The exciting 11-inning clash that saw the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run attracted a total 51 million watchers across the US, Canadian, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball stated this is the highest-rated Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 showdown between the Twins and Braves.
Television Viewership Details
Last Saturday’s memorable contest averaged 27.33M viewers on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second highest-rated program of the week.
It additionally is the top-rated World Series game since the 2017 Game 7 involving the Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This marks a 16% improvement over the last Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million.
In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed 4th, the fourth game was seventh, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game landed in thirteenth place.
International Audience Numbers
In Canada, the game recorded 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English-language program in Canada after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the final contest started at 9 PM in the local time zone, it averaged 12M. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – averaged 13.1M viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in Japan.
Series Totals and Patterns
The entire seven-match World Series averaged over 15.7 million viewers on Fox, a 2% rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience increases for two consecutive years.
Counting the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the complete US viewership reached over 16 million. The overall World Series average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada.
The full MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09 million watchers, an eight percent rise over the previous year and Fox’s best postseason performance since the 2017 season.
MLB announced that the World Series was broadcast in 203 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 different tongues.
