WWE Smackdown Rating, Audience Backtrack After Previous Week’s Highs

Last week’s episode of WWE Smackdown had an expected fall back from the previous week’s four-month highs. Friday’s show brought in a 0.30 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 1.247 million viewers per Wrestlenomics. Those numbers were down 14.3% and 15.2% respectively from the previous week’s 0.35 demo rating and audience of 1.470 million.

The demo rating was the lowest for the show since the July 24th episode had a 0.23. Meanwhile, the total audience was the lowest since the July 17th episode had a 1.243 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 0.284 demo rating and 1.237 million viewers in 2026 compared to a 0.433 and 1.497 million for the same time period in 2025.