WWE SmackDown 18-49 rating up, overall viewership slightly down

Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.731 million viewers on the USA Network, down 0.4% from the previous week. It was still the second highest audience for the show since the return to USA Network in September.

SmackDown topped all television with a 0.52 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 2% from last week and is the highest rating the show has done in that category since the USA Network debut on September 13th of last year.

The show went head to head with an NBA game on ESPN that averaged 1.807 million viewers and finished second on television with a 0.51 18-49 rating.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show was on FOX, the overall viewership was down 26.3% while the 18-49 rating was down 18.8%.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE SmackDown on the USA Network as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 16.7% in overall viewers and 18.2% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.