With the regular season in the books, it’s official: Major League Baseball saw increased attendance for the third consecutive season.
In total, the 2025 MLB season drew 71,409,421 fans, surpassing the 70 million benchmark for a third straight season. That hadn’t happened in eight years (2015-17). This is also the first time MLB has had three straight years of attendance growth since 2005-07.
A number of teams saw a significant attendance boost during the 2025 season. The Dodgers and Padres each set a new all-time attendance mark, with Los Angeles drawing more than 4 million fans for the first time in franchise history. No club had eclipsed the 4-million mark since the Yankees and Mets each did so in 2008.
Six teams drew more than 3 million fans, including the Mets -- who had their best single-season attendance since 2008 -- and the Phillies, who had their best attendance since 2012.
MLB’s continued attendance growth coincides with a number of rule changes, including the pitch clock, that were implemented to generate a crisper pace of play and more in-game action ahead of the 2023 season. In 2025, the average game time was two hours and 38 minutes, the third consecutive season in which it was at 2:40 or less. This marked the first time in 40 years (1983-85) that the average game time was at 2:40 or less in three consecutive seasons.