The Dodgers Are Back On Top After an Epic Postseason Run; Juan Soto Fires Up Mets Fans
Ahead of the 2025 MLB season, StubHub, the world’s leading marketplace to buy and sell tickets to any live event, has released its annual MLB Season Preview revealing the top-selling teams, games and trends of the season. The season debuts with the international series in Tokyo, as global demand for the league reaches an all-time high, with ticket purchases on StubHub from buyers across 20% more countries than last year. The Mets jump to their highest ranking ever in nearly a decade, following the headline-grabbing signing of Juan Soto, leading to increased interest and demand for the Mets-Yankees rivalry.
As the world’s leading live event marketplace, StubHub provides the most robust look at the consumer trends and behaviors of ticket buyers. The in-depth trend insights stem from our unparalleled global presence, connecting buyers from over 200 countries and territories to a global catalog of more than 100 million event tickets worldwide each year. We have been reporting on the MLB season’s upcoming trends in our annual season preview for over 8 years, since 2017.
Ballparks Become International Tourist Destinations – Dodgers and Yankees Ride Post-World Series Buzz
Top International Markets for MLB Tickets (outside of the U.S. and Canada)
- Japan 🇯🇵
- U.K. 🇬🇧
- Australia 🇦🇺
- Taiwan 🇹🇼
- Mexico 🇲🇽
Baseball’s global footprint
- This season sets a new record in StubHub MLB Preview history, with ticket buyers from 77 countries on StubHub and viagogo, up from 64 countries last year.
- Fans from Japan have purchased more tickets than any other country (outside of the U.S. and Canada), driven by Japan’s collective star power in Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki.
- Ticket buyers from Japan have purchased almost 3.5x more tickets than buyers from the U.K., which comes in at #2.
- U.S. buyers account for 80% of tickets sold on StubHub for the Dodgers-Cubs MLB Tokyo Series.
- Nearly half of those U.S. buyers are from California.
Dodgers and Yankees’ international talent and fandom drive continued demand
- Following their World Series victory, the Los Angeles Dodgers remain the #1 in-demand team on StubHub, outselling the #2 Boston Red Sox by 10%.
- Buyers from 29 countries outside the U.S. and Canada are purchasing Dodgers tickets on StubHub, the second most after the Yankees, with Japan accounting for 22% of sales, the most of any other country.
- The Dodgers’ August 15 home game against the Padres has sold the most tickets to buyers from Japan, with 28% more tickets sold than their April 30 game against the Marlins, which follows at #2.
- The Dodgers home opener against the Detroit Tigers is the best-selling game of the MLB season on StubHub, driving 31% more sales than the #2 home opener between the Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers.
- Buyers from 29 countries outside the U.S. and Canada are purchasing Dodgers tickets on StubHub, the second most after the Yankees, with Japan accounting for 22% of sales, the most of any other country.
- The Yankees have the widest international fanbase on StubHub, with buyers coming from 43 countries outside the U.S. and Canada, up from 35 countries last year.
- Buyers from the U.K., Australia, and Denmark are buying the most tickets to Yankees games on StubHub.
- They are the #3 in-demand team of the season on StubHub, with 28% more sales than the #4 Atlanta Braves.
- Sales for their games in the Subway Series when they host the Mets are up 23x compared to last season, and sales for the games in the series when they visit the Mets are up by nearly 3x compared to last season.
A’s and Mets Skyrocket to the Top in Sales Growth
Mets hit a home run with star signing, fans respond with record sales
- The Mets’ ticket sales tripled on StubHub compared to this time last year, following the signing of Juan Soto in the offseason.
- They are the #6 most in-demand team, their highest ranking ever in StubHub preview history with 52% more tickets sold compared to this same time last year.
- In the 24 hours following the Juan Soto announcement, StubHub site searches for the Mets jumped 6.5x.
- Overall sales for the Mets 2025 season increased 75% in the same 24 hours.
- The Mets appear in four out of five of StubHub’s best-selling games of 2025, with their game against the Blue Jays being the league’s top-selling home opener.
- The two games where the Mets meet their crosstown rivals, the New York Yankees, at home in May are the #3 & #4 best-selling games of the MLB season on StubHub, outside of home openers.
Sacramento fans are hyped for their first-ever MLB team
- Sales for the A’s games on StubHub have jumped 12x and the number of tickets sold has increased 4x, compared to this same time last year.
- Their home opener against the Chicago Cubs on March 31 is their best-selling game of the season, doubling the sales of their next best-selling game hosting the Yankees on May 9.
Red Sox fans are buzzing with excitement
- The Boston Red Sox have climbed to the #2 spot on StubHub’s top in-demand teams list, up from #6 last year, with sales surging 64% year-over-year.
- Their home opener against the St. Louis Cardinals is the #5 best-selling home opener with triple the sales of last year’s home opener against the Orioles.
