WWE RAW & SmackDown viewership numbers for May 2025
(Courtesy : WWE)
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One of the weekly iconic shows from the WWE, Raw or Monday Night Raw, airs every Monday at 8 ET/ 7 CT. From January 2025, the show will exclusively air on Netflix internationally, barring a few regions that have active contracts.
The show first aired on January 11, 1993, and has been broadcast live from 210 different arenas, 173 cities and towns, and twelve different nations.
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The second weekly flagship show from the promotion, SmackDown, which is also known as Friday Night SmackDown, airs every Friday at 8 ET/ 7 CT. The show airs on USA Network in the United States and on Netflix in international markets, except few.
The Blue brand’s show debuted at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, on the United Paramount Network (UPN) on April 29, 1999. Originally airing on Thursday nights, the Blue brand moved to Friday nights on September 9, 2005.
Throughout the years, the Red brand’s show has featured multiple big names on the Blue brand, and as of now, mega stars such as AJ Styles, Becky Lynch, Bayley, CM Punk, Jey Uso, Seth Rollins, and Rhea Ripley, among many others.
Similarly, the Blue brand has featured multiple big names, and as of now, mega stars such as Cody Rhodes, John Cena, Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, Drew McIntyre, Tiffany Stratton, Charlotte Flair, and Bianca Belair, among others.
RAW viewership for May 2025
| Date | Venue | Viewership (Globally) |
| 05 May | T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri | 2,800,000 (in 7 days) |
| 12 May | KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. | 2,700,000 (in 7 days) |
| 19 May | Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, South Carolina | 2,700,000 (in 7 days) |
| 26 May | Yeungling Center Tampa, Florida | 2,600,000 (in 7 Days) |
The May 05 episode of Monday Night Raw emanated from the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and served as the go-home show for Backlash 2025. The show amassed a total of 2.8 million views over seven days, which was down compared to the prior week’s show 3,000,000 total global views.
The subsequent episodes of Raw, namely the 12th and 19th, have garnered a similar 2.7 million number of views, while the 26th May episode drew a total of 2.6 million views as per the data released by Netflix.
SmackDown viewership & ratings for May 2025
| Date | Venue | Viewership | P18-49 rating |
| 02 May | Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa | 1,406,000 | 0.37 |
| 09 May | Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio | 1,455,000 | 0.41 |
| 16 May | Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina | 1,290,000 | 0.36 |
| 23 May | EnMarket Arena Savannah, Georgia | 1,383,000 | 0.33 |
| 30 May | Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee | 1,383,000 | 0.34 |
The first show of Friday Night SmackDown this month was the May 02 episode, which emanated from the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. The show saw a total viewership of 1,406,000, with a P18-49 rating of 0.37, the lowest of 2025 so far.
The May 09 epsidoe of the Blue brand served as the go-home show for Backlash 2025 and aired form the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio. The show amassed a total of 1,455,000 viewers, along with a slight increase in ratings.
The May 16 episode of the Blue brand emanated from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The show served as the fallout from Backlash 2025 and garnered a total of 1,290,000 viewers, while the May 23 and May 30 shows drew 1,383,000 viewers.
These are reported numbers as WWE generally doesn’t reveals the viewership numbers. These numbers are usually reported by outlets like Wrestlenomics, Netflix and others.
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