Fall Classic Final Game Captures 51M Audience Members Across the US, Canadian and Japan Markets.

The exciting extended clash where the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays by one run drew a aggregate over 50 million viewers across the United States, Canada, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball stated this represents the highest-rated World Series Game 7 since the 1991 edition contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Television Viewership Breakdown

The Saturday epic game drew 27.33 million audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week.

It also stands as the most-watched World Series game after the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement compared to the previous Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked fourth, the fourth game ranked 7th, Game 5 came in 8th, and the third game finished in thirteenth place.

Global Viewership Figures

In the Canadian market, the game drew 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English-language broadcast in Canada since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the final contest began at 9 p.m. local time, it drew 12 million. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – averaged 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a single network in Japan.

Series Totals and Trends

The full seven-game World Series averaged 15.71 million audience members on the Fox network, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen viewership increases for two straight years.

Counting the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the total US viewership reached over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada.

The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09M watchers, an 8% increase over last year and the network’s best playoff ratings after 2017.

Major League Baseball announced that the World Series was televised in over 200 nations and regions by 44 media partners in sixteen various languages.