Fox Footy's AFLW ratings have spiked so far in 2020, but Channel Seven's audiences for women's football have dropped.

Team captains at the AFLW season launch earlier this month. Credit:AAP

The pay-TV broadcast on Fox Footy for AFLW has lifted by 19 per cent by total average audience (television and streaming) across the first three rounds of the season, with their television audience alone recording the same rise.

Viewers streaming AFLW on Foxtel Go have risen by 16 per cent. That figure does not include Kayo as these figures are not released.

An average of 38,000 people have watched AFLW on Fox Footy this season on television and via streaming.