WWE SmackDown draws lowest 18-49 demo rating of 2025

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.406 million viewers on USA Network, down 12.1 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since April 4 and is the third-lowest viewership SmackDown has done so far this year.

In the 18-49 demo, SmackDown finished third on television in prime time with a 0.37 rating. That’s a 27.5 percent decrease from last week and is the lowest rating SmackDown has done in 2025. It ties the lowest number for the show in 18-49 since November 15 of last year.

The show went head-to-head with an NBA playoff game on ESPN that topped the TV charts with a 1.40 rating in 18-49 and averaged more than 4.6 million viewers overall, as well as going against an NHL playoff game that did a 0.20 rating and 644,000 viewers on TNT.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on Fox, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 34.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 38.3 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 12.4 percent in viewers and 22.9 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.