World Series Final Game Draws 51M Viewers In the United States, Canadian and Japan Regions.

The exciting extra-inning clash that saw the Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a combined 51 million watchers across the US, Canada, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball announced this is the most-watched Fall Classic finale since the 1991 showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Television Ratings Breakdown

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

It also stands as the top-rated World Series game after the 2017 Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This marks a 16% improvement over the previous Game 7 between the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million.

In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game ranked 4th, the fourth game ranked 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and the third game landed in thirteenth place.

Global Audience Numbers

In the Canadian market, the game drew 11.6 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English-language broadcast in Canada after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it averaged 12M. This came after last Friday’s sixth game – in which Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six frames – recorded over 13 million spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan.

Overall Averages and Trends

The full seven-match series averaged 15.71 million audience members on the Fox network, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two consecutive seasons.

Including the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the total US viewership reached 16.1 million. The total Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels averaged over 8 million viewers, an eight percent rise compared to last year and the network’s strongest playoff performance since the 2017 season.

MLB stated that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in sixteen different tongues.