Tag: Wwe Smackdown Ratings

The Friday, February 16 episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.555 million viewers on Fox, down 0.8 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-highest audience total the show has done since September 15.

The show featured appearances by The Rock and Roman Reigns as well as Logan Paul’s first-ever SmackDown match.

SmackDown topped all of television with a 0.75 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s the same rating SmackDown did last week and ties the best number the show has done in that category since August 25.

As compared to the same week in 2023, SmackDown’s overall audience was up 7.2 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 29.3 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 11.7 percent in overall viewers and up 23 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.578 million viewers on Fox, up 4.4 percent from the previous week. It’s the largest audience total for the show since August 25 of last year.

The episode took place one day after WWE’s WrestleMania 40 press conference.

SmackDown drew a 0.75 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 1.4 percent from last week and is also the show’s highest rating in that category since the August 25 episode, which was a special tribute to Bray Wyatt and Terry Funk.

As compared to the same week in 2023, SmackDown’s overall audience was up 4.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 17.2 percent. It’s the 11th straight week the show has had a year-over-year increase in the key demo.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 15.4 percent in total viewers and up 25 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s Royal Rumble go-home edition of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.475 million viewers on Fox, up 2.8 percent from the previous week. It’s the largest audience total for the show since August 25 of last year, which was a special tribute to Bray Wyatt and Terry Funk.

SmackDown topped all major network programming with a 0.71 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 14.5 percent from last week and is also the highest rating the show has done since the August 25 episode.

As compared to the same week in 2023, SmackDown’s overall viewership was actually down 2.7 percent from last year’s Royal Rumble go-home show. The 18-49 rating was up six percent year-over-year.

For the month of January, SmackDown averaged 2.433 million viewers and a 0.66 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up from the 2.346 million viewers and 0.58 demo rating the show averaged in January 2023.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 13.6 percent in overall viewers and up 24.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.408 million viewers on Fox, up one percent from the previous week. It’s the second-highest audience total the show has done since October 13. 

SmackDown drew a 0.62 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 3.1 percent from last week and is the lowest of the three episodes that have aired so far in 2024. The show did top all of network television on the night in the key demo.

As compared to the same week in 2023, SmackDown was up 6.7 percent in total viewers and up 12.7 percent in 18-49. Other than the week SmackDown aired a Best of 2023 special and another week when the show was moved to FS1, it’s the 16th week of the last 17 that SmackDown has been up year-over-year in the 18-49 demo.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 12 percent in overall viewers and up 10.7 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s New Year’s Revolution episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.465 million viewers on Fox, up 81.9% from the previous week’s Best of 2023 show and up 16.9 percent from the last live episode two weeks ago.

This is the largest audience total for SmackDown since September 15, which was when The Rock made a surprise appearance on the show.

SmackDown drew a 0.67 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 132.1 percent from last week’s best of episode and up 17.9 percent from two weeks ago. It’s also the largest 18-49 rating for SmackDown since September 15.

SmackDown topped all of network television in the 18-49 demo, more than doubling the second place show. It also finished second in terms of total viewers behind ABC’s 20/20. While SmackDown usually finishes first in the 18-49 demo on Fridays, it’s usually near the bottom in terms of total viewers.

As compared to the same week in 2023, SmackDown was up 9.2 percent in total viewers and up 26.4 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 ratings for Fox airings of SmackDown, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. This week’s show was up 17.9 percent in 18-49 and up 15.6 percent in total viewers as compared to the recent averages.

The December 15 episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.24 million viewers on Fox, down six percent from the previous week. It’s still the second-highest audience total for the show since October 20.

SmackDown drew a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 12.7 percent from last week and is the second lowest rating in that category for a Fox airing of the show since September 8. SmackDown did top all network television in the key demo on Friday, nearly doubling the closest competition. 

This show featured the return of Roman Reigns, who had been off SmackDown since early November. The first two segments, which featured Reigns in a promo, were the highest-viewed segments on the show.

As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown’s overall viewership was up 4.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 5.8 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. This week’s episode was down 0.3 percent in overall viewers and down 8.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s Tribute to the Troops edition of WWE SmackDown, which featured CM Punk’s first appearance on the brand since he returned to the company, averaged 2.384 million viewers on Fox. That’s up 16.6 percent from the previous week and is the highest audience total for the show since October 13.

SmackDown drew a 0.63 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 6.8 percent from last week and is the highest rating the show has done in that category since October 6. SmackDown led all of the broadcast networks, nearly doubling the second place competition.

As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown was up 3.4 percent in overall viewers and up 10.5 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. This week’s show was up 5.2 percent in overall viewers and up 3.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

With the show taking place on the day after Thanksgiving, last week’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 789,000 viewers on FS1, down 31.1 percent from when it last aired on that station on October 27. This is the lowest-ever viewership total for a live airing of SmackDown on any network. There was a New Year’s Eve taped “Best Of” episode in 2021 that did a lower audience. 

SmackDown drew a 0.24 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 31.4 from the October FS1 episode. That’s tied for the second-lowest rating a live SmackDown has ever done. There was an October 28, 2022 episode that went up against the World Series that did a lower number.

The show was moved to FS1 last Friday due to Fox airing college football. NBC and ABC also aired games head-to-head, so the competition was much tougher than usual in addition to it being a holiday weekend and airing on an unfamiliar station.

Listed below are the overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for each episode of SmackDown that has aired on FS1 to date:

Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.206 million viewers on Fox, up 0.5 percent from the previous week. It’s the highest audience total for the show since October 20.

SmackDown drew a 0.62 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 8.8 percent from last week. That ties the best rating SmackDown has done in 18-49 since October 6. It nearly doubled the next closest competition on network television on the night.

SmackDown went head-to-head with AEW Collision on Friday night. Collision, which moved nights due to AEW’s Full Gear pay-per-view, averaged 270,000 viewers on TNT and drew a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo.

As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 1.2 percent but its 18-49 demo rating was up 10.7 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. This week’s show was down 3.8 percent in overall viewers but up 1.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown averaged 2.195 million viewers on Fox, up 3.6 percent from the previous week. It’s still the second-lowest audience total for a Fox airing of the show since September 8.

SmackDown topped all of network television with a 0.57 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 7.5 percent from last week but is also the second-lowest demo rating SmackDown has done since the September 8 episode.

As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown’s overall audience was down three percent while its 18-49 rating was down 1.7 percent. It’s just the second time since January that the show was down year-over-year in both categories.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Fox airings of SmackDown, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. This week’s show was down 6.2 percent in overall viewers and down 9.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.119 million viewers on Fox, down 5.9 percent from two weeks ago when the show last aired on that network. SmackDown was moved to FS1 on October 27 due to Fox’s coverage of the MLB World Series.

Friday’s episode, which was SmackDown’s Crown Jewel go-home show, was taped a week in advance.

This is SmackDown’s lowest audience total on Fox since September 8.

SmackDown topped all of network television with a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demo. The show did finish behind an NBA game on cable station ESPN, which drew a 0.60 (although the game started after SmackDown ended).

The 18-49 demo rating is down 14.5 percent from two weeks ago and ties the lowest rating the show has done on Fox since May 26.

As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown’s overall audience was down 0.9 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 10.5 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Fox airings of SmackDown, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. This week’s show was down 9.3 percent in overall viewers and down 15.9% in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown averaged 1.145 million viewers on FS1. The episode was moved to FS1 due to game one of the World Series airing on Fox.

SmackDown drew a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demo, which is down 2.8 percent from the last time the show aired on FS1 this July. The viewership was down 6.9 percent from the last FS1 episode. Both the overall viewership and 18-49 rating are the second-highest numbers SmackDown has ever done on FS1.

Going head-to-head against SmackDown, the World Series game topped all of television, averaging more than nine million viewers and drawing a 1.95 rating in 18-49.

Two NBA games on ESPN also finished ahead of the show on Friday night.

As compared to the same week in 2022, when SmackDown was also moved to FS1 due to World Series coverage, the show’s overall audience was up 37.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 52.2 percent.

Listed below are the ratings numbers for every SmackDown episode that’s aired on FS1: