Indiana Fever fans won’t need to be convinced that their team is the most popular in the WNBA. While the Fever’s fan base has always been passionate, the arrival of global superstar Caitlin Clark in 2024 took things to a whole other echelon. Not only do the Fever sell out all of their home games in Gainbridge Fieldhouse Arena, but opposing stadiums are also packed whenever Clark and her Fever squad come to town. What’s more, Indiana’s jersey sales are through the roof, the team is constantly in headlines, along with every other metric that can assess how much attention a franchise is attracting. This is why it was so cool to see the Fever advance all the way to the 2025 WNBA Semifinals, where they came agonizingly close to beating the eventual WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, despite not having Caitlin Clark (and several other players) on the court. Despite coming up short, this success set the Fever up to increase their popularity even more in 2026, which will only benefit women’s basketball. Perhaps the most
