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The 2026 WNBA Playoffs have seen a sharp decline ever since Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever were eliminated in the first round. Clark is one of the biggest individual draws the WNBA has ever seen, setting multiple viewership and attendance records for the modern era and birthing a new popularity bloom for the league.
The first round of the 2026 WNBA Playoffs averaged 1.3 million viewers across 10 games, making it the league’s most-watched opening playoff round.
The first round of the WNBA playoffs averaged 1.3 million viewers across ESPN, Prime Video, and USA Network.