WWE Smackdown Rating & Audience Down From Previous Week

Last week’s WWE Smackdown saw its rating and audience drop from the week before. Friday’s episode brought in a 0.35 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 1.238 million viewers per Programming Insider. Those numbers are down 5.4% and 7.8% respectively from the previous week’s jump to a 0.37 demo rating and audience of 1.342 million.

The demo rating and audience for last week was the lowest since the August 29th episode did a 0.28 and 1.147 million viewers. The show ranked #2 for the night among cable and broadcast shows in the demo rating behind the Florida State and Virginia college football game on ESPN (a 1.17 demo rating and 4.303 million viewers).

Smackdown is averaging a 0.423 demo rating and 1.469 million viewers in 2025 to date, compared to a 0.625 and 2.225 million for 2024 on FOX and then USA Network to the same point.