World Series Final Game Captures Over 50 Million Viewers Across the US, Canadian and Japanese Markets.

The thrilling extended contest that saw the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run drew a aggregate over 50 million watchers in the US, Canadian, and Japan territories. MLB announced this marks the highest-rated Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Television Ratings Details

Last Saturday’s epic contest averaged 27.33 million audience members on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week.

It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series game after the 2017 final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This marks a 16% increase over the last Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19M.

In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed 4th, Game 4 was seventh, Game 5 was eighth, and Game 3 landed in 13th position.

Global Viewership Figures

In Canada, the climactic game drew 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country after the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding game started at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12M. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings – recorded 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a sole broadcaster in the country.

Overall Totals and Trends

The entire seven-game series averaged 15.71 million viewers on the Fox network, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership growth for two straight years.

Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the total American viewership was 16.1 million. The total Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada.

The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels averaged 8.09 million viewers, an eight percent rise over the previous year and Fox’s best playoff performance after the 2017 season.

MLB stated that the World Series was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen different tongues.