40% of WWE's viewers are female and 17% of its viewers are below the age of 18. Wrestling has an aging demographic , and its audience is getting older faster than any other sport . These and other insights on WWE viewers and the US wrestling industry have been provided in the findings below. WWE VIEWERS WWE Viewer Demographics According to the WWE website, 40% of WWE's viewers are female (therefore 60% are male) and 17% of its viewers are below the age of 18. In 2019, the average age of TV viewers of wrestling was 54 , older than every other sport except baseball (57) and horse racing (63). The median age of pro wrestling viewers increased by almost double from 28 in 2000 to 54 in 2016 . This increase in the median age is the largest among all sports , with the next-largest being a 16-year increase in the median age of NHL viewers during the same period. Those who started watching when they were kids have stuck around and continue to watch using traditional means , but it ...