Aces 2025 WNBA Finals run draws high viewership on ESPN

WNBA 2025 Playoffs, Final Series Between Aces–Mercury Draws in Historic Viewership

The Aces swept the Mercury in four games, but viewers were still tuning in at high volumes.

Aces 2025 WNBA Finals run draws high viewership on ESPN

Almost two million viewers tuned in to watch Game 1 of the 2025 WNBA Finals between the Aces and Phoenix Mercury, according to a post on ESPN PR’s X page.

WNBA Finals sweep down from last year's full-length series

The following article "WNBA Finals sweep down from last year’s full-length series" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. Going from the maximum number of games last year to the minimum this year, the WNBA Finals was unsurprisingly less of a draw. The four-game Aces-Mercury WNBA Finals averaged 1.5 million viewers across ESPN and ABC, trailing only last year’s five-game Liberty-Lynx series (1.6M) as the most-watched Finals since 2000. (The W…

Full Court Press: A’ja Wilson is the WNBA goat — she’s not done yet

A’ja Wilson is inevitable. A’ja Wilson is unstoppable. A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces are once again WNBA champions after sweeping the Phoenix Mercury in four games, giving the Aces their third championship in four seasons.​ Emma Clement A’ja Wilson is now the greatest women’s basketball player of all time. ​It’s hard for a player to be crowned as the greatest of all time while they are still an active player. And it’s even more challenging …

WNBA Finals Draws 1.5M, Second-Most-Watched Series on ESPN

The 2025 WNBA Finals were the league’s first seven-game playoff series, but ran for only four games as the Las Vegas Aces swept the Phoenix Mercury.