Indiana Fever rookie phenom Caitlin Clark has rapidly change into one of many faces of the WNBA, and the crew has benefited enormously from her star energy.
The crew gave an update on Wednesday morning — simply two days earlier than it kicks off the ultimate 14 video games of the common season — about among the report numbers it has skilled this season, a lot of which is because of Clark.
The Fever have offered one hundred pc of season-ticket stock, their attendance is up 264 % from final season they usually lead the league in attendance with a mean of 16,898 followers per sport (almost 4,200 extra followers per contest than the next-closest crew).
The crew additionally set broadcast information for the most-viewed WNBA video games on ABC, ESPN, NBA TV and Ion networks, and it has performed within the 12 most-watched WNBA video games this season.
There’s additionally been a 1,193 % improve within the crew’s merchandise gross sales from final season, and it broke the single-game merchandise gross sales report 4 instances all year long.
The Fever’s social media numbers are additionally off the charts. Within the four-month window from April by July, the crew has had greater than 800 million views throughout its social media platforms and gained 1.3 million followers since April 15 when Clark was drafted No. 1 total.