Caitlin Clark's lowest-rated playoff game still outdrew every non-Fever first-round broadcast
And it was the one fans needed Prime Video to watch.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Indiana's Sept.29 win over the Las Vegas Aces averaged 1.42 million viewers on Amazon's streaming service, according to Sports Media Watch.
The largest reported audience for a first-round game without the Fever was 1.40 million for Golden State's Game 2 loss to Dallas on ESPN.KELSEY MITCHELL’S CAITLIN CLARK COMMENTS DESERVE CONTEXT, INCLUDING THE BENEFITS OF ALL THAT ATTENTIONCaitlin Clark's Prime Video playoff game drew 1.42 million viewers, exceeding every reported non-Fever first-round WNBA audience.(NBAE via Getty Images)The difference was small, approximately 20,000 viewers.
But Clark's lowest number came on a streaming-exclusive broadcast and still finished ahead of every reported non-Fever audience, including those that aired on network television and cable.Two nights later, Indiana's season-ending loss to Las Vegas averaged 2.25 million viewers across USA Network and CNBC, making it the second-most-watched WNBA first-round playoff game ever.Can you guess who played in the most-watched first-round game ever? Yeah, it was Clark and the Fever against the Connecticut Sun in 2024, which saw Game 2 of their first-round series average 2.54 million viewers on ESPN.So, across three games, Clark helped deliver one of the biggest first-round audiences in league history and a streaming audience that exceeded every reported non-Fever telecast.That's a pretty good illustration of what she means to the WNBA.Reported figures were available for nine of the 10 first-round games.
For Dallas–Golden State Game 1, this analysis uses a reported audience of 410,000 on USA Network and does not include CNBC viewers.OutKick requested the combined USA/CNBC total and ESPN2's Dallas–Golden State Game 3 audience but...