WWE Smackdown ratings data for last Friday

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Last Friday’s WWE’s Smackdown averaged 1.191 million viewers on the USA Network, up 14.7% from the previous week and their largest audience in more than a month.

The show averaged a 0.25 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 25% from the prior week and the highest rating SmackDown has done in that category in more than a month.

It finished first on the primetime cable charts in 18-49 and was also first on all television aside from the World Cup on Fox and the U.S. Open on NBC, respectively, for the night. SmackDown was fifth on cable in terms of total viewers for the night.

As compared to the same week in 2025, overall viewership was down 21.9% while the 18-49 rating was down 34.2%.

Recent WWE SmackDown TV ratings

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings as well as the ten week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 3.6% in overall viewers and 10.7% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

Date18-49Total viewers
4/10/20260.361,412,000
4/17/20260.421,580,000
4/24/20260.321,267,000
5/1/20260.251,153,000
5/8/20260.291,279,000
5/15/20260.231,184,000
5/22/20260.291,258,000
5/29/20260.231,096,000
6/5/20260.241,089,000
6/12/20260.201,038,000
6/19/20260.251,191,000
10-week average
(through 6/12)
0.281,235,600
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