FanDuel Sports Network Doubles DTC Subscriber Base in Eight Weeks, Nears 650,000 Paid Subscribers Amid Strong Streaming Growth
Platform on Track to Reach 1 Million Paid DTC Subscribers by Year End
Southport, CONN. – May 5, 2025 – FanDuel Sports Network today announced significant growth and expansion of its streaming audience.
Driven by live game coverage, 100% reach across the regional TV territories of all 30 of its team partners, improved product experience and functionality, differentiated fan-friendly subscription offerings, partnership integrations with Amazon Prime Video and FanDuel, as well as collaborations with Yahoo Sports and SB Nation, and traditional cable and satellite distribution with expansive TV Everywhere (TVE) capabilities, FanDuel Sports Network’s streaming offering has seen exceptional growth and engagement.
Since the start of the 2025 MLB season, the streaming platform has seen strong engagement from paid and authenticated subscribers, averaging a quarter million unique daily users and nearly 1 million unique monthly users. The network has also doubled its paid subscriber base in just eight weeks, nearing 650,000 paid subscribers, and is on track to reach 1 million direct-to-consumer (DTC) subscribers by year’s end.
“We’re progressing on our mission to reinvent the local sports media landscape by delivering a new standard for teams and their hometown fans, while also elevating the visibility of our team partners,” said David Preschlack, CEO of Main Street Sports Group. “Through our industry-leading multiplatform distribution, unmatched local rights aggregation and scalable live production capabilities, we’re creating a more dynamic, accessible, and modern ecosystem for hometown sports, and we’re just getting started.”
Adding to the platform’s momentum, average watch-time per game has increased to 92.5 minutes, up 9% year-over-year (YoY) demonstrating deeper user engagement. The network also amassed over 820 million streaming minutes in April, representing a 79% YoY surge.
In addition to strong engagement, FanDuel Sports Network is attracting a younger, more digitally native and engaged audience with new content offerings and in-game enhancements. On average, FanDuel Sports Network’s streaming viewers are 12 years younger than its traditional cable audience, with many of these cord-never viewers contributing to the incremental growth of the broader ecosystem.
“It’s exciting to see that our partnerships and unique offerings are resonating so well with passionate hometown fans and driving strong viewership and engagement across our growing subscriber base,” said Michael Schneider, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of DTC, Main Street Sports Group.
Schneider added, “Our ability to move fast and own the full subscriber journey gives us unmatched efficiency in acquiring DTC subscribers and harnessing viewership data to better understand and acquire more of these younger, local sports fans at scale.”
Streaming data provided by Google Analytics.
About Main Street Sports Group
Main Street Sports Group owns FanDuel Sports Network, the nation's leading multiplatform provider of local sports, offering fans widescale availability and optionality to view their local teams. FanDuel Sports Network serves as the local media partner and home to select MLB, NHL and NBA teams and produces over 3,000 live sports events year-round. Main Street Sports Group harnesses its powerful partnerships, in-house direct-to-consumer streaming product and innovative strategies to reach audiences and deliver programming seamlessly across streaming platforms, connected devices and leading pay TV providers.
Its 15 owned-and-operated networks include FanDuel Sports Network Detroit, FanDuel Sports Network Florida, FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City, FanDuel Sports Network Indiana, FanDuel Sports Network Midwest, FanDuel Sports Network North, FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma, FanDuel Sports Network SoCal, FanDuel Sports Network South, FanDuel Sports Network Southeast, FanDuel Sports Network Southwest, FanDuel Sports Network Sun, FanDuel Sports Network West, and FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin. Main Street Sports Group also has a minority interest in YES Network, the local destination for the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets.