The thrilling extra-inning clash that saw the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run averaged a total 51 million spectators in the United States, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball reported this is the most-watched World Series finale after the 1991 contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves.
Television Viewership Details
The Saturday memorable game drew 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated program of the week.
It additionally is the top-rated World Series game after the 2017 Game 7 involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07M. This represents a 16% increase over the last Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.
In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked fourth, Game 4 ranked seventh, Game 5 was eighth, and Game 3 landed in thirteenth position.
Global Audience Numbers
In Canada, the game recorded 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports. This made it the highest-rated English program in the country after the 2010 Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the final game began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it drew 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up one run in six frames – drew over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country.
Overall Totals and Trends
The full seven-game series averaged over 15.7 million audience members on Fox, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two consecutive seasons.
Including the opening game telecast on the Univision network, the complete US average reached over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market.
The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded 8.09 million watchers, an 8% increase compared to last year and Fox’s strongest postseason ratings since 2017.
Major League Baseball announced that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 various tongues.
