(Photo by WWE) (Image credit: WWE)Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.253 million viewers on the USA Network, up 0.8% from the previous week. SmackDown finished second on the prime time cable charts in 18-49 rating and was fourth overall on cable in terms of total viewers. As compared to the same week in 2025, the overall viewership was down 26.6% while the 18-49 rating was down 52.1%. Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE SmackDown on the USA Network as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 8.2% in overall viewers but down 4.2% in 18-49 rating as compared to recent averages.