MLS Fails to Match NWSL’s Staggering Numbers Despite Shocking $190 Million Media Gap

MLS Fails to Match NWSL’s Staggering Numbers Despite Shocking $190 Million Media Gap

“100%”—that was the term Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian used to emphasize how European leagues far surpass the MLS. And the American entrepreneur didn’t stop there. Taking a jab at the future of the U.S. men’s top-flight league, he insisted that even in the next 10 years, the landscape wouldn’t change, before surprisingly adding, “That is why I think the NWSL will be bigger than MLS in 10 years, because we can tell a story of excellence in wom…

Report: NWSL ratings down 8% entering break

Viewership for the 2025 NWSL season was down about 8 percent heading into its summer break while the league suffered from the absence of multiple star players at various points, according to a report by Sports Business Journal.

NWSL News: Report: NWSL ratings down 8% entering break

Viewership for the 2025 NWSL season was down about 8 percent heading into its summer break while the league suffered from the absence of multiple star players at various points, according to a report by Sports Business Journal. The league returns to action Aug. 3 after a break for confederation competitions, and there is optimism […]