WWE SmackDown viewership, 18-49 rating both down
Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.153 million viewers on the USA Network, down 9% from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience for the show since February 20th.
SmackDown averaged a 0.25 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 21.9% from the prior week and is the lowest rating the show has done in that category since January 23rd.
The show went head to head with NHL playoff games on both ESPN and ESPN 2 which took the top 2 spots on the cable charts. SmackDown finished third on cable and sixth overall on television in that category.
As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was down 18% while the 18-49 rating was down 32.4%.
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 down 15.3% in overall viewers and 26.5% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
| Date | 18-49 | Total viewers |
| 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 |
| 4/3/2026 | 0.43 | 1,508,000 |
| 4/10/2026 | 0.36 | 1,412,000 |
| 4/17/2026 | 0.42 | 1,580,000 |
| 4/24/2026 | 0.32 | 1,267,000 |
| 5/1/2026 | 0.25 | 1,153,000 |
| 10 week average | 0.34 | 1,361,500 |
