Fall Classic Game 7 Captures 51 Million Audience Members Across the US, Canada and Japan Markets.

The exciting extra-inning matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a total 51M watchers in the US, Canada, and Japanese markets. MLB stated this is the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 contest featuring the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Television Ratings Breakdown

The Saturday memorable contest averaged over 27 million audience members on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week.

It also is the most-watched World Series matchup since the 2017 Game 7 involving the Dodgers and Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This represents a 16% increase compared to the last finale between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked 4th, the fourth game ranked 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and the third game finished in thirteenth position.

International Viewership Numbers

In Canada, the game drew 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English-language broadcast in the country after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the final contest began at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12 million viewers. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – in which Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up one run in six innings – drew over 13 million spectators, making it the most-watched Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in Japan.

Overall Averages and Trends

The full seven-match series drew 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two straight years.

Counting the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the complete American average was 16.1 million. The overall World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada.

The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels averaged over 8 million viewers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and Fox’s best postseason performance since the 2017 season.

MLB stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in sixteen different tongues.