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[04/23/26 - 12:19 PM]
USA Sports Delivers Most-Watched Match in LOVB Volleyball History to Cap Inaugural Season of Record Viewership on USA Network
The first Finals match on Thursday, April 16, which Salt Lake won 3-2 in a closely-contested fifth set, averaged 163,000 viewers, ranking as the most-watched LOVB game of all-time.
[via press release from USA Network]

USA SPORTS DELIVERS MOST-WATCHED MATCH IN LOVB VOLLEYBALL HISTORY TO CAP INAUGURAL SEASON OF RECORD VIEWERSHIP ON USA NETWORK

LOVB's Finals Match Between LOVB Austin & LOVB Salt Lake on Thursday, April 16, Ranked as Most-Watched LOVB Game of All-Time

Viewership for Both 2026 LOVB Finals on USA Network Up 50% vs. 2025

2026 LOVB Regular-Season Game of the Week Viewership on USA Network Up 164% vs. 2025 Linear Viewership

This Season, USA Network Aired Four of Top Five Most-Watched LOVB Games Ever; 7.5 Million Viewers Tuned into USA Network's LOVB Coverage, Up 133% vs. 2025

STAMFORD, Conn. - April 23, 2026 - USA Sports' historic inaugural season presenting League One Volleyball (LOVB) on USA Network concluded last week with record-setting viewership of the 2026 LOVB Championship between LOVB Austin and LOVB Salt Lake from LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif.

The first Finals match on Thursday, April 16, which Salt Lake won 3-2 in a closely-contested fifth set, averaged 163,000 viewers (source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel), ranking as the most-watched LOVB game of all-time.

USA Network presented game two of the LOVB Championship on Saturday, April 18, as 2025 and 2026 Finals MVP Madisen Skinner led Austin to a five-set victory before taking the dramatic golden set, 15-8, to earn back-to-back titles. The two 2026 LOVB Championship matches on USA Network were up a combined 50% vs. last year's championship match linear viewership.

Throughout the season, USA Network exclusively aired the league's 'Game of the Week' in primetime on Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. ET, which featured numerous viewership milestones including two of the top three most-watched regular-season matches all-time and a 164% viewership increase vs. 2025's regular season linear viewership.

In all, 7.5 million viewers tuned into LOVB on USA Network this season, up 133% vs. 2025, and USA Sports' presentation of LOVB in 2026 netted four of the five most-watched LOVB games ever.

USA Sports' four most-watched LOVB matches this season are as follows:

DATE GAME AVG. VIEWERSHIP

April 16 (Championship Game 1) Salt Lake-Austin 163,000

Feb. 4 (Regular Season) Atlanta-Austin 145,000

April 12 (Semifinals Game 2) Salt Lake-Houston 139,000

Jan. 7 (Season-Opener) Nebraska-Austin 138,000

*Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel

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