WWE Smackdown Rating, Audience Down Slightly From Week Before

Last week’s taped episode of WWE Smackdown had a small downtick in ratings and audience heading into WWE Crown Jewel. Friday’s episode scored a 0.26 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 1.162 million viewers per Dave Meltzer. Those numbers were down 3.9% and 5.3% respectively from the previous week’s 0.26 demo rating and audience of 1.162 million.

The demo rating was slightly up from the 0.24 from two weeks ago, while the total viewership was equal to that episode’s audience of 1.1 million. Details on other ratings aren’t yet available, so no word on what topped the night.

As a reminder, Nielsen made an adjustment to its Big Data + Panel numbers in late January, and even the original Big Data + Panel ratings makes ratings difficult to compare to pre-change weeks. That said, WWE Smackdown is currently averaging a 0.282 demo rating and 1.235 million viewers in 2026 compared to a 0.400 and 1.417 million for the same time period in 2025.