Women's NCAA Basketball Championship Ratings (1982-present)

Below are the Nielsen ratings for every Women's NCAA Basketball Championship game back to the inaugural game in 1982. There are several columns of data in the chart below including HH data (presented in ratings form & viewership form), P18-49 rating, and average P2+ viewership for every game.

Women's NCAA Championship Historical Ratings
Teams	Date	Net	HH rating	HHs (millions)	18-49 Rating	Viewers (millions)
South Carolina/Iowa	Apr. 7, 2024	ABC/ESPN	9.34	11.670	3.86	18.867
LSU/Iowa	Apr. 2, 2023	ABC/ESPN2	5.18	6.409	2.12	9.915
South Carolina/UConn	Apr. 3, 2022	ESPN/U	2.70	3.299	0.98	4.854
Stanford/Arizona	Apr. 4, 2021	ESPN	2.05	2.475	0.95	4.128
Baylor/Notre Dame	Apr. 7, 2019	ESPN	2.13	2.558	0.77	3.727
Notre Dame/Miss. State	Apr. 1, 2018	ESPN	2.04	2.439	0.77	3.566
South Carolina/Miss.State	Apr. 2, 2017	ESPN	2.28	2.702	0.82	3.829
UConn/Syracuse	Apr. 5, 2016	ESPN	1.88	2.191	0.69	2.972
UConn/Notre Dame	Apr. 7, 2015	ESPN	2.02	2.352	0.65	3.081
UConn/Notre Dame	Apr. 8, 2014	ESPN	2.77	3.206	1.08	4.271
UConn/Louisville	Apr. 9, 2013	ESPN	2.03	2.320	0.79	3.206
Baylor/Notre Dame	Apr. 3, 2012	ESPN	2.74	3.137	1.19	4.244
Texas A&M/Notre Dame	Apr. 5, 2011	ESPN	2.42	2.804	1.02	3.831
UConn/Stanford	Apr. 6, 2010	ESPN	2.31	2.654	0.94	3.531
UConn/Louisville	Apr. 7, 2009	ESPN	1.79	2.055	0.78	2.668
Tennessee/Stanford	Apr. 8, 2008	ESPN	2.54	2.871	1.14	3.858
Tennessee/Rutgers	Apr. 3, 2007	ESPN	1.92	2.137	0.78	2.918
Maryland/Duke	Apr. 4, 2006	ESPN	2.51	2.767	0.93	3.587
Baylor/Michigan State	Apr. 5, 2005	ESPN	2.16	2.369	0.78	3.235
UConn/Tennessee	Apr. 6, 2004	ESPN	3.51	3.801	1.63	5.583
UConn/Tennessee	Apr. 8, 2003	ESPN	2.82	3.013	1.26	4.369
UConn/Oklahoma	Mar. 31, 2002	ESPN	3.31	3.487	1.65	5.681
Notre Dame/Purdue	Apr. 1, 2001	ESPN	2.67	2.724	1.03	3.730
UConn/Tennessee	Apr. 2, 2000	ESPN	2.65	2.676	1.37	3.676
Purdue/Duke	Mar. 28, 1999	ESPN	3.26	3.238	1.81	5.137
Tennessee/LA Tech	Mar. 29, 1998	ESPN	2.77	2.717	1.67	3.943
Tennessee/Old Dominion	Mar. 30, 1997	ESPN	2.97	2.897	1.73	4.586
Tennessee/Georgia	Mar. 31, 1996	ESPN	2.6	2.497	1.36	3.515
UConn/Tennessee	Apr. 2, 1995	CBS	5.7	5.438	2.76	7.444
UNC/LA Tech	Apr. 3, 1994	CBS	3.7	3.485	2.01	5.441
Texas Tech/Ohio State	Apr. 4, 1993	CBS	5.5	5.121	2.99	7.807
Stanford/W. Kentucky	Apr. 5, 1992	CBS	4.1	3.776	1.95	5.517
Tennessee/Virginia	Mar. 31, 1991	CBS	5.2	4.84	3.0	7.33
Stanford/Auburn	Apr. 1, 1990	CBS	3.7	3.41	1.7	4.67
Tennessee/Auburn	Apr. 2, 1989	CBS	5.4	4.88	2.7	7.22
LA Tech/Auburn	Apr. 3, 1988	CBS	4.3	3.81	2.4	5.65
Tennessee/LA Tech	Mar. 29, 1987	CBS	6.1	5.33	2.3	6.92
Texas/USC	Mar. 30, 1986	CBS	6.5	5.58	4.4	11.22
Old Dominion/Georgia	Mar. 31, 1985	CBS	5.6	4.75	3.2	6.93
USC/Tennessee	Apr. 1, 1984	CBS	6.4	5.36	4.0	8.29
USC/LA Tech	Apr. 3, 1983	CBS	7.0	5.83	6.1	11.84
LA Tech/Cheyney State	Mar. 28, 1982	CBS	7.3	5.95	3.9	8.79

Source: Nielsen Media Research; NTI Pocketpieces