Amid the league’s current volatile situations, the WNBA is attracting many fans and viewers across its broadcasters. The merchandise sales, viewership, and ticket sales improved significantly as the league reached new highs with its increased popularity.
The WNBA broke a two-decade-long regular-season attendance record earlier in September and is now setting new highs in the playoff games. The WNBA Finals viewership ratings are out, and the numbers are encouraging.
WNBA 2025 Finals Set Viewership Record
The Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury, participants in the 2025 WNBA finals, have a number of superstars who have a massive fan following. Superstar A’ja Wilson won her fourth MVP title and is the face of the league, as she once again proved to be the attraction for the viewers.
According to the WNBA Communications article, Game 1 of the 2025 WNBA Finals is the most-viewed Game 1 of the WNBA Finals in 28 years. It averaged a record-breaking 1.9 million viewers and even hit a high of 2.5 million viewers. It’s also the most-viewed WNBA Finals Game 1 in a series format.
Game 1 of the 2025 WNBA Finals is now the most-watched Game 1 of the WNBA Finals in 28 years, averaging 1.9 million viewers and peaking at 2.5 million viewers! It also marks the most-watched WNBA Finals Game 1 in a series format. https://t.co/mu048GIjqO
— WNBA Communications (@WNBAComms) October 7, 2025
In an interesting fact, the Indiana Fever-Las Vegas Aces WNBA semifinals series also witnessed a record viewership, even without Caitlin Clark. And now the figures of the final show the Aces’ popularity. This year, the previous year’s New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx series too had a huge draw, reaching that figure is a truly admirable feat.
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Regarding the series, Game 3 will be hosted by the PHX Arena, with the Aces coming into the game leading the series 2-0. The Mercury need to win the subsequent game in order to remain competitive in the series since no team has ever recovered from a 2-0 margin in WNBA finals historically.
Alyssa Thomas Is Ready For Game 3 Of WNBA Finals
One of the players in the competition who is desperate to capture the championship is Alyssa Thomas. The star had led the league in rebounds, assists, and steals. She also holds the all-time triple-doubles record in the regular season and postseason, solidifying herself as one of the well-rounded players in the league. But she is not.
“To win a championship, I feel like none of the records are — any of it is completed without a championship, I feel like winning a championship just completes the resume on a great career, and this is the whole reason that I’m playing is to win a championship… I can’t stop until I get one,” said Thomas.
Thomas is currently leading her side in assists (8.7). rebounds (8.3) and steals (1.9) while standing second in scoring (17.2) in the 2025 playoffs series. The player is capable of turning things around and will look to exert her dominance in the finals, also.