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MLB sees double-digit viewership increases in US and Japan
- Major League Baseball experienced significant double-digit growth in viewer numbers across the United States and Japan throughout the initial two months of the 2025 season.
- These gains occurred amid ESPN opting out of its rights deal in February, which might make 2025 its last baseball season broadcast.
- Fox Sports experienced a 10% rise in viewership, with each game drawing an average of 1.84 million viewers, while TBS's MLB Tuesday package increased by 16%, and MLB.TV's streaming audience grew by 27%.
- ESPN coverage gained 22% with 1.74 million average viewers, and MLB.TV logged over 7.5 billion minutes watched through June 2, 2025.
- These figures indicate a strong baseball audience that reached the highest streaming level in MLB.TV history and is on pace for Japan's most-watched season.
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MLB Sees Massive, Double-Digit Viewership Increases in US and Japan
Major League Baseball (MLB) is only two months into its season; however, if the final four months play out like the first two, the league is in for record ratings. The post MLB Sees Massive, Double-Digit Viewership Increases in US and Japan appeared first on Breitbart.
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Chicago TribuneMLB sees double-digit viewership increases in the United States and Japan
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s viewer numbers in the United States and Japan during the first two months of the season have seen double-digit increases, MLB and Nielsen reported Tuesday. ESPN’s coverage is up 22%, averaging 1.74 million viewers. It is the most-watched season on ESPN through the first two months since 2017. This might be the last year ESPN is carrying baseball after it opted out of its rights deal in February. The MLB Tuesday…
The television audience figures for the largest in the United States and Japan during the first two months of the season have shown double-digit increases, the Major League and Nielsen reported Tuesday.
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