WrestleNomics reports that the episode of SmackDown, which aired last Friday on the USA Network, attracted an average of 1.707 million viewers and achieved a rating of 0.48 in the key 18-49 demographic.
This represents a 10.41% increase from the previous week's viewership of 1.546 million and a 6.67% rise from last week’s rating of 0.45 in the same demographic. The show’s rating in the key 18-49 demo was the highest since the April 25th episode, which had a rating of 0.51, while the total audience for this episode was the best since the April 18th episode, which drew 1.741 million viewers. Additionally, the show topped the ratings across both cable and network TV for the evening.
So far in 2025, SmackDown has an average rating of 0.433 in the key 18-49 demographic, with an average viewership of 1.494 million. In comparison, during the same period in 2024 on FOX, the show had a rating of 0.652 and averaged 2.313 million viewers.
The episode was headlined by WWE Tag Team Champions The Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy and Dexter Lumis) defending their titles against Andrade and Rey Fenix.
TV RATINGS AND MORE: WWE Smackdown on USA Network, Fri Jul 25 #Smackdown https://t.co/MuLhNKxy1T
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