WWE SmackDown ratings up, finishes third on TV
Friday night’s SmackDown averaged 2.231 million viewers on Fox, up 3.7 percent from the February 4 episode. It’s the third-highest viewership for the show so far in 2022.
In the 18-49 demo, SmackDown drew a 0.55 rating, up 7.8 percent from the previous week. That’s actually the show’s second-lowest rating of the year so far. SmackDown finished third among network programming in that category, trailing Olympic coverage on NBC as well as a special edition of Jeopardy on ABC.
SmackDown finished second on the networks with a 0.37 rating in the 18-34 demo, trailing only the Olympics. That number was up 27.6 percent from the prior week.
As compared to the same week in 2021, SmackDown was up 12.1 percent in total viewers but down 3.4 percent in 18-49. The show was up 8.8 percent in 18-34.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership and 18-49 demo numbers for Fox airings of SmackDown. This week’s show was up three percent in viewers and up 1.9 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
