WWE SmackDown viewership and 18-49 rating both up
Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.419 million viewers on the USA Network, up 19.2% from the previous week. It’s the second largest audience for the show since September 5th of last year.
SmackDown averaged a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 18.5% from the prior week and was the third highest rating the show has done in that category since the September 26th episode.
The show went head to head with FOX’s coverage of the World Baseball Classic as well as various college basketball conference championship games across several cable stations. The show finished 4th on the prime time cable charts in the 18-49 demo, trailing three separate basketball broadcasts on ESPN.
As compared to the same week in 2025, the overall viewership was down 9.7% while the 18-49 rating was down 38.5%.
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 23.2% in overall viewers and 14.3% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
| Date | 18-49 | Total viewers |
| 1/2/2026 | 0.28 | 1,175,000 |
| 1/9/2026 | 0.26 | 990,000 |
| 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 |
| 10 week average | 0.28 | 1,151,900 |
