World Series Final Game Captures Over 50 Million Audience Members Across the United States, Canada and Japanese Markets.
The thrilling extra-inning clash that saw the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a combined 51 million watchers in the United States, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball stated this represents the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 contest between the Minnesota Twins and Braves.
Broadcast Viewership Breakdown
The Saturday memorable game drew over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and Foxโs streaming platforms. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week.
It also stands as the most-watched World Series game after the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Dodgers and Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a 16% improvement over the last Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19M.
In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed fourth, the fourth game was seventh, the fifth game was eighth, and the third game finished in thirteenth position.
International Audience Figures
In the Canadian market, the game averaged 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language broadcast in the country after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the deciding contest started at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12M. This came after the previous Fridayโs sixth game โ where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings โ averaged 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan.
Series Averages and Trends
The full seven-game series averaged over 15.7 million audience members on the Fox network, a 2% increase from last yearโs Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and โ16 that the World Series has recorded viewership increases for two straight seasons.
Including the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the complete American average was 16.1 million. The overall Fall Classic viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada.
The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels averaged 8.09M viewers, an 8% increase compared to last year and the networkโs best playoff ratings since 2017.
Major League Baseball announced that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 different tongues.
