WWE SmackDown viewership rises, 18-49 demo rating down

Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.303 million viewers on Fox, up 3.4 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-best audience total for the show since September 1.

SmackDown drew a 0.60 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 4.8 percent from last week and is the second-lowest rating the show has done since August 18.

As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown was up 4.4 percent in overall viewers and up 11.1 percent in the 18-49 demo.

For the month of September, SmackDown averaged 2,333,250 viewers and a 0.6275 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up slightly from the 2,279,600 viewers and 0.546 demo rating the show averaged in September 2022.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week averages in both categories. This week’s show was virtually identical in total viewers but down 3.2 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

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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.