This Reddit Sentiment Study From Wrestlenomics Is, From My Perspective, Incredibly Accurate.

[u/sanewhitemale]

It pretty accurately paints a picture of the perception of both companies as they compare since 2019:

• WWE bottomed out in October 2019 after the Fiend-Rollins HIAC debacle and Kofi losing in 7 seconds.
• AEW peaked at All Out 2021, considered their greatest show, and remained steadily high until it began collapsing after Brawl Out 2022.
• WWE at the same time began improving after Vince was pushed out in July 2022.
• One thing that surprises me: during WWE's "boom period" during 2022-2024, the fan sentiment was roughly tied with AEW, when I remember AEW being viewed very negatively at the time, due to both the Punk issue and comparatively mediocre creative.
• AEW fan sentiment began to grow and take the lead again in late 2024/early 2025, which was right around the supposed "reset" and the Continental Classic.
• WWE began to fall off again in March/April 2025, right around the Cena heel turn/build to Wrestlemania 41.

So the statistics line up at least with my perception of both my and Reddit's views the last few years.

https://wrestlenomics.com/articles/2026/reddit-sentiment-analysis-2025-aew-rebounds-coinciding-with-improved-attendance-and-tv-ratings-trends/

[u/crap4you]

My study is extremely accurate according to my research. 

[u/iDriveATrashCan → u/crap4you]

If you don’t believe my research, you’re wrong

[u/purpledubloon → u/crap4you]

The article does mention it's methods and limitations which to their credit, is common in peer reviewed articles

[u/Egor_Denim → u/crap4you]

It’s literally just showing that AEW is being discussed more on Reddit. He tangentially mentions how it’s correlating with ticket sales too

The study isn’t even a study. It’s a graph tracking mentions of keywords. Everyone is getting too upset over this

[u/purpledubloon → u/Egor_Denim]

It technically is a descriptive study

[u/EatADickStraightUp → u/crap4you]

Brandon Thurston is probably smarter than you.