FanDuel Sports Network says ratings are way up for Royals broadcasts this year
The Royals seem to have caught their fans’ attention following the club’s remarkable turnaround last season.
After losing 106 games in 2023, the Royals increased their win total by 30 games a year ago and advanced to the American League Division Series. Many Major League Baseball pundits believed the Royals would continue that success into the 2025 season and fan interest in the team has jumped.
The Royals’ season opener averaged a 5.18 household rating on FanDuel Sports Kansas City, an increase of more than 25% from a year earlier. It was the top ranked program on cable that day.
The FanDuel Sports Network, which was known as Bally Sports Kansas City last season, said the viewership numbers have remained robust since opening day.
Here are some items of note about Royals broadcasts through Monday’s game, via FanDuel Sports Network.
- The TV audience for Royals games has increased 40% through the first 17 games compared to a year ago.
- FanDuel Sports Kansas City said it is averaging more than 40,000 households per game, up about 12,000 per game over this time last year.
- Six games this season have had better ratings than any game in the 2024 season.
- The Royals had their highest-rated regular season game in three seasons on April 6 when their game against the Orioles had a 7.1 rating (73,000 households). That includes ratings from the simulcast on KCTV and KSMO.
- Unique streamers are up 91% through the same number of games from last season.
This story was originally published April 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM.
