World Series Game 7 Attracts Over 50 Million Audience Members Across the US, Canadian and Japan Markets.

The exciting 11-inning matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays by one run averaged a total 51 million viewers across the US, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball reported this is the highest-rated Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Television Ratings Details

The Saturday epic contest drew 27.33 million viewers on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week.

It also is the most-watched Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a 16% increase compared to the last Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M.

In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game ranked fourth, the fourth game was 7th, the fifth game was eighth, and Game 3 landed in thirteenth position.

Global Audience Figures

In the Canadian market, the game recorded over 11 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language program in Canada since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest started at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12M. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings – drew 13.1M spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a sole broadcaster in Japan.

Series Totals and Trends

The full seven-game World Series recorded 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a two percent increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has recorded audience growth for two straight years.

Counting the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the complete US average reached 16.1 million. The total World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded 8.09M watchers, an 8% rise over last year and Fox’s strongest playoff ratings since the 2017 season.

MLB announced that the World Series was televised in over 200 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 different languages.