The exciting extended contest that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays by one run averaged a combined 51 million viewers in the US, Canadian, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball reported this marks the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 contest between the Twins and Braves.
Broadcast Ratings Breakdown
The Saturday epic contest secured 27.33 million viewers on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the previous week.
It also is the most-watched World Series matchup since the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This marks a 16% increase over the previous finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.
In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, Game 4 was 7th, the fifth game was 8th, and Game 3 finished in 13th position.
International Audience Numbers
In Canada, the game recorded over 11 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language program in Canada since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the final contest began at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12M. This came after last Friday’s sixth game – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – recorded 13.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched World Series game on a single network in the country.
Series Averages and Patterns
The entire seven-game series averaged 15.71M audience members on the Fox network, a two percent increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership increases for two straight years.
Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete American viewership was 16.1M. The total World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.
The complete playoffs on Fox and its sister channels drew 8.09 million viewers, an eight percent rise compared to the previous year and Fox’s best playoff performance since 2017.
MLB reported that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 various tongues.
