WNBA Finals 2023 Viewership-Numbers Are In and It’s a New Record!
First of all, congratulations again to the Las Vegas Aces! The back to back champions now hold a title in 2022 and 2023. Thanks to expeditiously taking down the Liberty (3-1). Moreover, several viewers got to witness this winning feat live. The WNBA Finals 2023 viewership statistics are in and they are very telling about the future of the sport.
Basically, things are majorly looking up. Statista is reporting that, “The Aces’ 3-1 victory in the best-of-five championship was watched by an average of 728 thousand viewers on ESPN and ABC.” Yes, The 2023 Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Finals averaged 728,000 viewers for each game shown. This indicates that new fans are being made and basketball enthusiasts are beginning to tune in more to watch women play; not just the men.
Nevertheless, this upwards trend is nothing new for the WNBA. Especially, during the 2023 season. Numbers have been consistently rising.
For instance, going back to Statista’s viewership report; the stats entity declares,
“The 2023 Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) regular season games were watched by an average of 505 thousand viewers across ESPN Networks and CBS. This was a significant increase from the previous year and made the 2023 season the league’s highest-viewed regular season in recent years.”
WNBA Finals 2023 Viewership-Numbers Are In and It’s a New Record!
This increase is good for women’s sports. This is good for the WNBA. The future is looking bright.
There’s been a real push in order to help make women’s basketball more popular, as well as profitable. The only way this happens is if you gain new “eyeballs.” You need to constantly be churning out fans and these individuals have to be willing to come physically to games or tune in at home.
The plan is obviously working. Even popular sports network, ESPN confirms the over 700k viewers during the Finals. The medium states,
“The entire 2023 WNBA Finals Presented by YouTube TV on ESPN platforms averaged 728,000 viewers. Making it the most-watched WNBA Finals in 20 years, and up 36 percent from 2022.” That’s a big jump and improvement.
Furthermore, as owners continue to spend and improve rosters. While also increasing brand visibility and quality; this trend will most likely continue to tick up. The WNBA is a good product, it just needed what every sport always needs.. real backing, push, star athlete development and of course, capital.
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