WWE Smackdown Rating, Audience Fall From Previous Week’s Numbers

Last week’s episode of WWE Smackdown slipped from the previous week’s numbers in both ratings and and overall viewership. Friday’s show brought in a 0.23 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 1.120 million viewers per Dave Meltzer. Those numbers were down 28.1% and 12.5% respectively from the previous week’s 0.32 demo rating and audience of 1.280 million.

The demo rating was the lowest since July 24th eipsode also had a 0.23, whhile the total audience was the lowest since the July 3rd episode had 1.063 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 0.283 demo rating and 1.235 million viewers in 2026 compared to a 0.426 and 1.480 million for the same time period in 2025.