The exciting extra-inning matchup where the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a total 51M spectators in the United States, Canadian, and Japanese markets. MLB announced this represents the highest-rated World Series finale after the 1991 edition contest between the Twins and Braves.
Television Ratings Details
Last Saturday’s memorable game secured 27.33 million viewers on Fox networks, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week.
It also is the most-watched Fall Classic game since the 2017 Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This represents a 16% increase compared to the previous Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million.
In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked fourth, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 was 8th, and Game 3 finished in 13th place.
International Viewership Figures
In Canada, the climactic game recorded 11.6M watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language broadcast in Canada since the 2010 Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the final contest started at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12M. This came after the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – recorded over 13 million spectators, making it the most-watched World Series game on a single network in Japan.
Series Averages and Trends
The entire seven-game World Series recorded over 15.7 million audience members on the Fox network, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This marks the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience increases for two straight years.
Counting the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the total American average was 16.1M. The total World Series average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada.
The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels recorded over 8 million viewers, an 8% increase compared to the previous year and Fox’s strongest postseason ratings since the 2017 season.
MLB reported that the World Series was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 various languages.
