According to the breakdown of the quarter-hour ratings on the Wrestlenomics Patreon page, the closing quarter with The Bloodline gained nine percent over the previous quarter in total viewers (2,317,000 viewers to 2,765,000 viewers) and 16 percent in P18-49 (852,000 viewers to 991,000 viewers). The strongest quarter-to-quarter growth in other segments during that same episode was four percent and five percent in those respective demographics.

For a more extensive picture, the Wrestlenomics Patreon page tracks how “SmackDown” did in various demographics in relation to the median of the prior four weeks’ numbers. By that metric, the news in all of the available demographics was positive, with the strongest percentage growth being in adults aged 18 to 34, which increased 22 percent over the median. It was followed by adults aged 18 to 49 at 18 percent, as well as both adults aged 35 to 49 and adults aged 25 to 54 at 15 percent. The other demos listed saw increases within Nielsen’s stated ten-percent margin of error.