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Women’s basketball championship drew more viewers than the men’s did
This is pretty cool, as it seems women’s basketball has become more popular with each passing year. This year, women’s basketball has rise in popularity. Whether it be talents who represent the Utes like Alissa Pili does, or it’s a talent like Iowa’s Caitlin Clark. Women’s basketball is popular more than ever.
With that being said, the women’s championship between Iowa and South Carolina drew a total of 24.1 million viewers at its peak, which came in the final 15 minutes.
For comparison, the men’s championship drew only around 11.5 million viewers.
https://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1777739802391011646
With final Nielsen reporting completed, Iowa-South Carolina officially drew 18.9 MILLION viewers.
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) April 9, 2024
Peaked at 24.1 million viewers in the game’s final 15 minutes. -
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Women’s sports have been hugely popular in recent years, and it is only going to get better with the talent pool only growing.
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I believe it, that’s all the talk has been about this year.
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Goes to show, women’s sports might be taking over in popularity these days. But I don’t want to take away from the men who played awesome this year. To receive that amount of viewers is still quite good imo.
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I have so much respect for women’s sports, it is finally getting the respect it deserves.
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Women’s sports have been massively popular as of late, makes sense they are seeing a rise in popularity. People are taking women’s sports seriously now, as they know these women can compete with the best of them.
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Yeah it has. I don’t get why people are weirded out about women’s sports dominating like this. People are taking notice that women can dominate in the industry as well.
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Cool I guess. I don’t think it matters that much, but hey, more power to them.
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I think it’s pretty big. Back not too long ago, people scoffed at women’s sports. Some would mock the WNBA for example, saying it’s not nearly as good as the NBA. But I disagree. I think people are finally taking notice of women’s sports and are realizing that they are just as good as the men, and in some ways even better.
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I agree. It’s only going to get better from here on out. I think that a lot of young women are catching on to women’s sports. I think a lot of young girls are seeing the domination from women’s sports and are taking interest because of it.
I think it’s only going to get better from here on out.
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