World Series Game 7 Captures 51 Million Viewers Across the US, Canada and Japan Markets.
The exciting extra-inning clash that saw the Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run attracted a aggregate 51 million watchers in the United States, Canadian, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball reported this is the most-watched World Series finale after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Twins and Braves.
Television Viewership Details
The Saturday memorable game secured over 27 million audience members on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and their streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week.
It also stands as the top-rated Fall Classic game since the 2017 edition Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This represents a 16% improvement over the last Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million.
In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed 4th, the fourth game ranked 7th, the fifth game was 8th, and the third game landed in 13th position.
Global Viewership Figures
In the Canadian market, the climactic game drew 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language broadcast in Canada since the 2010 Winter Olympics.
In the Japanese market, where the final contest began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it drew 12 million viewers. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – averaged 13.1M viewers, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country.
Series Averages and Trends
The full seven-game series drew over 15.7 million viewers on Fox, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership growth for two straight years.
Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete American viewership reached 16.1 million. The total World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada.
The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged over 8 million watchers, an 8% increase over the previous year and the network’s best postseason performance after 2017.
MLB announced that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in sixteen various tongues.
