# WNBA Finals Game 7 viewership reaches nearly 30-year high

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/wnba-finals-game-7-viewership-reaches-nearly-30-year-high/
- Published: 2026-11-03T22:55:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T10:57:58+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/sports/wnba-finals-game-7-viewership-reaches-nearly-30-year-high/
- Topics: Entertainment, TV, World

## Key points

- Game 7 drew more than 3.3 million viewers.
- The Valkyries beat the Dream 68-63 to win the title.
- The Finals averaged a record 1.89 million viewers per game.

## Summary

The WNBA Finals’ deciding Game 7 drew more than 3.3 million viewers, the league’s largest game audience in nearly 30 years, according to preliminary figures. The Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 on Halloween to win the title in only their second season.

The seven-game series averaged 1.89 million viewers across television and streaming, surpassing the previous Finals record of 1.5 million per game set in 2024. Game 1 attracted 2.1 million viewers, a record for a Finals opener, while Game 6 drew 1.5 million despite an early afternoon start. The Finals followed a season in which the league reported more than 90 million unique viewers, and 51 games averaged at least one million viewers, up from 19 in 2025.

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