Fall Classic Game 7 Attracts 51 Million Viewers In the US, Canada and Japanese Regions.

The exciting 11-inning contest where the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a total over 50 million watchers across the US, Canadian, and Japanese markets. MLB reported this is the most-watched World Series finale after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Twins and Braves.

Television Viewership Details

The Saturday epic contest secured 27.33M viewers on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week.

It also is the top-rated World Series matchup since the 2017 Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This marks a sixteen percent improvement compared to the previous Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed 4th, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game landed in thirteenth position.

Global Viewership Figures

In the Canadian market, the climactic game averaged 11.6 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English program in the country since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding game began at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12 million. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which Fall Classic MVP Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – averaged over 13 million spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a single network in Japan.

Overall Averages and Trends

The full seven-match World Series averaged over 15.7 million viewers on the Fox network, a 2% rise from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This marks the initial instance after 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has recorded viewership growth for two straight years.

Including the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the total American average was 16.1 million. The overall World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09M watchers, an 8% increase compared to the previous year and Fox’s best postseason performance since 2017.

Major League Baseball announced that the World Series was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 various tongues.