The exciting 11-inning clash where the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run drew a combined over 50 million watchers across the US, Canadian, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball stated this represents the highest-rated World Series Game 7 since the 1991 contest featuring the Twins and Braves.
Television Ratings Details
The Saturday epic contest secured 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week.
It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This marks a sixteen percent improvement over the last finale featuring the Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19M.
In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed fourth, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game finished in 13th position.
International Viewership Numbers
In the Canadian market, the game drew 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language broadcast in Canada since the 2010 Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the deciding game started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it averaged 12M. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series MVP Yamamoto allowed a single run in six frames – averaged 13.1M viewers, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a sole broadcaster in the country.
Overall Totals and Trends
The full seven-game series recorded 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has recorded audience growth for two straight years.
Counting the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the complete US average was 16.1 million. The total World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.
The full MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09 million viewers, an 8% rise compared to last year and the network’s strongest playoff performance since 2017.
MLB reported that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in 16 various tongues.
