Fall Classic Game 7 Captures 51M Viewers Across the United States, Canada and Japanese Regions.

The thrilling extended matchup where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run attracted a aggregate 51 million watchers in the US, Canada, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball stated this is the most-watched World Series finale after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Twins and Braves.

Television Ratings Breakdown

The Saturday memorable contest drew over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week.

It additionally is the most-watched World Series game since the 2017 final game involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement compared to the last finale featuring the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19M.

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed fourth, Game 4 was seventh, Game 5 was eighth, and the third game finished in 13th place.

Global Audience Figures

In the Canadian market, the climactic game drew 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it averaged 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – averaged 13.1M viewers, making it the most-watched World Series game on a single network in the country.

Overall Totals and Trends

The full seven-match series averaged 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two consecutive seasons.

Including the opening game telecast on Univision, the total US average was 16.1 million. The total Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada.

The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged 8.09M watchers, an eight percent rise over last year and Fox’s strongest playoff ratings after the 2017 season.

Major League Baseball reported that the World Series was televised in over 200 countries and territories by 44 media partners in 16 various languages.