Royals have seen a jump in the number of people streaming games in 2025
For years, cord-cutting Royals fans bemoaned their inability to watch the team’s games.
But now the Royals fans in Kansas City can stream games via the FanDuel Sports app, which is also available on Amazon Prime. Fans outside the area have the option to watch on the MLB app.
Calling it a “build it and they will come” analogy is imperfect, but Royals fans are streaming games in record numbers.
FanDuel Sports Kansas City said it had more than 115,000 unique streamers for Royals games this season. There has been a 54% year-over-year increase in unique streamers per game, and the number of minutes streamed has gone up by 59%.
Royals fans are streaming an average of more than 95 minutes per game, up 3% from the same period in 2024.
FanDuel Sports Kansas City, which was rebranded this season from Bally Sports KC, also reported robust cable viewership.
Television ratings for Royals games are up 23% year-over-year through 94 games, FanDuel KC said, reaching an average of nearly 40,000 households. When the Royals play in prime time, their games have been the top-rated program 84% of the time.
A handful of Royals games have been simulcast on KCTV (Ch. 5) and KSMO (Ch. 62) this season.
“These numbers show our great fans continue to connect with this core of exciting and competitive ballplayers, including our four All-Stars,” Brooks Sherman, Royals president of business operations, said in a news release.
This story was originally published July 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM with the headline "Royals have seen a jump in the number of people streaming games in 2025."
