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The thrilling extended contest where the Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a total over 50 million spectators in the United States, Canada, and Japanese markets. MLB reported this is the highest-rated World Series Game 7 after the 1991 contest between the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Broadcast Viewership Details

The Saturday epic game averaged over 27 million audience members on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the week.

It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series matchup since the 2017 final game involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew over 29 million. This marks a 16% increase compared to the previous Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.

In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed fourth, the fourth game was seventh, Game 5 was eighth, and the third game finished in 13th position.

International Audience Numbers

In Canada, the climactic game drew 11.6 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the most-watched English program in Canada after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the final game started at 9 p.m. local time, it drew 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up one run in six frames – recorded 13.1M spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a single network in Japan.

Series Averages and Patterns

The entire seven-match World Series averaged 15.71M audience members on the Fox network, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen audience increases for two straight years.

Counting the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete US viewership was 16.1 million. The overall World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09 million viewers, an eight percent rise compared to the previous year and the network’s strongest postseason performance since the 2017 season.

Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen different tongues.