WNBA Draft TV viewers in the U.S. 2025

Published by Statista Research Department, May 5, 2025

In 2025, the TV audience for the Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) Draft stood at 1.25 million viewers. Shown on ESPN for the sixth year running, the 2025 Draft had a viewership nearly half the size of the previous year's broadcast, with interest in the No.1 overall pick Caitlin Clark proving a massive draw that year. 

First held in 1997, the WNBA Draft is an annual pre-season event through which teams in the league select new recruits from a pool of college and professional women's basketball players. 

Number of viewers of the WNBA Draft in the United States from 2011 to 2025 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

April 2025

Region

United States

Survey time period

2011 to 2025

Supplementary notes

Figures from before 2025 came from previous publications.

Until 2020, the Draft was broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPNU, however, changed that year to ESPN's main channel.

* Aired during breaking news coverage.

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