The 2023 MLS attendance numbers ended on a high note, with huge crowds in Charlotte (the Messi effect!) Toronto and New England leading to a season-ending surge.
Overall, MLS attendance is up 5 percent over 2022 attendance. There is still one match where we need to track down attendance: Inter Miami did not report their season-ending match attendance.
These 2023 MLS attendance numbers are current as of Oct. 22, 2023. They are based on the MLS website, in-game announcements, press releases and media reports.
Team | Av. | Total | Gms | 2022 | YOY | W31 | |
1 | Atlanta United FC | 47,526 | 807,947 | 17 | 41,116 | 0.16 | |
2 | Charlotte FC | 35,544 | 604,246 | 17 | 35,260 | 0.01 | 66,101 |
3 | Seattle Sounders | 32,161 | 546,744 | 17 | 33,607 | -0.04 | |
4 | Nashville SC | 28,257 | 480,370 | 17 | 27,554 | 0.03 | 27,875 |
5 | FC Cincinnati | 25,367 | 431,237 | 17 | 22,487 | 0.13 | 25,513 |
6 | Toronto FC | 25,310 | 430,263 | 17 | 25,423 | 0.00 | 27,556 |
7 | LA Galaxy | 24,106 | 409,794 | 17 | 22,841 | 0.06 | 22,491 |
8 | NE Revolution | 23,940 | 406,981 | 17 | 20,319 | 0.18 | 41,355 |
9 | Portland Timbers | 23,103 | 392,744 | 17 | 23,841 | -0.03 | 25,218 |
10 | St. Louis SC | 22,423 | 381,191 | 17 | NA | NA | 22,423 |
11 | LAFC | 22,155 | 376,643 | 17 | 22,090 | 0.00 | |
12 | Austin FC | 20,738 | 352,546 | 17 | 20,738 | 0.00 | |
13 | Orlando City SC | 20,590 | 350,023 | 17 | 17,261 | 0.19 | |
14 | Columbus Crew | 20,314 | 345,338 | 17 | 19,237 | 0.06 | 20,526 |
15 | Minnesota United | 19,568 | 332,659 | 17 | 19,555 | 0.00 | |
16 | NYC FC | 19,477 | 331,109 | 17 | 17,180 | 0.13 | 23,260 |
17 | Real Salt Lake | 19,429 | 330,290 | 17 | 20,470 | -0.05 | |
18 | Philadelphia Union | 18,907 | 321,416 | 17 | 18,126 | 0.04 | |
19 | Sporting KC | 18,616 | 316,474 | 17 | 18,365 | 0.01 | 20,479 |
20 | SJ Earthquakes | 18,412 | 313,003 | 17 | 15,260 | 0.21 | 18,000 |
21 | NY Red Bulls | 18,246 | 310,190 | 17 | 17,002 | 0.07 | |
22 | FC Dallas | 18,239 | 310,065 | 17 | 17,469 | 0.04 | |
23 | Chicago Fire | 18,175 | 308,975 | 17 | 15,848 | 0.15 | |
24 | Inter Miami CF | 17,579 | 281,257 | 16 | 12,637 | 0.39 | NA |
25 | CF Montreal | 17,562 | 298,556 | 17 | 15,905 | 0.10 | |
26 | D.C. United | 17,540 | 298,185 | 17 | 16,256 | 0.08 | |
27 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 16,745 | 284,661 | 17 | 16,399 | 0.02 | 25,146 |
28 | Colorado Rapids | 15,409 | 261,953 | 17 | 14,473 | 0.06 | 17,538 |
29 | Houston Dynamo | 15,027 | 255,465 | 17 | 16,426 | -0.09 | |
TOTALS | 22,094 | 10,870,325 | 492 | 21,006 | 0.05 | 383,481 | |
WEEKLY AV. | 27,392 |