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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox at 8 pm, was watched by 2,561,000 viewers on average, including about 986,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.76 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 368,000 viewers on average, including about 157,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.12 P18-49 rating.
This was Smackdown’s highest total viewership since June 2 and its highest P18-49 viewership since the often-referenced NFL-lead in episode on December 25, 2020 (0.96). Excluding that Christmas Day 2020 episode, this is the highest P18-49 since March 20, 2020.
Compared to last week, Smackdown was up 2% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 10%.
Compared to last week, Rampage was down 18% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 8% from last week’s 171,000.
Viewer counts in thousands, calculated from national ratings, for this week’s episode with difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:
Smackdown:
P2+: 2561 (+7%)
P18-49: 986 (+18%)
M18-49: 588 (+9%)
F18-49: 398 (+27%)
P18-34: 413 (+41%)
M18-34: 255 (+33%)
F18-34: 158 (+56%)
P35-49: 573 (+5%)
M35-49: 333 (+2%)
F35-49: 240 (+13%)
Non-P18-49: 1575 (+1%)
Rampage:
P2+: 368 (-10%)
P18-49: 157 (+2%)
M18-49: 87 (-9%)
F18-49: 70 (+33%)
P18-34: 34 (+0%)
M18-34: 18 (-5%)
F18-34: 17 (+13%)
P35-49: 123 (+7%)
M35-49: 69 (-5%)
F35-49: 54 (+44%)
Non-P18-49: 211 (-16%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 4pm today:
Tribal Court leads to Jey Uso wanting a match with Roman Reigns: 2,451,740
Jey Uso returns to SmackDown to confront Roman Reigns: 962,296
Roman Reigns remains the Tribal Chief after destroying The Usos: 674,584
IYO SKY nearly cashes in after an intense melee: 530,112
Edge vs. Grayson Waller: 369,081
Edge won’t allow any disrespect from Grayson Waller: 363,252
Austin Theory vs. Sheamus – United States Title Match: 280,387
AJ Styles vs. Karrion Kross: 232,284
Relive The Bloodline Civil War at Money in the Bank: 146,352
Bianca Belair is ready to become WWE Women’s Champion: 67,201
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 4pm today:
Ghosts of friendships past? Hangman Adam Page & Young Bucks vs Dark Order: 149,658
Who advanced in the Blind Eliminator? Big Bill & Brian Cage or Beretta & Sydal: 122,941
Did Double J & Matt Hardy put aside differences to delete Garcia & Guevara?: 96,965
Did Hikaru Shida have a solution to The Problem Marina Shafir?: 64,814
EXCLUSIVE: Hangman Adam Page,Young Bucks, & Dark Order Entrances!: 38,229
This ratings report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.
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Brandon Thurston
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Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.