WWE SmackDown ratings up for final show of 2025

Last week’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.138 million viewers on the USA Network, up 14.4% from the previous week. It was, however, the third lowest audience for the show since Halloween Night.

SmackDown averaged a 0.27 rating in the 18-49 demo, which topped all television on the night. That’s up 28.6% from the prior week and ties the third highest rating the show has done in that category since October 24th.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when Nielsen still used it’s previous ratings measurement system, the overall viewership was down 20.8% while the 18-49 rating was down 34.2%.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE SmackDown on the USA Network as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 1.5% in overall viewers and 3.8% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

Date18-49Total viewers
10/17/20250.281,182,000
10/24/20250.291,147,000
10/31/20250.20933,000
11/7/20250.261,141,000
11/14/20250.271,158,000
11/21/20250.291,210,000
11/28/20250.281,142,000
12/5/20250.241,063,000
12/12/20250.261,240,000
12/19/20250.21995,000
12/26/20250.271,138,000
10 week average0.261,121,100

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Paul Fontaine
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Paul Fontaine is a writer and podcaster covering both pro wrestling and mixed martial art. He has been a contributor to F4W Online for over 10 years, focusing mostly on the business side of both sports.