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TV RATINGS

WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, May 31, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

2,310,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.65

Reported earlier by Programming Insider.

HIGHEST P2+ SINCE APR. 19, 2024

HIGHEST P18-49 SINCE APR. 12, 2024

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,147,000): +8%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,152,000): +7%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (2,277,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (2,309,000): -1%

• Current May 2024 P2+ average (2,184,000) vs. May 2023 (2,124,000): +3%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.56): +16%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.59): +10%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.64) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.61): +5%

• Current May 2024 P18-49 average (0.60) vs. May 2023 (0.53): +13%

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

• P2+: 2310k (+8%)

• P18-49: 856k (+10%)

• Non-P18-49: 1454k (+5%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, May 31, 2024
Albany, NY at MVP Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 7,747

Market-to-market comparisons (Albany, NY):

• 2021-09-12 (Sun) – WWE Supershow: 5,152 (+50% vs. 7,747)

• 2022-04-22 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,938 (+12%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2022-09-14 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,805 (+104%)

• 2022-11-21 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,994 (+29%)

• 2023-05-29 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 7,383 (+5%)

• 2023-07-26 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,367 (+130%)

• 2023-12-04 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 6,986 (+11%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 WWE Smackdown average: (11,948) vs. 2023-Q2 (10,204): +17%

DIGITAL

As of 4:04 pm, Jun 3

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

• 1.) AJ Styles attacks Cody Rhodes – FULL SEGMENT: 856,456

• 2.) 383,732 – Kevin Owens starts a war with The Bloodline

• 3.) 306,931 – Full SmackDown highlights

• 4.) 298,418 – The Street Profits vs. The Bloodline

• 5.) 269,109 – Bayley, Chelsea Green & Piper Niven crash Nia Jax’s coronation

• 6.) 232,356 – Paul Heyman begs Kevin Owens to back off The Bloodline

• 7.) 185,421 – Bayley & Naomi vs. Chelsea Green & Piper Niven

• 8.) SmackDown, May 31, 2024 – AJ Styles surprises WWE Champion Cody Rhodes after false retirement: 176,276

RECEPTION

As of 4:47 pm, Jun 3

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.52 (83 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (5.94): +10%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.38): +2%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (6.19) vs. 2023-Q2 (6.88): -10%

Match ratings:

• 6.20 (82 votes) – The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa)

• 6.00 (82 votes) – Austin Theory vs. Tommaso Ciampa

• 5.29 (77 votes) – Apollo Crews vs. Andrade

• 5.18 (73 votes) – Bayley & Naomi vs. Chelsea Green & Piper Niven

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