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WNBA 2023 Season Delivers with Record-Breaking Viewership, Attendance and Digital Engagement – WNBA
Las Vegas Aces
Atlanta Dream
Indiana Fever
New York Liberty
Minnesota Lynx
Phoenix Mercury
Washington Mystics
Chicago Sky
Los Angeles Sparks
Seattle Storm
Connecticut Sun
Dallas Wings
– WNBA Posts Most-Watched Regular Season in 21 Years –
– WNBA Has Highest Total Attendance in 13 Years –
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2023 – The WNBA this year had its most-watched regular season in 21 years. Viewership across its national television partners – ABC, CBS, ESPN and ESPN2 – was up 21 percent over the 2022 season. The league also set new highs across WNBA digital platforms, social media engagement and sports betting.
The 2023 WNBA Playoffs presented by Google tip off tonight as three-time WNBA All-Star Napheesa Collier and the sixth-seeded Minnesota Lynx visit 2023 league assists leader Alyssa Thomas and the third-seeded Connecticut Sun (8 p.m. ET, ESPN2), followed by two-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson and the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces hosting 2021 WNBA Finals MVP Kahleah Copper and the eighth-seeded Chicago Sky (10 p.m. ET, ESPN). The first round continues with an ESPN2 doubleheader on Friday, Sept. 15, when two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne and the seventh-seeded Washington Mystics visit two-time WNBA Finals MVP Breanna Stewart and the second-seeded New York Liberty (7:30 p.m. ET), and three-time WNBA All-Star Arike Ogunbowale and the fourth-seeded Dallas Wings host 2022 WNBA Rookie of the Year Rhyne Howard and the fifth-seeded Atlanta Dream (9:30 p.m. ET).
Highlights from the season include:
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