The thrilling 11-inning clash where the Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run averaged a aggregate 51 million spectators in the US, Canada, and Japan markets. MLB stated this is the highest-rated Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 contest between the Twins and Braves.
Broadcast Ratings Details
Last Saturday’s memorable game secured 27.33 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the week.
It additionally is the top-rated Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 Game 7 between the Dodgers and Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a sixteen percent improvement compared to the previous finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.
In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed 4th, Game 4 was 7th, the fifth game came in eighth, and Game 3 landed in 13th position.
Global Viewership Numbers
In the Canadian market, the game drew 11.6M viewers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English-language broadcast in the country since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the final game began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million. This came after the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series MVP Yamamoto gave up one run in six innings – averaged over 13 million viewers, making it the most-watched World Series game on a single network in Japan.
Series Averages and Patterns
The full seven-match series recorded 15.71M audience members on the Fox network, a 2% rise from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two straight seasons.
Counting the opening game telecast on the Univision network, the complete American average reached 16.1 million. The overall World Series average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.
The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million watchers, an eight percent increase compared to last year and Fox’s best postseason ratings since 2017.
MLB announced that the World Series was televised in 203 countries and territories by forty-four broadcasting partners in sixteen different languages.
