World Series Final Game Captures 51M Viewers Across the United States, Canadian and Japan Markets.

The nail-biting extra-inning clash that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a combined 51M watchers in the United States, Canada, and Japanese territories. MLB stated this is the highest-rated World Series Game 7 since the 1991 contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Breakdown

The Saturday memorable contest averaged 27.33 million viewers on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the week.

It additionally stands as the top-rated Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a 16% improvement compared to the last Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million.

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked 4th, Game 4 ranked 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and the third game finished in 13th position.

Global Viewership Numbers

In the Canadian market, the climactic game averaged 11.6 million viewers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country after the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the deciding game began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it averaged 12 million. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed a single run in six frames – drew 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in the country.

Series Averages and Patterns

The entire seven-match series averaged 15.71M viewers on the Fox network, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two straight seasons.

Counting the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the total American viewership reached 16.1M. The overall World Series average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1M in Canada.

The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels drew over 8 million watchers, an eight percent rise over the previous year and Fox’s strongest postseason performance after the 2017 season.

MLB reported that the World Series was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 different languages.