WWE SmackDown ratings info from last week
Last Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.308 million viewers on USA, down 9.1% from the previous week and the lowest audience for the show since March 6.
SmackDown averaged a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 3.1% from the prior week and the best rating it’s done in that category since February 27.
The show went head-to-head with coverage of NCAA men’s basketball tournament “Sweet 16” action on CBS, TBS and Tru TV, which dominated the ratings for the night.
SmackDown finished fourth on the primetime cable charts, trailing only basketball-related programming, and was the highest rated show in 18-49 on all television aside from that coverage, beating everything else on the major networks as well as cable.
As compared to the same week in 2025 and against similar competition, overall viewership was down 3.1% while the 18-49 rating was down 17.5%.
WWE SmackDown 2026 ratings
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE SmackDown as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 7.1% in overall viewers and 13.8% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
| Date | 18-49 | Total viewers |
| 1/16/2026 | 0.21 | 968,000 |
| 1/23/2026 | 0.22 | 943,000 |
| 1/30/2026 | 0.29 | 1,260,000 |
| 2/6/2026 | 0.35 | 1,459,000 |
| 2/13/2026 | 0.26 | 1,042,000 |
| 2/20/2026 | 0.29 | 1,113,000 |
| 2/27/2026 | 0.34 | 1,379,000 |
| 3/6/2026 | 0.27 | 1,190,000 |
| 3/13/2026 | 0.32 | 1,419,000 |
| 3/20/2026 | 0.32 | 1,439,000 |
| 3/27/2026 | 0.33 | 1,308,000 |
| 10-week average (not including most recent week) | 0.29 | 1,221,200 |
