The exciting extended clash where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a aggregate 51 million spectators in the US, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball stated this marks the most-watched Fall Classic finale since the 1991 contest featuring the Twins and Braves.
Broadcast Viewership Breakdown
The Saturday memorable contest averaged over 27 million viewers on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and their streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the week.
It additionally is the top-rated Fall Classic game since the 2017 final game involving the Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This marks a 16% increase compared to the last Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.
In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked fourth, Game 4 ranked 7th, Game 5 came in 8th, and the third game landed in 13th position.
Global Audience Numbers
In the Canadian market, the game averaged over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English program in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the deciding game began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it averaged 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which Fall Classic MVP Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – averaged 13.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a single network in the country.
Overall Totals and Trends
The entire seven-game World Series averaged 15.71 million viewers on the Fox network, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two consecutive seasons.
Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete US viewership reached 16.1M. The overall World Series average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market.
The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million viewers, an 8% rise over the previous year and the network’s strongest playoff ratings after 2017.
Major League Baseball stated that the World Series was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 various languages.
