World Series Game 7 Captures 51M Viewers Across the US, Canadian and Japanese Regions.
The thrilling extended contest where the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run attracted a combined 51M watchers in the United States, Canada, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball reported this represents the highest-rated World Series Game 7 since the 1991 edition contest featuring the Twins and Braves.
Broadcast Viewership Details
Last Saturdayโs epic game averaged 27.33 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and Foxโs streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week.
It also is the top-rated Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the last Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M.
In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed 4th, Game 4 ranked seventh, the fifth game came in 8th, and Game 3 landed in thirteenth position.
Global Audience Figures
In Canada, the game drew over 11 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English program in the country since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the deciding game started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Fridayโs sixth game โ where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings โ averaged 13.1M spectators, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a single network in Japan.
Overall Totals and Trends
The full seven-game series averaged 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a two percent increase from last yearโs Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the first time since 2015 and โ16 that the Fall Classic has seen audience increases for two consecutive seasons.
Including the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the total US viewership was 16.1M. The overall Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market.
The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09M viewers, an 8% increase over last year and the networkโs strongest playoff performance after 2017.
Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 countries and territories by 44 media partners in sixteen various languages.
