By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — For the first time in its 42-year history, more people watched the women’s NCAA basketball final than the men’s. The total number of viewers for Sunday’s women’s national championship game between South Carolina and Iowa was 18.9 million, peaking at 24.1 million in the game’s final 15
With final Nielsen reporting completed, Sunday’s epic title bout between No. 1 women’s seeds Iowa and South Carolina scored 18.9 million viewers, becoming the most-viewed women’s college basketball game ever and ESPN platforms’ most-viewed college basketball game (men’s or women’s) on record. The showdown peaked at 24.1 million viewers in the game’s final 15 minutes as South Carolina stormed to their second NCAA trophy in three years.
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South Carolina-Iowa averaged 18.7m viewers on ABC and ESPNChampionship showdown peaks at 24m viewers on SundaySouth Carolina’s victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in Sunday’s women’s NCAA championship game had a preliminary audience average of 18.7 million on ABC and ESPN. The only sporting events in the US to draw a bigger TV audience since 2019 have been American football, the World Cup and the Olympics.The audience numbers are expected to increase when Nielsen releases its final numbers on...
For the first time, the NCAA women's basketball championship game had a larger viewership than the men's final, with South Carolina-Iowa outdrawing UConn-Purdue by over 4million people.
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Women's college basketball is erupting in popularity. This year's women's NCAA tournament set several records, including the championship game between South Carolina and Iowa setting a five-year high in television viewership for the entire sport of basketball, men's or women's, college or professional at 18.7 million viewers.
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When it comes to NCAA ratings for 2024, it's a whole new game. Sunday's 2024 NCAA women's championship between Iowa and South Carolina, a 3 p.m. ET tipoff airing on ABC and ESPN, scored an average of 18.9 million viewers, blowing by the men's championship game on Monday, which had 14.8 million (live+same-day) across TBS, TNT and TruTV, according to Nielsen. This is the first time the women's championship beat the men's in ratings, and advertisers who got in early are scoring big. "This...