WWE SmackDown viewership, 18-49 rating down

Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.316 million viewers on the USA Network, down 15.7% from the previous week. It’s the third lowest audience for the show since July 4th.

SmackDown averaged a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 27.5% from last week but was the second highest rating the show has done in that category since August 8th.

The show finished second on all television in the key demo, trailing only a college football game on ESPN that aired head to head that averaged a 0.60 18-49 rating and 2.609 million viewers overall.

As compared to the same week in 2024, which was the debut episode on USA after moving from FOX, the overall viewership was down 23.6% while the 18-49 rating was down 32.7%.

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 8.1% in overall viewers and 9.8% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.