World Series Final Game Attracts 51 Million Audience Members In the United States, Canadian and Japanese Markets.

The nail-biting extended matchup that saw the Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays 5-4 drew a combined 51M watchers across the United States, Canadian, and Japanese territories. MLB announced this is the highest-rated World Series finale after the 1991 edition contest featuring the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Television Ratings Details

Last Saturday’s epic game drew over 27 million audience members on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week.

It additionally is the top-rated World Series matchup since the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a 16% increase compared to the previous finale between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked 4th, Game 4 ranked 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and Game 3 finished in 13th place.

International Viewership Numbers

In the Canadian market, the game recorded 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English program in the country since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding game began at 9 PM local time, it drew 12 million. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – averaged 13.1M viewers, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country.

Series Averages and Patterns

The entire seven-game series averaged over 15.7 million viewers on the Fox network, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership increases for two straight seasons.

Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the total US average was 16.1 million. The total World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew over 8 million viewers, an eight percent rise compared to the previous year and the network’s strongest postseason performance after 2017.

MLB announced that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 media partners in 16 various tongues.