WWE SmackDown Viewership And Rating Report For Last Friday Night

Submitted by Tom Araya on

WrestleNomics reports that last Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown on the USA Network attracted an average of 1.030 million viewers, achieving a rating of 0.23 in the key 18-49 demographic.

These figures represent a decrease of 16.80% from the previous week’s 1.238 million viewers and a drop of 34.29% from the earlier rating of 0.35 in the same demographic. This demo rating is the lowest since the New Year’s Eve episode in 2021, which had a rating of 0.08 in the key 18-49 demo. Additionally, the total viewership was the lowest since the November 24th, 2023 episode, which garnered 789,000 viewers on FOX Sports 1. The show ranked #4 for the night among cable and broadcast in the key 18-49 demo.

So far in 2025, SmackDown is averaging 1.458 million viewers with a 0.419 demo rating, compared to 2.207 million viewers and a 0.622 demo rating during the same period in 2024.

The episode was headlined by The Vision, featuring "The Unpredictable Badass" Bron Breakker and "Big" Bronson Reed, who faced off against the Undisputed WWE Champion "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes and "The Viper" Randy Orton in a Tag Team Match.