World Series Game 7 Captures 51M Audience Members In the United States, Canada and Japanese Regions.
The nail-biting extended matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run averaged a total 51M viewers in the US, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball announced this represents the most-watched Fall Classic finale since the 1991 showdown featuring the Twins and Atlanta Braves.
Television Ratings Details
The Saturday epic game secured over 27 million viewers on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week.
It also is the top-rated Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 edition final game involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the last finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19M.
In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked 4th, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 was eighth, and Game 3 finished in 13th place.
Global Viewership Figures
In the Canadian market, the game averaged over 11 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the highest-rated English-language program in Canada after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.
In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12M. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – drew 13.1M spectators, making it the most-watched World Series game on a sole broadcaster in the country.
Series Totals and Patterns
The entire seven-match series averaged 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen audience increases for two consecutive years.
Counting the Game 1 broadcast on Univision, the complete US average reached over 16 million. The overall World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.
The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded 8.09 million viewers, an eight percent increase compared to last year and the network’s best postseason ratings since 2017.
MLB stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 countries and territories by 44 media partners in 16 various tongues.
