World Series Final Game Draws 51 Million Viewers Across the US, Canadian and Japan Regions.

The nail-biting extra-inning matchup where the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays by one run drew a total 51M watchers in the US, Canadian, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball stated this is the highest-rated Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 contest between the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Television Viewership Details

Last Saturday’s memorable contest averaged 27.33 million audience members on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the week.

It additionally is the most-watched World Series game after the 2017 final game involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This marks a sixteen percent increase over the last finale between the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed fourth, Game 4 was 7th, Game 5 came in 8th, and the third game finished in 13th position.

Global Audience Figures

In Canada, the climactic game averaged 11.6M watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English broadcast in Canada since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the deciding game began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it drew 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – recorded over 13 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a single network in Japan.

Series Totals and Trends

The full seven-match World Series averaged 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen audience increases for two consecutive years.

Including the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the total American viewership was 16.1 million. The total Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada.

The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million watchers, an 8% rise over last year and the network’s strongest postseason performance after the 2017 season.

Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 various tongues.