WWE SmackDown viewership and 18-49 demo rating down

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 2.313 million viewers on Fox, down 1.8 percent from the previous week. It’s still the third-highest audience total the show has done since April 19.

SmackDown drew a 0.65 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 7.1 percent from last week and is the lowest number the show has done in that category since June 14.

There was no major sports competition on the day, although that will change as the Olympics will be airing over the next several weeks.

On the same week in 2023, SmackDown was moved to FS1 due to Fox airing international soccer so year-over-year comparisons are misleading but SmackDown’s overall viewership was up 88.1 percent while the 18-49 rating was up 80.6 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 4.5 percent in overall viewership and up 3.2 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.