World Series Final Game Draws 51 Million Audience Members Across the US, Canada and Japanese Regions.

The nail-biting extra-inning matchup that saw the Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays by one run attracted a total over 50 million viewers in the United States, Canada, and Japan markets. MLB stated this is the highest-rated World Series Game 7 after the 1991 edition showdown between the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Broadcast Viewership Breakdown

The Saturday memorable contest secured 27.33 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and their digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week.

It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series matchup after the 2017 final game involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This marks a sixteen percent improvement compared to the last Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed fourth, Game 4 was seventh, the fifth game was 8th, and Game 3 landed in 13th position.

International Viewership Figures

In Canada, the game drew over 11 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English program in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the final contest started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it drew 12 million viewers. This followed last Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings – drew over 13 million viewers, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a sole broadcaster in the country.

Series Averages and Trends

The full seven-game World Series averaged 15.71M audience members on Fox, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen audience growth for two consecutive seasons.

Counting the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the complete US viewership was 16.1 million. The total World Series average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged over 8 million viewers, an eight percent increase over last year and Fox’s strongest postseason ratings since the 2017 season.

Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 various languages.