The yearly attendance numbers for the Atlanta Braves are in, and as you could have guessed the numbers are down from the previous year. Missing the postseason and losing 86 games tends to affect these kind of things, and the miserable 2025 season in Atlanta was no exception.
According to David O'Brien of The Athletic, the Braves finished eighth in MLB in home attendance this season with 2,903,167 fans coming to Truist Park in 2025. This drops them from their fifth place finish in 2024 where they exceeded 3 million fans. The Braves sold around 1,300 less tickets per game this season, the ninth largest decline in Major League Baseball this year.
Despite all that it's expected that when we get the end of season earnings report, Atlanta's revenue will have increased from last season. This prediction stems from a report from Evan Drellich of The Athletic in early August stating that Atlanta's revenue had increased by 12% through the first six months of the year. So just because fan attendance in the later months declined, don't accept loss in revenue as an excuse if Atlanta decides not to spend this offseason.
Braves have no reason to have a quiet winter despite the decline in attendance
Given the Braves missed the postseason for the first time since 2017, fans will be anxiously waiting to watch how this offseason unfolds. Much discourse surrounded the Braves' lack of spending this past offseason, but with the luxury tax penalties reset a repeat offense of last winter would be a slap in the face to the fanbase.
The Braves have to hope for some bounce back performances in 2026 from players currently on the roster. However, bypassing the addition of quality pitching, and reinforcements for the players who have been streaky or injured would be malpractice. The optics of a drop in yearly attendance can sometimes give a front office reason to strip things down and rebuild.
For the Braves, this needs to serve as motivation. This needs to be a wake-up call of sorts, that 2025 wasn't good enough and real talent has to be acquired this offseason. If that means you overpay for a player you need...so be it. Atlanta has plenty of questions to answer in the coming weeks, but fans everywhere will have one simple question to ask the front office; can you build a better team for 2026 and make people want to show up to Truist Park?