WWE SmackDown ratings down slightly, ranks first on TV in 18-49 demo

WWE SmackDown averaged 1.551 million viewers Friday night on the USA Network, down 1.7 percent from the previous week. It’s still the second-largest audience total for the show since March 14.

In the 18-49 demo, SmackDown topped all of television with a 0.45 rating. That’s down 4.3 percent from last week but is also the second-largest rating the show has done in that category since the March 14 episode.

There was no major sports competition on the night with the UFL on Fox, the league owned by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, drawing a 0.13 rating in 18-49 airing head-to-head with an average audience of 682,000 viewers.

As compared to the same week in 2024, which was the SmackDown after WrestleMania episode airing on Fox, SmackDown had year-over-year drops of 37.9 percent in overall viewership and 40.8 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down one percent in overall viewers and 6.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.