If you felt like the Paris Olympics dominated your screens, timelines, and pop culture more than ever before, that’s probably because they did. Athletes smashed performance records while fans broke attendance milestones, TV viewership benchmarks, and social media engagement metrics — and female athletes were at the forefront of the best Olympic moments.

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Take a look at some of the numbers coming out of the games, and start preparing yourself now because LA2028 will only be bigger and better. 💪

• 2.2M - Ilona Maher became the most-followed rugby athlete ever after her follower count grew to 2.2M following the team’s historic bronze medal.
  
  
• 3M - Team USA’s first women’s basketball game against Japan drew 3M viewers on Peacock and USA Network, more than all of the Tokyo Olympics basketball games except for the gold medal matches.
  
  
• 4.2M - The USWNT match against Germany reeled in 4.2M viewers on NBC and Peacock — more than any of the men’s or women’s matches in the Rio and Tokyo Games.
  
  
• 9M - The gold medal soccer match between the USWNT and Brazil averaged 9M viewers, the most-watched Olympic soccer match in NBC history.
  
  

12.7M - The live broadcast of the women’s team gymnastics finals drew 12.7M viewers on Peacock and NBC — more than the first round of the NFL Draft and every single NBA Finals game last year.

• 20 - The Nigerian women’s basketball team got their first Olympic win in 20 years.
  
  
• 1 - Sifan Hassan became the first woman to medal in the 5k, 10k, and marathon at a single Olympic Games.
  
  
• 1 - After withstanding an unfathomable amount of online discrimination and abuse, Imane Khelif fought through the 66kg bracket to win the gold medal. Her medal is Algeria’s first gold in women’s boxing.
  
  
• 1 - Lauren Scruggs became the first Black woman to win an individual fencing medal.
  
  
• 1 - Annette Echikunwoke won Team USA its first Olympic medal in the hammer throw.
  
  
• 1 - Jasmine Moore became the first American to medal in both the long jump and the triple jump at the same Olympic Games.
  
  
• 48.17 - Marileidy Paulino became the first woman to win an Olympic medal for the Dominican Republic in any sport — and set a new Olympic record time of 48.17 in the 400m while doing it.
  
  
• 1 - Japan’s B-girl AMI won the first Olympic Breaking event in history.
  
  
• 1 - Qinwen Zheng became the first Chinese player to win a gold medal in tennis (singles) at the Olympics. 
  
  
• 1988 - Casey Kaufhold became the first American woman to medal in archery since 1988.
  
  
• 1 - Helen Maroulis is the first American woman to win three Olympic medals in wrestling.
  
  
• 1 - Kaylia Nemour won gold for her incredible uneven bars routine, earning the first-ever gymnastics medal for an African nation (Algeria).
  
  
• 1 - Lauren Scruggs, Lee Keifer, Maia Weintraub, and Jackie Dubrovich teamed up to win the first-ever foil fencing team gold medal in American history.
  
  
• 1 - Julien Alfred won the gold medal in the 100m dash, marking the first Olympic medal in St. Lucia's history.
  
  

4 - Katie Ledecky became the first woman in history to win the same individual event (the 800m freestyle) at four consecutive Olympic games.

27,193 - The France versus Australia basketball game on August 4 is now the most attended women’s game in European history after 27,193 packed the stands to watch France defeat the Australians.

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66,000 - Over 66,000 fans packed Stade de France for the women’s Rugby competition, setting a new world record.

• 3 - Barbra Banda has scored three hat tricks in just five Olympic games.

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3:49.63 - Team USA set a new world record in the 4x100m Medley relay, swimming the race in just 3:49.63. Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh, and Torri Huske participated.

• 3 - Gabby Thomas became the first woman since Allyson Felix to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics.
  
  3 - New Zealand’s Lydia Ko became the most decorated golfer in Olympic history, with three Olympic medals after her gold medal win in Paris.
  
  
• 600 - Defender Naomi Girma was the only Team USA field player to compete in all 600 minutes of the team’s Olympic matches.
  
  
• 20 - Amit Elor became the youngest American woman to win an Olympic gold in wrestling at 20 years old.
  
  

20 - Katie Ledecky now owns the 20 fastest 1500m times in history after her gold medal performance.

10 - South Korea is undefeated in women’s archery after winning the past 10 Olympic gold medals.

43 - Australia’s Lauren Jackson became the oldest woman to play Olympic basketball at age 43.

2013 - Simone Biles has won every all-around competition she’s entered since 2013.

61 - 61-year-old Ni Xia Lian became the oldest competitor to win an Olympic table tennis match.

3 - Belgium’s Nafi Thiam became the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the Heptathlon. 🇧🇪

8 - Team USA has won the gold medal in the 4x400m race for the past eight consecutive Olympic games.

12 - Team USA has won the 4x100m relay 12 times, more than every other country combined.

8 - The U.S. women’s basketball team won their eighth consecutive gold medal after a thrilling matchup against France.

2019 - Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has won every 400m hurdles race she’s competed in since 2019.

3 - Faith Kipyegon became the first runner to win the 1500m race at three consecutive Olympics.