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WNBA Semifinals Open With 1.15M Viewers, Up 10%

The 2026 WNBA Playoffs kicked off with a historic surge in viewership, as the first-round series drew an average of 1.3 million viewers across all 10 games—a 37% jump from last year’s postseason. The Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces series stood out as the most-watched, culminating in Game 3, which attracted 2.25 million viewers despite competing with a Thursday Night Football matchup.

This record-breaking turnout underscores the league’s growing popularity, with the Fever’s three games alone ranking as the top three in the entire first round. The semifinals are now underway, with four teams vying for a spot in the Finals, and the league appears on track to shatter its own viewership records once again this season.

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