WWE Smackdown Rating, Audience Back Down After Previous Week’s Rise

Last week’s WWE Smackdown was back down in the ratings after jumping last week. Friday’s episode brought in a 0.37 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 1.316 million viewers per Programming Insider. Those numbers are down 27.5% and 17.0% respectively from the previous week’s jump to a 0.51 demo rating and audience of 1.585 million.

While down form last week, the show was still higher than the 0.28 and 1.147 from two weeks ago, which were almost two year lows. The show ranked #2 for the night among cable and broadcast shows in the demo rating behind the Colorado vs. Houston NCAA college football game on ESPN (a 0.60 demo rating and 2.609 million viewers).

Smackdown is averaging a 0.427 demo rating and 1.479 million viewers in 2025 to date, compared to a 0.635 and 2.262 million for 2024 on FOX and then USA Network to the same point.