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The nail-biting 11-inning clash where the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run averaged a combined 51 million spectators across the United States, Canadian, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball reported this is the most-watched Fall Classic finale after the 1991 edition showdown between the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Television Viewership Breakdown

Last Saturday’s memorable game secured over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the week.

It additionally is the most-watched World Series game after the 2017 Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07M. This marks a 16% increase compared to the last Game 7 between the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked 4th, the fourth game was seventh, Game 5 came in eighth, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth position.

International Audience Figures

In the Canadian market, the climactic game drew 11.6 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language program in Canada after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the final contest started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series MVP Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – drew 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country.

Series Averages and Trends

The entire seven-game series averaged 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership growth for two straight seasons.

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

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

Major League Baseball announced that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen various languages.