World Series Final Game Captures 51 Million Audience Members In the US, Canada and Japan Regions.
The exciting 11-inning clash that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a aggregate over 50 million watchers in the United States, Canadian, and Japanese territories. MLB announced this is the highest-rated World Series Game 7 since the 1991 contest between the Twins and Braves.
Broadcast Viewership Breakdown
The Saturday memorable contest drew 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated program of the week.
It also is the most-watched Fall Classic game after the 2017 Game 7 between the Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This marks a 16% increase compared to the last Game 7 between the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M.
In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed fourth, Game 4 was seventh, Game 5 came in 8th, and the third game landed in 13th position.
International Viewership Figures
In the Canadian market, the game averaged over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English program in Canada after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the deciding game began at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12M. This came after last Friday’s sixth game – where World Series MVP Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – drew 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in Japan.
Overall Totals and Trends
The full seven-match series recorded 15.71 million audience members on the Fox network, a 2% rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has recorded viewership growth for two consecutive years.
Including the opening game telecast on the Univision network, the total American average reached 16.1 million. The total World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.
The full MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09M watchers, an eight percent increase compared to last year and the network’s strongest postseason ratings since 2017.
MLB announced that the World Series was televised in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 various languages.
