Cincinnati Reds' attendance is up 26 percent, with game viewership up 48 percent

The Cincinnati Reds' attendance is up 26 percent this season, according to Major League Baseball Communications, and game viewership has increased 48 percent this season through July 9, according to sports marketing and media company Playfly.

Throughout MLB, average attendance of 28,382 is 8.11 percent higher than 2022, and total attendance is about 2.9 million higher so far in 2023 (38.316 million) than in 2022 (35.442 million).

The Reds, which played in front of another sold-out crowd at Great American Ball Park during Friday's 1-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, are one of 23 of the 30 MLB clubs with attendance increases this season, and one of 12 clubs with increases of more than 10 percent compared to last year.

The Enquirer's Charlie Goldsmith reported via Twitter in late June that attendance of 126,724 for the Reds' three-game series against the Atlanta Braves was the highest for any three-game, regular-season series in GABP history.

Playfly also reports that ratings for the 29 U.S.-based regional sports networks is up 3 percent despite all RSNs having lost between 7-13 percent in subscribers year over year.

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