{"id":939,"date":"2018-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/reports\/whitepaper-the-rise-of-womens-sports\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T12:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T12:18:35","slug":"whitepaper-the-rise-of-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/whitepaper-the-rise-of-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitepaper: The rise of women\u2019s sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url();\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Oct 04, 2018                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Articles<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Whitepaper: The rise of women\u2019s sports<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/whitepaper-the-rise-of-womens-sports\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/whitepaper-the-rise-of-womens-sports\/&#038;text=Whitepaper: The rise of women\u2019s sports\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Whitepaper: The rise of women\u2019s sports. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/whitepaper-the-rise-of-womens-sports\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/whitepaper-the-rise-of-womens-sports\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                                                            <p class=\"es-section__label es-label es-label--md\">Download the latest Nielsen Sports and Leaders whitepaper examining who\u2019s watching women\u2019s sport and the rising sponsorship and media market for female teams and events.<\/p>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><p><strong>Making sense of the exciting and growing women\u2019s sport marketplace is fundamental for rights holders, brands and other stakeholders currently operating in \u2013 or looking to enter \u2013 the space. This report, another collaboration between Leaders and Nielsen Sports, is built around research conducted across eight of the most commercially active sports markets, plus interviews conducted throughout the year at the think tanks hosted by Leaders as part of our XX Series.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s already been quite a year for women\u2019s sport, with rights holders, brands and the media around the world playing their part in engaging more fans and generating greater commercial interest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.pardot.com\/l\/856843\/2020-08-05\/52jxy\"><button>Download Whitepaper<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There have been milestone moments, including a new world record attendance for a women\u2019s club soccer game in Mexico and an audience of 1.6 million in the UK tuning in to the Women\u2019s FA Cup final, plus the emergence of new stars including Ricoh British Women\u2019s Open champion Georgia Hall, the incredible Ester Ledecka who won Olympic gold in snowboarding and downhill skiing in PyeongChang, Britain\u2019s European sprint champion Dina Asher-Smith and recent US Open winner Naomi Osaka.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/whitepaper-china-next-generation-sports-consumers\/\">Whitepaper: China &#8211; Next Generation Sports Consumers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download the latest Nielsen Sports and Leaders whitepaper examining who\u2019s watching women\u2019s sport and the rising sponsorship and media market for female teams and events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-939","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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