WWE Smackdown Live Weekly YouTube Report (4/19/18)

Smackdown Live is only a two hour show and tends not to have the numbers Raw does. A good base number for Smackdown Live is 400k views. Anything that is given time, story and purpose should post atleast 400k views. Let’s take a look at the highest viewed clips of the week from Smackdown Live:

1. Jeff Hardy joins Smackdown Live: 2.9 million views
2. Jey Uso vs. Luke Harper: 2 million views
3. Daniel Bryan/A.J. Styles vs. Rusev/Aiden English: 1.2 million views
4. Asuka joins Team Blue: 1.1 million views
5. Jeff Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin: 1 million Views
6. Big Cass Confronts Daniel Bryan: 1 million Views
7. Samoa Joe debuts on Smackdown Live: 974k views

The big winner this week is clearly Jeff Hardy. WWE has a major star in Jeff Hardy, again. He not only did over 2 million views on Raw but in total did an additional 3.9 million views on Smackdown Live. This name needs to be watched as if he keeps posting 1 million plus every segment then you can make an arguement he is on Roman Reigns level of popularity.

Also something that should be taken notice of is Jey Uso and Luke Harper. Something that I always take into consideration is the thumbnail picture WWE decides to use. WWE chose to use Naomi sitting in front of Jey begging off Harper and Rowan. If you want proof of the demographic that looks at these here it is. This video did 2 MILLION views or double Daniel Bryan and A.J. Styles this week. They also had a non televised backstage segment do over 500k views or 5x what Elias did for a televised segment. Do not mistake what I’m saying, I’m not saying Jey or Luke should be in the main event, I’m saying people watched this because of the REALITY of the situation. WWE needs to utilize Total Divas storylines and real life relationships to help superstars. This was the most interesting thing I saw from YouTube numbers this week.

I would have liked to see Miz and The Bar do better numbers on their announcements. Granted they were televised they are backstage segments where the descriptions didn’t drive a strong reason to click. Other than that yet again Smackdown has done another great job on YouTube.

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