WWE Smackdown, Dec 6 on USA Network: 1,494,000 viewers; 0.44 P18-49 rating | TV ratings, attendance analysis

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TV RATINGS

WWE Smackdown on USA Network
Fri, Dec. 6, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
1,494,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.44

Reported earlier by Programming Insider, not yet confirmed by Wrestlenomics.

Smackdown ranked #1 for the night on cable for P18-49.

P2+ comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (1,341,000): +11%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,422,000): +5%

  • Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (1,458,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (2,149,000): -32%

  • Current Dec 2024 P2+ average (1,494,000) vs. Dec 2023 (2,026,000): -26%

P18-49 comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (0.40): +10%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.41): +7%

  • Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.43) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.56): -23%

  • Current Dec 2024 P18-49 average (0.44) vs. Dec 2023 (0.52): -15%

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

  • P2+: 1494k (+4%)

  • P18-49: 590k (+2%)

  • F18-49: 154k (-26%)

  • M18-49: 431k (+12%)

  • Non-P18-49: 904k (+6%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Friday, December 6, 2024
Minneapolis, MN at Target Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 8,033

Market-to-market comparisons (Minneapolis, MN):

  • 2021-07-30 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 8,563 (-6% vs. 8,033) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

  • 2021-11-12 (Fri) – AEW Rampage: 5,905 (+36%)

  • 2021-11-13 (Sat) – AEW Full Gear: 10,442 (-23%)

  • 2022-06-17 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,306 (+27%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

  • 2022-08-10 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,562 (+44%)

  • 2023-08-07 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 9,498 (-15%)

  • 2023-11-29 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,648 (+73%)

  • 2024-12-07 (Sat) – WWE Deadline: 2,000 (+302%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 WWE Smackdown average: (9,950) vs. 2023-Q4 (10,370): -4%

DIGITAL

As of 5:04 pm, Dec 9

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

  • 1.) 660,537 – The Bloodline begin SmackDown with carnage

  • 2.) 583,572 – The Bloodline attack Shinsuke Nakamura, LA Knight and Andrade

  • 3.) 409,330 – Kevin Owens attacks Cody Rhodes after Rhodes’ match

  • 4.) 362,972 – DIY’s ruse to win the WWE Tag Team Title works

  • 5.) 358,716 – Bianca Belair takes her anger out on Piper Niven

  • 6.) 268,063 – The Street Profits get taken out backstage

  • 7.) 262,567 – Chad Gable challenges Cody Rhodes

RECEPTION

As of 5:32 pm, Dec 9

Event rating:

  • Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.53 (58 votes)

  • This episode vs. last week (7.1): +6%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.15): +5%

  • Current 2024-Q4 average (6.91) vs. 2023-Q4 (6.89): +0%

Match ratings:

  • 7.20 (81 votes) – Cody Rhodes vs. Chad Gable

  • 7.05 (79 votes) – Bianca Belair vs. Piper Niven

  • 6.45 (72 votes) – #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) (c)

  • 4.78 (64 votes) – Tiffany Stratton vs. Elektra Lopez and Naomi

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

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