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The thrilling extended clash that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays by one run drew a total over 50 million watchers across the United States, Canadian, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball reported this marks the highest-rated Fall Classic finale since the 1991 contest between the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Broadcast Viewership Details

Last Saturday’s memorable contest averaged 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports channels, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week.

It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 edition final game involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This marks a 16% increase compared to the last Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked fourth, the fourth game was seventh, the fifth game was 8th, and Game 3 landed in thirteenth place.

Global Audience Figures

In the Canadian market, the climactic game recorded 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This made it the highest-rated English program in the country after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the final contest started at 9 PM in the local time zone, it attracted 12M. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series MVP Yamamoto gave up one run in six innings – averaged 13.1M spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a single network in Japan.

Series Totals and Trends

The full seven-match World Series drew over 15.7 million viewers on Fox, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen viewership growth for two straight seasons.

Including the opening game telecast on Univision, the total US average reached 16.1 million. The overall Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada.

The complete playoffs on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09 million watchers, an 8% increase over the previous year and Fox’s strongest playoff ratings since 2017.

Major League Baseball announced that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 countries and territories by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 different languages.