World Series Game 7 Draws 51M Viewers Across the US, Canada and Japanese Regions.

The nail-biting extra-inning clash where the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a aggregate 51M watchers across the United States, Canada, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball announced this is the highest-rated World Series Game 7 after the 1991 contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Television Viewership Details

Last Saturday’s epic game drew 27.33 million audience members on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and their digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week.

It additionally stands as the top-rated Fall Classic game since the 2017 edition final game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This marks a sixteen percent improvement over the last finale between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.

In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed 4th, the fourth game was seventh, the fifth game was 8th, and Game 3 finished in 13th place.

International Audience Figures

In Canada, the climactic game drew 11.6M viewers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English-language program in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the final contest started at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12M. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – where Fall Classic MVP Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – drew 13.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a sole broadcaster in the country.

Series Averages and Trends

The entire seven-game World Series recorded 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen audience increases for two straight seasons.

Including the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the complete American viewership reached 16.1M. The total Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09 million watchers, an 8% increase over the previous year and Fox’s best playoff ratings after 2017.

MLB stated that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 various tongues.