The thrilling extra-inning matchup where the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays 5-4 drew a total 51 million viewers in the US, Canadian, and Japanese markets. MLB announced this is the most-watched World Series Game 7 after the 1991 showdown between the Twins and Braves.
Television Ratings Details
The Saturday memorable game secured over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports channels, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the week.
It also is the top-rated Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 edition final game involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent increase compared to the previous finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million.
In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 was eighth, and the third game finished in 13th place.
Global Viewership Figures
In the Canadian market, the climactic game recorded 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This made it the highest-rated English broadcast in the country after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the deciding game began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it averaged 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series MVP Yamamoto gave up one run in six innings – averaged over 13 million spectators, making it the most-watched World Series game on a single network in the country.
Overall Totals and Trends
The full seven-game series recorded over 15.7 million audience members on the Fox network, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership growth for two straight seasons.
Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the complete American viewership was over 16 million. The total Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.
The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged 8.09 million watchers, an eight percent increase over last year and Fox’s strongest postseason performance since 2017.
Major League Baseball stated that the World Series was televised in 203 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in sixteen various languages.
