World Series Game 7 Draws 51M Audience Members In the US, Canada and Japanese Regions.
The nail-biting 11-inning matchup that saw the Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run attracted a aggregate 51 million watchers in the United States, Canadian, and Japan territories. MLB reported this represents the highest-rated World Series finale since the 1991 contest between the Twins and Braves.
Broadcast Ratings Details
The Saturday memorable game secured over 27 million viewers on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week.
It additionally is the top-rated Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 Game 7 involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This marks a sixteen percent increase compared to the previous finale between the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19M.
In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked fourth, Game 4 was seventh, Game 5 was eighth, and Game 3 finished in 13th place.
Global Viewership Numbers
In the Canadian market, the game recorded 11.6 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the highest-rated English program in Canada since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In the Japanese market, where the final game started at 9 PM in the local time zone, it averaged 12M. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings – recorded 13.1 million spectators, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a single network in the country.
Overall Averages and Trends
The entire seven-game World Series drew over 15.7 million viewers on Fox, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership growth for two straight years.
Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the total American viewership was over 16 million. The total Fall Classic viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada.
The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09 million watchers, an 8% increase over last year and Fox’s best playoff performance after 2017.
MLB stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in sixteen different tongues.
