The Cincinnati Reds drew their smallest home crowd in four years in 2026, falling just short of 2 million fans at Great American Ball Park.
League attendance records show 1,991,703 tickets at 81 home games, an average of 24,589. That is the lowest total since 2022, when the club drew 1,395,770, an average of 17,232, during a 100-loss season. It is also the first time since 2022 that Cincinnati finished under 2 million.
The drop followed the club’s best recent gate. In 2025 the Reds drew 2,170,963, an average of 26,802, and reached the postseason. Attendance was 2,024,178 in 2024 and 2,038,302 in 2023. The 2026 average fell by a little more than 2,200 fans a game from 2025, a decline of about 179,000 for the season.
On the field, Cincinnati went 75–87 and finished fifth in the National League Central. Great American Ball Park’s listed capacity is a little above 40,000, so the average crowd filled roughly 60 percent of the seats. The largest announced crowd of the year was 43,897, for the March 26 opener against the Boston Red Sox.
The four-year low is real, and it is not a historic low. Cincinnati drew 1,809,075 in 2019, before the pandemic, and less than that in 2016, 2017, and 2018. The 2021 and 2022 figures were also held down by pandemic restrictions and a rebuild. Across Major League Baseball, the Reds ranked in the bottom third in average home attendance, behind most large-market clubs and ahead of several teams in bigger metro areas.
Gate receipts matter more for a smaller market. The club has not tied the 2026 decline to a single cause. Losing records and fewer summer sellouts are the clearest facts in the attendance table.
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