WrestleNomics reports that last Friday night's episode of WWE SmackDown on the USA Network averaged 1.260 million viewers and received a rating of 0.29 in the key 18-49 demographic.
This marks a 33.62% increase from the previous week's viewership of 943,000 and a 31.82% rise from the prior week's rating of 0.22 in the same demographic. The rating in the 18-49 demographic for this episode was the highest since the November 21 episode, which also had a 0.29 rating. Furthermore, the total audience for this episode was the best in nearly five months, since the September 19 episode, which attracted 1.342 million viewers.
Based on available data, WWE SmackDown is averaging a rating of 0.252 in the key 18-49 demographic and 1.067 million viewers in 2026 to date. This compares to a rating of 0.444 in the key 18-49 demographic and 1.403 million viewers during the first two weeks of 2025.
The episode was headlined by The Vision (Austin Theory, "The Maverick" Logan Paul, "The Unpredictable Badass" Bron Breakker, and "The Tribal Thief" Bronson Reed) facing off against "The Viper" Randy Orton, WWE World Tag Team Champion "Main Event" Jey Uso, "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes, and Sami Zayn in an 8-man tag team match.
WWE Smackdown, Jan 30 on USA Network: 1,260,000 viewers; 0.29 P18-49 rating | TV ratings analysis #Smackdown https://t.co/eebeYjsC0w
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