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The exciting extended matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a aggregate over 50 million viewers across the US, Canadian, and Japanese territories. MLB reported this marks the highest-rated World Series finale since the 1991 contest between the Twins and Braves.

Television Viewership Details

Last Saturday’s epic contest drew over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the week.

It also is the most-watched Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This represents a 16% improvement compared to the last Game 7 between the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million.

In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked fourth, Game 4 was 7th, the fifth game was 8th, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth place.

Global Audience Numbers

In Canada, the game averaged over 11 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This made it the highest-rated English program in the country after the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it averaged 12 million viewers. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – recorded 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in the country.

Series Averages and Patterns

The full seven-match World Series averaged over 15.7 million viewers on Fox, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two consecutive seasons.

Including the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the total US average was over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels drew over 8 million watchers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and the network’s strongest postseason ratings since the 2017 season.

Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 various tongues.