The latest edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown saw the ratings decline. The show averaged 2.174 million viewers on FOX, which is down from 2.271 million two weeks ago, according to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics.
In the all-important 18-49 demographic, the show did a 0.56 rating, down from the 0.58 rating a week ago. Last week’s show was the highest total viewership since December 17th and the highest key demo rating since October 22nd.
While the key demo was down for this week, it was still better than what the show had done in December. Here’s the breakdown in each demo for the show compared to last week:
Viewers 18-34 – 0.35 – a week ago: 0.37
Viewers 18-49 – 0.56 – a week ago: 0.58
Viewers 25-54 – 0.73 – a week ago: 0.77
Female viewers 18-49 – 3.4 – a week ago: 3.4
Male viewers 18-49 – 5.6 – a week ago: 5.5
Viewers 50+ – 2.7 – a week ago: 2.7
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
