MLB All-Star Game cracks 7 million viewers on Fox, down from last year

The Midsummer Classic proved once again it is still one of the top draws of the summer.

Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game, which ended in a “swing-off” after the AL and NL finished knotted up at six runs each after nine innings, averaged 7.2 million viewers on Fox and Fox Sports’ streaming services, according to the network’s PR. That figure is down slightly from last year’s All-Star Game, which averaged 7.44 million viewers, but was up versus 2023 which finished with 7.01 million viewers. The audience peaked at 8.1 million viewers in the 9:15 p.m. ET quarter-hour.

Compared to other games in the All-Star genre, MLB still holds the most weight. Both this year’s NBA All-Star Game and the NFL’s Pro Bowl averaged 4.7 million viewers, well below what baseball is earning.

Still, the MLB All-Star Game, like many sports properties, is drawing substantially fewer viewers than its heyday. The game was drawing over 10 million viewers as recently as 2015, and the game often surpassed 30 million viewers in the ’70s and ’80s.

But for a sporting event in the middle of July, Fox will take an audience of over 7 million viewers and not think twice.