Fall Classic Game 7 Draws 51M Audience Members In the United States, Canada and Japanese Markets.

The thrilling extra-inning contest that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run averaged a aggregate 51 million watchers in the US, Canada, and Japan markets. MLB reported this marks the highest-rated World Series finale since the 1991 contest featuring the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Television Viewership Details

The Saturday memorable contest drew 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week.

It also is the most-watched Fall Classic game after the 2017 Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew over 29 million. This marks a 16% increase over the last finale between the Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.

In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked 4th, Game 4 was 7th, Game 5 came in eighth, and Game 3 landed in thirteenth position.

International Viewership Figures

In Canada, the game averaged over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This made it the most-watched English program in the country after the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the deciding game started at 9 PM in the local time zone, it drew 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – drew 13.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a single network in the country.

Series Totals and Patterns

The entire seven-game series averaged 15.71M audience members on the Fox network, a 2% rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This marks the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen audience increases for two straight seasons.

Including the opening game telecast on the Univision network, the complete American viewership was over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1M in the Canadian market.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew over 8 million watchers, an 8% increase over last year and the network’s strongest postseason performance since the 2017 season.

MLB announced that the World Series was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in 16 different tongues.