Seoul Series 18.7 million → Tokyo Series 25 million, 10 times more remarkable than Freeman Seoul, who couldn't even play
Mar 22, 2025
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MLB announced on the 22nd (Korea time) "The 2025 Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, sponsored by Guggenheim, set the highest record in the history of Major League Baseball's hosting of third countries in terms of viewership, product sales, and crowd mobilization with the title of NL MVP Shohei Ohtani and four Japanese players visiting their home countries."
According to MLB, the average number of viewers in Game 1 of the Tokyo Series held at Tokyo Dome from the 18th to the 19th was more than 25 million across all platforms, including TV and online.
MLB.com responded 'This is the highest audience record for third-country Major League Baseball games. There were more than 6 million viewers than 18.7 million in the first round of the Seoul Series between the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul last year. 'More than 19 million people watched the game rather than the first game of the Tokyo Series (5.6 million) between the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics in 2019.'"
The average number of viewers in the second game was 23 million, and the average number of viewers in the two Tokyo series was 24 million, the highest among major league series held in a third country. Last year, there were about 7 million more viewers than the average of 17.2 million in the two games of the Seoul Series, and more than 16 million more than the average of 7.7 million in the two games of the 2019 Tokyo Series.
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The number of TV viewers was more than double that of last year's Seoul series. MLB.com said, `Although the first game of the Tokyo Series began at 5 a.m. and 3 a.m. in Chicago and LA time, an average of 838,000 people watched it on FOX TV, the highest for the opening game in Asia. The number of viewers in the first round of the Seoul Series last year was 350,000, an increase of 139% this time. The average number of viewers in the first and second games was 590,000 in the Tokyo Series, up 59% from the Seoul Series.
Sales of goods also exceeded expectations. Sales of various products sold in the Tokyo Series increased 320% from last year's London Series, the previous record among major league series held in the third country. It was also 105% more than the weekly sales of the All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in 2022. Of course, Ohtani jerseys were sold the most, and Tokyo Series patches also ranked top.
In addition, MLB reported that the total number of spectators in six games, including two Tokyo Series games and four warm-up games, was 252,795. It means that the Tokyo Dome was crowded with full spectators every day.
However, some say that it is unreasonable to directly compare the Tokyo Series with the Seoul Series in the number of global viewers. As of 2024, the population is 51.75 million in Korea and 123.1 million in Japan, more than double that of Korea. Dodgers' Freddie Freeman just before the Tokyo Series "I'm looking forward to it 10 times more than Seoul last year."The prospect of " is overshadowed.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
