By Adam Musaev
@redlineproject
The Chicago Cubs attracted about 3 million fans to Wrigley Field in 2025, which was the club’s highest attendance total since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Total attendance at Wrigley has been slowly climbing for four consecutive seasons since the pandemic. With gradual increases reflected in their totals of 2.6 million in 2022, 2.7 million in 2023, 2.9 million in 2024 and 3 million in 2025. In total, this was around a 15% increase in attendance from 2022 to 2025. This rebound in attendance followed the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the 2020 season and a 2021 season that finished with a total of around 1.9 million due to capacity limits.
While lower attendance is nothing new to the Cubs, with the club’s totals in the early 2010s bottoming at 2.6 million in 2013, the club will hope for attendance numbers resembling their World Series-winning season in 2016, which saw attendance at around 3.2 million.
Looking ahead to the Cub’s 2026 season, there is the possibility of a similar attendance spike, with heightened expectations for the team with a busy offseason.
Beyond attendance numbers, Wrigley Field turns 112 years old this year. The iconic ballpark is also the second-oldest stadium in the MLB, behind Boston’s Fenway Park, built in 1912.
Nicknamed “The Friendly Confines,” it has been the Cubs’ home for more than a century. The stadium doubles as a tourist attraction in Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood. With neighboring Chicago sports teams like the White Sox, Bears and Fire all pursuing new homes, it appears the Cubs are not going anywhere anytime soon.