ESPN networks delivered its most-watched WNBA regular season, with games across\u00a0ESPN\u00a0and\u00a0ABC, based on Nielsen Big Data + Panel.\u00a0Across 25 regular season games, WNBA games on\u00a0ESPN networks averaged 1.3 million viewers this season, up six percent from last season\u2019s record year.<\/p>\n
ESPN\u00a0networks aired eight of the top 10 most-watched WNBA games during the 2025 season, highlighted by its most-watched WNBA game ever\u00a0\u2014 2.7 million viewers for Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever on May 17\u00a0(ABC).<\/p>\n
Studio Shows Generate Significant Growth<\/p>\n
ESPN\u2019s\u00a0WNBA Countdown Presented by Google\u00a0averaged 549,000 viewers, up seven percent year-over-year, across 17 episodes (including All-Star Weekend).<\/p>\n
ESPN\u2019s\u00a0WNBA digital programming\u00a0Hoop Streams presented by Google\u00a0and\u00a0The Wrap-Up presented by AT&T viewership per show grew 15% year-over-year, while average watch time increased 61% year-over-year, streamed across the\u00a0ESPN App, YouTube and Facebook with extensions on Instagram.<\/p>\n
ESPN to Exclusively Carry 2025 WNBA Playoffs Presented by Google<\/p>\n
ESPN will exclusively televise the entire 2025 WNBA Playoffs Presented by Google, tipping off Sunday, Sept. 14, at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN. This year\u2019s postseason features the defending champion New York Liberty, top overall seed Minnesota Lynx, Las Vegas Aces, Indiana Fever, Atlanta Dream, Golden State Valkyries, Phoenix Mercury and Seattle Storm.<\/p>\n
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ESPN Media Contacts:\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>,\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN networks delivered its most-watched WNBA regular season, with games across\u00a0ESPN\u00a0and\u00a0ABC, based on Nielsen Big Data + Panel.\u00a0Across…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-248218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}