Fall Classic Game 7 Draws Over 50 Million Audience Members In the United States, Canadian and Japan Regions.
The exciting 11-inning matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run averaged a total 51M spectators across the United States, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball stated this marks the most-watched Fall Classic finale after the 1991 showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Braves.
Broadcast Viewership Details
Last Saturdayโs epic contest drew over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and Foxโs streaming platforms. Per Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the previous week.
It also stands as the most-watched World Series matchup after the 2017 edition Game 7 between the Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement compared to the last finale featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.
In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 came in eighth, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth position.
Global Viewership Numbers
In the Canadian market, the climactic game recorded 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English broadcast in the country since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Fridayโs Game 6 โ in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings โ drew 13.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a single network in Japan.
Series Totals and Patterns
The full seven-game World Series averaged 15.71M viewers on the Fox network, a 2% rise from last yearโs Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and โ16 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two consecutive years.
Including the opening game telecast on Univision, the complete US viewership was over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.
The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million viewers, an eight percent increase compared to last year and Foxโs strongest playoff performance since the 2017 season.
Major League Baseball announced that the World Series was televised in over 200 countries and territories by 44 media partners in sixteen different languages.
