WWE SmackDown ratings up following Survivor Series

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.494 million viewers on USA Network, up 11.4 percent from the previous week. It’s the third-largest audience total for the show since October 11.

SmackDown drew a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demo, which topped the prime time cable charts for the day. That’s up 10 percent from last week, which was also the third-best rating the show has done in that category since the October 11 episode.

The show went head-to-head with a conference championship college football game on Fox that averaged three million viewers and topped all of television with a 0.70 rating. There was also an NBA game on ESPN that drew a 0.31 and another college football game on ABC that did a 0.28.

As compared to the same week in 2023, when SmackDown still aired on Fox, the show’s overall viewership was down 37.3 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 30.2 percent.

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 up two percent in overall viewers and 2.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.