Fall Classic Final Game Captures 51 Million Viewers Across the US, Canada and Japan Regions.
The exciting 11-inning contest that saw the Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays by one run attracted a aggregate over 50 million spectators in the United States, Canada, and Japanese territories. MLB stated this marks the highest-rated World Series Game 7 after the 1991 contest featuring the Twins and Braves.
Broadcast Viewership Details
The Saturday memorable game drew 27.33M viewers on Fox networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week.
It additionally is the most-watched World Series matchup since the 2017 final game involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This represents a 16% improvement over the previous Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.
In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game ranked 4th, the fourth game ranked 7th, the fifth game came in eighth, and the third game landed in 13th place.
Global Audience Numbers
In the Canadian market, the climactic game drew 11.6 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the highest-rated English program in Canada since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the final contest began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it averaged 12M. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – averaged 13.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in the country.
Series Totals and Patterns
The entire seven-game series drew 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two consecutive years.
Counting the Game 1 broadcast on Univision, the total American average was 16.1 million. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.
The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels drew over 8 million viewers, an eight percent increase compared to the previous year and Fox’s strongest playoff performance since the 2017 season.
MLB stated that the World Series was televised in 203 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen different languages.
