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The April 10 episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.412 million viewers on USA Network, down 6.4 percent from the previous week.

WWE struck gold with the creation of the WWE Network, a service that housed all of the content under WWE, such as PPVs, WCW footage, ECW footage, and much more. That service would eventually be folded into NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock.

According to a report from Wrestlenomics, the April 10, 2026 episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1,412,000 viewers on the USA Network, marking a decline from the 1,508,000 viewers the show recorded on April 3. In the key 18–49 demographic, SmackDown posted a 0.36 rating, also down from the 0.43 rating the previous week.

Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.508 million viewers on the USA Network, up 15.3% from the previous week. It’s the largest audience for the show since September 5th of last year.