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WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Apr. 19, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

TV RATINGS

2,333,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.63

Reported earlier by Programming Insider.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,499,000): -7%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,384,000): -2%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (2,478,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (2,309,000): +6%

• Current Apr 2024 P2+ average (2,478,000) vs. Apr 2023 (2,345,000): +6%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.76): -17%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.69): -8%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.72) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.61): +16%

• Current Apr 2024 P18-49 average (0.72) vs. Apr 2023 (0.62): +16%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

• P2+: 2333k (-1%)

• P18-49: 828k (-9%)

• Non-P18-49: 1505k (+3%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, April 19, 2024
Pittsburgh, PA at PPG Paints Arena
Estimated tickets distributed:12,787

Market-to-market comparisons (Pittsburgh, PA):

• 2019-10-23 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 6,000 (+113% vs. 12,787)

• 2021-07-24 (Sat) – WWE Supershow: 7,735 (+65%)

• 2021-08-11 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,015 (+155%)

• 2021-08-13 (Fri) – AEW Rampage: 5,454 (+134%)

• 2021-12-28 (Tue) – WWE Supershow: 6,113 (+109%)

• 2022-03-28 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 9,762 (+31%)

• 2022-04-20 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,758 (+122%)

• 2022-08-29 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 7,319 (+75%)

• 2022-12-09 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,956 (+84%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-03-10 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 10,283 (+24%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-04-19 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,844 (+119%)

• 2023-09-02 (Sat) – WWE Payback: 13,014 (-2%)

• 2023-11-25 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 3,533 (+262%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 WWE Smackdown average: (15,199) vs. 2023-Q2 (10,204): +49%

DIGITAL

As of 5:05 pm, Apr 22

Most-viewed YouTube videos on WWE’s official channel:

• 1.) Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga beat Kevin Owens bloody – FULL SEGMENT: SmackDown, April 19, 2024: 1,144,622

• 2.) 737,569 – Triple H gifts new WWE Tag Team Titles to A-Town Down Under

• 3.) 451,912 – Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair confront Damage CTRL

• 4.) 434,828 – AJ Styles defeats LA Knight to earn Undisputed WWE Title Match

• 5.) 279,304 – The Street Profits win a Fatal 4-Way Match to earn title match

• 6.) 239,509 – Tiffany Stratton attacks Bayley and Naomi during title match

• 7.) 212,236 – Bayley vs. Naomi – WWE Women’s Title Match

• 8.) 163,921 – Carlito vs. Santos Escobar

RECEPTION

As of 5:27 pm, Apr 22

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.48 (86 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.25): +3%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.24): +20%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (6.50) vs. 2023-Q2 (6.89): -6%

Match ratings:

• 7.56 (108 votes) – Authors Of Pain (Akam & Rezar) vs. New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate) vs. Legado del Fantasma (Angel & Berto) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)

• 6.53 (89 votes) – LA Knight vs. AJ Styles

• 6.07 (86 votes) – Naomi vs. Bayley (c)

• 4.56 (65 votes) – Santos Escobar vs. Carlito

This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created by me.