AFL Women's is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The league is run by the Australian Football League (AFL) and is contested by each of the clubs from that competition. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 14 teams in 2020 and 18 teams in 2022. The AFLW has attracted an audience of more than 1 million attendees and 2 million viewers. It consistently ranks in the top three most watched women's sporting competitions in Australia.