The 2025 WNBA draft on Monday night saw the second-highest viewership numbers in league history. The ESPN broadcast averaged 1.25 million viewers and peaked at 1.46 million. This is an 119% ...

Paige Bueckers might not have topped Caitlin Clark when it comes to viewership, but she did take out her fellow UConn alum Diana Taurasi. ESPN announced on Tuesday that the WNBA Draft averaged 1.2 ...

Paige Bueckers headlined the second-most watched WNBA draft of all time. An average of 1.25 million viewers tuned in to ESPN on Monday to see the Dallas Wings select Bueckers with the No. 1 pick ...

Photo by Steve Eichner/WWD via Getty Images The two-hour program averaged 1.25 million viewers, the league announced, the second-most of any draft in WNBA history. For one, the 2024 Draft came off ...

In this episode of FC Explains, hosted by Josh Christensen, we break down why the 2024 WNBA Draft is being hailed as the moment that changed everything for women’s sports. From record-breaking viewership and unprecedented media attention to historic endorsement deals and social media buzz,

Now their PR page revealed that the 2025 WNBA Draft garnered an average of 1.25 million viewers. Those are impressive numbers as ESPN revealed that they make this draft, the second highest viewed ...

In the past decade, women’s basketball has become easier to find and watch. WNBA matches used to be broadcast sporadically, on obscure channels and at random times of the day. In 2015 ESPN televised only 11 games in the season. “You had to guess when it would be on,” remembers David Berri of Southern Utah University.

With the 2025 WNBA regular season beginning on Friday, we felt it would be a good idea to do some drafting. Rotoworld staffers Jackie Powell, Noah Rubin, Cole Huff and Raphielle Johnson went through a nine-round fantasy WNBA snake draft, using ESPN’s default scoring for head-to-head points leagues.