World Series Game 7 Captures 51M Viewers In the US, Canadian and Japan Regions.

The exciting extra-inning contest where the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays by one run averaged a aggregate 51 million viewers in the United States, Canadian, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball announced this is the highest-rated World Series finale after the 1991 contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Details

Last Saturday’s memorable game averaged 27.33M viewers on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week.

It also is the most-watched World Series matchup after the 2017 edition final game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This marks a 16% increase compared to the last finale between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked 4th, the fourth game was 7th, Game 5 was eighth, and Game 3 finished in 13th place.

International Audience Numbers

In the Canadian market, the game averaged 11.6 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports. This made it the highest-rated English broadcast in Canada after the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the final contest started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it drew 12 million. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – recorded 13.1M spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan.

Overall Averages and Patterns

The entire seven-game World Series averaged 15.71 million viewers on the Fox network, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership growth for two straight years.

Counting the Game 1 broadcast on Univision, the complete American average reached over 16 million. The total Fall Classic viewership in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09 million watchers, an eight percent increase compared to the previous year and Fox’s strongest postseason ratings since 2017.

MLB reported that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 nations and regions by 44 media partners in sixteen different tongues.