Fall Classic Game 7 Captures 51 Million Audience Members Across the US, Canada and Japan Regions.

The exciting extra-inning matchup where the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays by one run averaged a aggregate over 50 million watchers in the United States, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball reported this represents the highest-rated Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 edition contest featuring the Twins and Braves.

Television Ratings Details

Last Saturday’s epic game drew 27.33 million audience members on Fox Sports channels, its Spanish-language channel and their streaming platforms. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week.

It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series matchup after the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement compared to the previous finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed fourth, the fourth game was 7th, Game 5 was eighth, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth place.

Global Viewership Numbers

In the Canadian market, the climactic game averaged 11.6M watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the most-watched English broadcast in the country since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the deciding game began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it averaged 12 million. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – recorded 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a sole broadcaster in the country.

Series Averages and Trends

The full seven-match World Series averaged 15.71M viewers on the Fox network, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two consecutive years.

Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the complete US average reached 16.1 million. The total World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million viewers, an 8% increase over the previous year and the network’s strongest postseason performance since the 2017 season.

MLB reported that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by 44 media partners in 16 different tongues.