The latest edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown saw the ratings increase. The show averaged 2.535 million viewers on FOX, which is up from 2.212 million a week ago, according to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics.
In the all-important 18-49 demographic, the show did a 0.63 rating, up from the 0.50 rating a week ago. This was the highest ratings of 2022 as the key demo rating hasn’t been this high since the September 10, 2021 episode with a 0.65 while the previous highest total viewership was on March 20, 2020.
Here’s the breakdown in each demo for the show compared to last week:
Viewers 18-34 – 0.44 – a week ago: 0.29
Viewers 18-49 – 0.63 – a week ago: 0.50
Viewers 25-54 – 0.80 – a week ago: 0.66
Female viewers 18-49 – 4.9 – a week ago: 4.6
Male viewers 18-49 – 9.2 – a week ago: 6.5
Viewers 50+ – 3.6 – a week ago: 3.3
Here is a list of total viewership and the key demo rating that SmackDown has done over the last year:
1/1/21: 2,013,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating
1/8/21: 2,120,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
1/15/21: 2,262,000 viewers – 0.67 key demo rating
1/22/21: 2,383,000 viewers – 0.63 key demo rating
1/29/21: 2,304,000 viewers – 0.62 key demo rating
2/5/21: 2,257,000 viewers – 0.65 key demo rating
2/12/21: 1,990,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
2/19/21: 2,217,000 viewers – 0.59 key demo rating
2/26/21: 2,145,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating
3/5/21: 2,252,000 viewers – 0.60 key demo rating
3/12/21: 2,171,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating
3/19/21: 2,093,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
3/26/21: 2,191,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
4/2/21: 2,137,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
4/9/21: 2,250,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating
4/16/21: 2,119,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
4/23/21: 2,121,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating
4/30/21: 2,018,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
5/7/21: 2,282,000 viewers – 0.65 key demo rating
5/14/21: 1,917,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating
5/21/21: 1,933,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
5/28/21: 1,928,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
6/4/21: 1,833,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating
6/11/21: 1,944,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
6/18/21: 2,045,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
6/25/21: 1,971,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
7/2/21: 1,861,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating
7/9/21: 1,986,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
7/16/21: 2,310,000 viewers – 0.66 key demo rating – first show back with fans and MITB go-home show
7/23/21: 2,137,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating – post-MITB show
7/30/21: 2,043,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
8/6/21: 2,169,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating
8/13/21: 2,084,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
8/20/21: 2,102,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – go-home SummerSlam show
8/27/21: 2,250,000 viewers – 0.59 key demo rating- post-SummerSlam show
9/3/21: 2,220,000 viewers – 0.62 key demo rating – Universal Title Main Event
9/10/21: 2,383,000 viewers – 0.65 key demo rating – Brock Lesnar SmackDown return
9/17/21: 2,243,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
9/24/21: 2,135,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating – Extreme Rules go-home show
10/1/21: 2,252,000 viewers – 0.62 key demo rating – Draft episode
10/8/21: 2,147,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating
10/15/21: 866,000 viewers – 0.24 key demo rating – FS1 edition
10/22/21: 2,249,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating – FOX episode/Crown Jewel fallout
10/29/21: 1,032,000 viewers – 0.29 key demo rating – FS1 edition
11/5/21: 2,093,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – FOX return episode
11/12/21: 2,104 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
11/19/21: 2,064,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating- Survivor Series go-home show
11/26/21: 2,149,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
12/3/21: 2,030,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating
12/10/21: 2,142,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
12/17/21: 2,303,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating
12/24/21: 1,972,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating – Christmas Eve episode
1/7/22: 2,271,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
1/14/22: 2,174,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
1/21/22: 2,255,000 viewers – 0.64 key demo rating
1/28/22: 2,217,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating – Royal Rumble go-home show
2/4/22: 2,151,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating – post-Royal Rumble show
2/11/22: 2,231,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
2/19/22: 2,173,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating – Elimination Chamber go-home show
2/25/22: 2,114,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – Elimination Chamber fallout
3/4/22: 2,261,000 viewers – 0.59 key demo rating
3/11/22: 2,226,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
3/18/22: 2,147,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
3/25/22: 2,180,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
4/1/22: 2,359,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating – WrestleMania go-home show
4/8/22: 2,230,000 viewers – 0.60 key demo rating – post-WrestleMania edition
4/15/22: 2,142,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
4/22/22: 1,852,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating
4/29/22: 1,953,000 viewers – 0.38 key demo rating – lowest key demo on FOX
5/6/22: 1,998,000 viewers – 0.46 key demo rating – WrestleMania Backlash go-home show
5/13/22: 1,893,000 viewers – 0.40 key demo rating
5/20/22: 2,031 ,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating
5/27/22: 1,878,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating
6/3/22: 1,939,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating – Hell in a Cell go-home show
6/10/22: 1,914,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating – Hell in a Cell fallout
6/17/22: 2,290,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – Universal Title Headliner
6/24/22: 2,231,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating
7/1/22: 2,141,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – Money in the Bank go-home show
7/8/22: 2,129,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating – Money in the Bank fallout
7/15/22: 2,077,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating
7/22/22: 2,256,000 viewers – 0.62 key demo rating
7/29/22: 2,193,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating – SummerSlam go-home show
8/5/22: 2,093,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – SummerSlam fallout
8/12/22: 1,927,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating
8/19/22: 2,084, 000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating
8/26/22: 1,990,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
9/2/22: 2,077,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – Clash at the Castle go-home show
9/9/22: 2,367,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – Clash at the Castle fallout
9/16/22: 2,212,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
9/23/22: 2,535,000 viewers – 0.63 key demo rating
