Raw listing could have been related to an issue with Netflix’s data. Netflix did not provide additional information when asked about that possibility. However, a person familiar with the matter indicated there was no error in the reported numbers.
That leaves the August 31 result as an apparent legitimate non-charting week rather than a temporary omission or correction waiting to be made. Without a specific total from Netflix, it is not possible to determine exactly how far Raw landed below the global Top 10 threshold. The available information only confirms that it was below 1.8 million views.
The distinction matters when assessing WWE’s broader Netflix performance. Raw’s arrival on the service in January 2025 was one of the company’s biggest media-rights changes, placing its flagship weekly program in front of Netflix’s international subscriber base. As a result, the weekly Tudum figures have become one of the most visible public gauges of the show’s streaming reach, even though the data is not directly comparable to the minute-by-minute or household measurements traditionally associated with U.S. cable television.
For WWE, chart placement can provide a straightforward public benchmark: whether Raw’s weekly viewing was strong enough to stand alongside Netflix’s most-watched programming. The August 31 broadcast did not meet that bar, despite Raw generally maintaining a place within the lists since the move.
August 31 Raw Included Major Championship Stakes
The episode was not without major WWE storyline developments. Raw opened with Jey Uso being busted open in an angle that resulted in visible blood. Netflix censored the imagery, a production decision that reportedly frustrated members of WWE’s production team.
The moment underscored the adjustment involved in presenting WWE’s live weekly content on a global streaming platform. WWE programming has long relied on live, unpredictable action, while Netflix applies its own standards and production considerations. When blood is unexpectedly visible during a live segment, the presentation can require an immediate response, and that can affect both the broadcast itself and those working behind the scenes.
Beyond the opening angle, the August 31 show also featured number one contenders’ matches for the men’s Intercontinental Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship. Those contests placed meaningful title opportunities at the center of the episode and gave Raw two major competitive stakes across its championship picture.
Championship contender matches are often built to advance upcoming premium live event programs and establish the next group of featured challengers. The presence of both an Intercontinental Championship contender bout and a World Heavyweight Championship contender bout meant the episode carried consequences for two different levels of the Raw title structure. Even so, the show’s place in the Netflix rankings ultimately reflected a lower overall viewing total than the weeks immediately before it.
What the Absence Means Going Forward
One week outside the Top 10 does not, on its own, establish a long-term trend. Raw had only one prior non-charting performance since debuting on Netflix, and that previous exception occurred on Christmas Day 2025. The rarity of these misses remains important: the August 31 episode stands out precisely because Raw has otherwise been a consistent fixture in the streamer’s published rankings.
At the same time, the sequence from 2.7 million views on August 17 to 2.5 million on August 24 and then a sub-1.8 million result for August 31 will naturally draw attention. The change between the latter two weeks is especially pronounced, though Netflix’s rankings alone cannot explain why it happened. They do not isolate factors such as viewing habits by territory, audience timing, competition from other programming, or how many viewers chose to watch outside the measurement period.
WWE and Netflix also have access to internal data not included in Tudum’s public charts. That broader information could include engagement patterns, completion rates, audience retention, regional performance, and viewing over longer periods. None of those figures were publicly detailed in connection with the August 31 Raw episode, so the public picture remains limited to its failure to reach the Top 10 threshold.
For now, the clearest conclusion is that Raw’s August 31 broadcast produced its weakest publicly identifiable Netflix performance since the show began streaming on the platform. It did not reach the global or U.S. Top 10, finished below the 1.8 million views registered by the final global entry, and became only the second Raw episode of the Netflix era to miss the charts entirely.
The next set of Netflix data will show whether that result was an isolated dip or the beginning of a more sustained challenge for Raw’s weekly chart position. Given the program’s usual consistency on the platform, the response in the weeks after August 31 will be closely watched.
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