WWE SmackDown viewership up, lowest 18-49 rating of 2025

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.383 million viewers on USA Network, up 7.2 percent from the previous week. Despite the increase, this is still the third-lowest audience total the show has done so far this year.

SmackDown finished fourth on television with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 8.3 percent from last week and is the lowest rating the show has done since November 15 of last year, when it aired on the same day as the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul Netflix fight.

The show went head-to-head with an NBA Western Conference Finals game on TNT that topped the TV charts with a 1.83 rating in 18-49 and 5.839 million viewers overall, as well as facing competition from an NHL Western Conference Finals game on ESPN that drew a 0.40 in the demo and averaged 1.398 million viewers.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when SmackDown still aired on Fox, the overall viewership was down 35.6 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 41.1 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 7.8 percent in viewers and 25 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.