Tuesday's MLB All-Star Game averaged 8.79 million viewers across FOX and Fox Deportes, marking the largest audience for the event since 2017. The broadcast benefited from an indirect lead-in tied to the FIFA World Cup between Spain and France, with FOX's standalone audience reaching its highest mark since 2018.

The American League's shutout win peaked at 10.19 million viewers during the 8:45 p.m. ET quarter-hour, representing a 21 percent increase from last year's audience of 7.185 million. The game once again ranked as the most-watched All-Star Game of the year, narrowly edging an Olympics-fueled NBA All-Star Game on NBC, Telemundo and Peacock by less than one percentage point.

The comparison came with a notable distinction in lead-in timing. The NBA benefited from a direct Olympics lead-in, while more than two hours separated the end of the World Cup match and first pitch of the baseball game. The All-Star pregame show saw an even sharper increase, averaging 4.10 million viewers, up 56 percent from last year's 2.63 million.

This marked the first year since 2019 in which two All-Star games each drew at least 8 million viewers, following comparisons to that year's Pro Bowl and MLB All-Star Game. This year's Pro Bowl Games drew just 2.0 million viewers on ESPN.

The Home Run Derby, however, averaged 5.3 million viewers on Netflix, down 8 percent from last year's ESPN broadcast of 5.73 million and marking the event's smallest audience since 2003. The Derby still ranked as the second-largest MLB audience of the season, trailing only the All-Star Game itself.

The Derby remained a strong performer by streaming standards, trailing only a Cavaliers-Pistons playoff game on Prime Video, which averaged 6.53 million viewers, among all NBA games streamed this past season. Netflix said the broadcast drew its highest ratings among adults 18-34 and 18-49 since 2021, with a median viewer age of 44.3, the youngest for the event since 2014.

Jordan Walker's Derby victory marked just the second MLB event to air on Netflix, following a Yankees-Giants Opening Night broadcast in March that drew 3.0 million viewers. The streamer has one additional MLB event scheduled this season, next month's Field of Dreams Game in Iowa, ahead of Opening Night coverage returning in March 2027.