WWE Smackdown Rating, Audience Rise To Four Month Highs

Last week’s post-SummerSlam episode of WWE Smackdown were up again to hit the best points in four months. Friday’s show garnered a 0.35 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 1.470 million viewers per Wrestlenomics. Those numbers were up 12.9% and 6.6% respectively from the previous week’s 0.31 demo rating and audience of 1.379 million.

The demo rating and audience were both the best the show since the April 17th episode had a 0.36 rating and 1.58 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 1.237 million viewers in 2026 compared to a 0.435 and 1.499 million for the same time period in 2025.