Smackdown Ratings For 8/14 Up From Last Week, Second Hour Passes 2 Million Viewers

This week’s Smackdown saw the first week one hour of the show had over 2 million viewers in over a month.

According to ShowBuzz Daily, this week’s Friday Night Smackdown averaged 1,978,000 viewers. This is up roughly 2% from last week’s show that averaged 1,956,000. This week saw a 22,000 viewer increase. The night overall was won by Greatest #AtHome Videos.

As far as the demographics, in the 18-49 demo, Smackdown drew a .5. In the 18-34 demo, Smackdown drew a .3 and in the 50+ demo, Smackdown drew a 2. In the important 18-49 demo, Smackdown was ranked number one.

Friday Night Smackdown Hourly Breakdown

• Hour 1: 1,932,000 (18-49: .5  18-34: .3  50+: 2)
• Hour 2: 2,025,000 (18-49: .5  18-34: .3  50+: 2)

Top 5 Friday Night Smackdown YouTube Highlights

• Braun Strowman uses Alexa Bliss to entire “The Fiend” (over 1.4 million views)
• Asuka crashes Women’s Triple Brand Battle Royal (over 526,000 views)
• Jeff Hardy presents case to AJ Styles for title opportunity (over 350,000 views)
• Alexa Bliss reveals she is captivated by “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (over 322,000 views)
• RETRIBUTION target Big E and John Morrison in latest attack (over 319,000 views)

for more on this week’s Smackdown, check out our Friday Night Smackdown Review.