WWE SmackDown And AEW Rampage Viewership Skew In Different Directions

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Wrestlenomics released the viewership numbers for the 6/10 episodes of each program and it was “Rampage” that saw an increase while “SmackDown” saw a decrease.

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“Rampage” roped in an average viewership number of 476,000 and had a key demo digit of 209,000 giving the P18-49 demographic a 0.16 rating.

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This is the highest the “Rampage” demo number and total viewership number has been since April 22

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The average viewership number saw a slight jump up with 1,000 more watching.

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“SmackDown” on the other hand saw only a 1% drop in total viewership after garnering an average viewership number of 1,914,000.

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The key demographic number was 574,000 (0.44, P18-49 rating). This is a 6% drop from last week’s number of 613,000.

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