World Series Final Game Captures 51M Viewers In the US, Canada and Japan Markets.

The exciting extended clash where the Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a aggregate 51 million spectators in the United States, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball reported this represents the highest-rated World Series Game 7 after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Breakdown

The Saturday memorable contest secured 27.33M audience members on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week.

It additionally stands as the top-rated Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 final game involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This represents a sixteen percent increase over the previous finale between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed 4th, Game 4 was 7th, the fifth game came in eighth, and the third game landed in 13th position.

Global Audience Numbers

In Canada, the climactic game recorded 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English broadcast in Canada after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the deciding game started at 9 p.m. local time, it averaged 12 million viewers. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed a single run in six frames – drew over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a single network in Japan.

Series Totals and Patterns

The entire seven-game World Series recorded over 15.7 million audience members on the Fox network, a 2% rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership growth for two straight years.

Including the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the total American average reached 16.1 million. The overall World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew over 8 million watchers, an eight percent rise compared to last year and Fox’s strongest playoff performance since the 2017 season.

MLB announced that the World Series was televised in 203 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in sixteen various tongues.