Joel Goodman reports that last Friday's post-WWE Survivor Series episode of SmackDown on the USA Network drew an average of 1.063 million viewers and achieved a rating of 0.24 in the key 18-49 demographic.
This marks a decrease of 6.92% from the previous week's viewership of 1.142 million and a drop of 14.29% from the prior week’s rating of 0.28 in the same demographic. These figures represent the lowest ratings and audience numbers for the show since the October 31st episode, which had a rating of 0.20 in the key 18-49 demographic and 933,000 viewers. SmackDown faced competition from ROH Final Battle and TNA Final Resolution. Additionally, the show went up against the 2024 American Athletic Conference Football Championship game on ABC, which garnered a 0.39 rating in the key 18-49 demographic and attracted 2.520 million viewers.
In 2025, WWE SmackDown is averaging a rating of 0.389 in the key 18-49 demographic and 1.394 million viewers, compared to ratings of 0.586 and 2.068 million viewers during the same period in 2024.
The episode was headlined by "The Ring General" GUNTHER competing against "The Mega Star" LA Knight in the finals of The Last Time Is Now Tournament.
The 65th WWE Friday Night SmackDown on USA averaged 1.063M viewers and 0.24 in the 18-49 demo.
Last week:
1.142M (0.28)
Last year, same week:
1.494M (0.44) (Panel Only)#SmackDown— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) December 10, 2025
