August 20, 2025 – The New York Yankees’ push for another post-season berth in 2025 has resulted in impressive viewership totals on the YES Network. Among the highlights:
• Nielsen total viewership for New York Yankees games on the YES Network is up 5% over-year (291,628 vs. 277,299).
• Nielsen total viewership of YES’ Yankees games is 12% greater than that of SNY’s Mets game telecasts (291,628 vs. 259,392).
• This season, 49% of the games on YES have averaged more than 300,000 total viewers, up from 33% of YES’ Yankees games reaching that benchmark season-to-date last year.
• Nielsen viewership of Yankees games on YES in The Gotham Sports App is up 84% year-over-year.
Per Nielsen, Daily Overnight viewership figures previously reported for the Yankees on YES only included linear viewership, while Mets on SNY Daily Overnight viewership figures represented total viewership.
