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

The thrilling 11-inning matchup where the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run averaged a aggregate 51M viewers across the US, Canadian, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball announced this represents the highest-rated Fall Classic finale after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Details

The Saturday epic game secured over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second highest-rated program of the week.

It additionally stands as the top-rated World Series matchup after the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew over 29 million. This marks a 16% improvement over the last finale between the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked 4th, Game 4 ranked seventh, the fifth game was 8th, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth place.

International Viewership Numbers

In the Canadian market, the climactic game drew over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English program in the country after the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding game began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it averaged 12M. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – recorded over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan.

Series Averages and Patterns

The full seven-game World Series drew over 15.7 million audience members on the Fox network, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has recorded viewership growth for two consecutive seasons.

Including the opening game telecast on the Univision network, the complete US viewership reached 16.1M. The total World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market.

The full MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels drew 8.09 million viewers, an eight percent rise compared to last year and Fox’s best playoff performance since 2017.

MLB announced that the World Series was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 different languages.