Viewership for this week’s episode of SmackDown Live generated an average of 2.656 million viewers. This is up 3% from last week’s 2.578 million viewers. This week’s show which is the final show of the year featured Kevin Owens defeating the WWE Champion AJ Styles in a Non-Title Main Event Match. 
SmackDown was #3 in viewership for this week on cable, behind the 9pm college football airing on ESPN and Major Crimes. SmackDown was #1 in the 18-49 demographic.
In comparison, Monday’s RAW generated an average of 2.703 million viewers, which was down from last week’s 2.786 million viewers. It beat SmackDown’s viewership by only 4.9%. At the end of this article, you will be able to see how the 2017 RAW totals compared to the 2017 SmackDown totals.

Below is SmackDown Live’s Viewership Numbers for the whole 2017:
January 3rd Episode: 2.596 million viewers
January 10th Episode: 2.533 million viewers
January 17th Episode: 2.652 million viewers

January 24th Episode: 2.556 million viewers
January 31st Episode: 2.817 million viewers
February 7th Episode: 2.627 million viewers

February 14th Episode: 2.626 million viewers
February 21st Episode: 2.792 million viewers
February 28th Episode: 2.566 million viewers
March 7th Episode: 2.738 million viewers
March 14th Episode: 2.628 million viewers
March 21st Episode: 2.647 million viewers
March 28th Episode: 2.698 million viewers
April 4th Episode: 2.885 million viewers
April 11th Episode: 3.105 million viewers
April 18th Episode: 2.544 million viewers
April 25th Episode: 2.493 million viewers
May 2nd Episode: 2.300 million viewers
May 9th Episode: 2.348 million viewers
May 16th Episode: 2.175 million viewers
May 23rd Episode: 2.328 million viewers
May 30th Episode: 2.350 million viewers
June 6th Episode: 2.349 million viewers
June 13th Episode: 2.072 million viewers
June 20th Episode: 2.597 million viewers
June 27th Episode: 2.603 million viewers
July 4th Episode: 2.329 million viewers
July 11th Episode: 2.465 million viewers
July 18th Episode: 2.548 million viewers
July 25th Episode: 2.535 million viewers
August 1st Episode: 2.569 million viewers
August 8th Episode: 2.584 million viewers
August 15th Episode: 2.530 million viewers
August 22nd Episode: 2.685 million viewers
August 29th Episode: 2.455 million viewers
September 5th Episode: 2.582 million viewers
September 12th Episode: 2.754 million viewers
September 19th Episode: 2.510 million viewers
September 26th Episode: 2.542 million viewers
October 3rd Episode: 2.323 million viewers
October 10th Episode: 2.467 million viewers
October 17th Episode: 2.320 million viewers
October 24th Episode: 2.699 million viewers
October 31st Episode: 2.119 million viewers
November 7th Episode: 2.603 million viewers
November 14th Episode: 2.607 million viewers
November 21st Episode: 2.662 million viewers
November 28th Episode: 2.680 million viewers
December 5th Episode: 2.493 million viewers
December 12th Episode: 2.481 million viewers
December 19th Episode: 2.578 million viewers
December 26th Episode: 2.656 million viewers
SmackDown Live 2017 Total: 132.401 million viewers
SmackDown Live 2017 Average: 2.546 million viewers per episode
In comparison, RAW generated a total of 156.971 million viewers in 2017 with an average of 3.018 million viewers per episode.