WWE Smackdown, Aug 9 on Fox: 2,269,000 viewers; 0.64 P18-49 rating | TV ratings, attendance analysis

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TV RATINGS

WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Aug. 9, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

2,269,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.64

Reported earlier by Programming Insider.

P2+ comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (2,179,000): +4%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,226,000): +2%

  • Current 2024-Q3 P2+ average (2,238,000) vs. 2023-Q3 (2,317,000): -3%

  • Current Aug 2024 P2+ average (2,224,000) vs. Aug 2023 (2,244,000): -1%

P18-49 comparisons:

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  • This episode vs. last week (0.60): +7%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.62): +3%

  • Current 2024-Q3 P18-49 average (0.63) vs. 2023-Q3 (0.63): +0%

  • Current Aug 2024 P18-49 average (0.62) vs. Aug 2023 (0.62): +0%

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

  • P2+: 2269k (+1%)

  • P18-49: 844k (+2%)

  • F18-49: 288k (-17%)

  • M18-49: 539k (-6%)

  • P18-34: 290k (-5%)

  • P35-49: 554k (-11%)

  • Non-P18-49: 1425k (+1%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, August 9, 2024
Tulsa, OK at BOK Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 10,686

Market-to-market comparisons (Tulsa, OK):

  • 2021-08-13 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 7,074 (+51% vs. 10,686) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

  • 2022-01-17 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 4,313 (+148%)

  • 2023-01-30 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 6,828 (+57%)

  • 2023-10-13 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 10,786 (-1%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

  • 2024-02-21 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,274 (+226%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q3 WWE Smackdown average: (11,672) vs. 2023-Q3 (11,354): +3%

DIGITAL

As of 7:03 pm, Aug 12

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

  • 1.) 697,281 – Kevin Owens goes off on Roman Reigns

  • 2.) 434,333 – Santos Escobar interrupts LA Knight’s U.S. Title celebration

  • 3.) 404,800 – Cody Rhodes grants Kevin Owens a match at WWE Bash in Berlin

  • 4.) 285,179 – Giovanni Vinci is coming soon

  • 5.) 237,849 – Chelsea Green and Piper Niven confront Tiffany Stratton

  • 6.) 170,162 – Carmelo Hayes costs Andrade a victory against Santos Escobar

  • 7.) 151,682 – #DIY advance in No. 1 Contender’s Tournament over Pretty Deadly

RECEPTION

As of 7:51 pm, Aug 12

Event rating:

  • Cagematch.net voter rating: 5.92 (74 votes)

  • This episode vs. last week (6.51): -9%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (5.46): +9%

  • Current 2024-Q3 average (5.69) vs. 2023-Q3 (7.03): -19%

Match ratings:

  • 6.87 (78 votes) – Andrade vs. Santos Escobar

  • 5.57 (53 votes) – #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) vs. Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson)

  • 5.30 (55 votes) – A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory & Grayson Waller) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)

  • Ineligible (<5 mins) – Alba Fyre vs. Jade Cargill

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

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