World Series Game 7 Captures 51M Audience Members Across the United States, Canada and Japan Regions.
The thrilling 11-inning matchup that saw the Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays by one run attracted a total over 50 million watchers across the US, Canada, and Japanese territories. MLB announced this is the most-watched World Series finale after the 1991 edition contest featuring the Twins and Braves.
Television Ratings Details
Last Saturday’s memorable game drew 27.33 million viewers on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and their streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week.
It also is the most-watched World Series game since the 2017 edition final game involving the Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This marks a sixteen percent increase over the last Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M.
In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked fourth, the fourth game ranked 7th, the fifth game came in eighth, and Game 3 landed in thirteenth position.
Global Audience Numbers
In the Canadian market, the game recorded 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English-language program in Canada after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the final game began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it averaged 12 million. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – recorded 13.1M spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country.
Series Averages and Trends
The entire seven-match World Series drew 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a 2% rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen audience increases for two consecutive seasons.
Including the opening game broadcast on Univision, the total American viewership reached over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada.
The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09 million viewers, an eight percent rise over the previous year and Fox’s strongest postseason performance since 2017.
MLB announced that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in sixteen various languages.
