Last week’s pre-SummerSlam episode of WWE Smackdown jumped in ratings and audience to its highest point in nearly four months. Those numbers were up 34.8% and 10.0% respectively from the previous week’s 0.23 demo rating and audience of 1.253 million. The demo rating was the highest for the show since the April 24th episode had a 0.32. However, the total audience was the best since the May 22nd episode had 1.256 million viewers. That said, WWE Smackdown is currently averaging a 0.281 demo rating and 1.229 million viewers in 2026 compared to a 0.434 and 1.498 million for the same time period in 2025.