Fall Classic Game 7 Attracts 51 Million Viewers In the United States, Canadian and Japan Regions.

The nail-biting extended clash where the Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run attracted a total over 50 million viewers across the US, Canadian, and Japan territories. MLB reported this is the highest-rated World Series Game 7 since the 1991 edition contest between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Broadcast Viewership Details

Last Saturday’s memorable contest secured 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week.

It additionally stands as the top-rated World Series game since the 2017 final game between the Dodgers and Astros, which drew over 29 million. This marks a 16% increase over the previous finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million.

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked fourth, the fourth game ranked seventh, the fifth game was 8th, and the third game landed in 13th place.

Global Audience Figures

In the Canadian market, the game averaged 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This made it the most-watched English broadcast in Canada since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the final contest began at 9 p.m. local time, it averaged 12 million. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings – averaged 13.1M spectators, making it the most-watched Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in the country.

Overall Totals and Patterns

The entire seven-match World Series recorded 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded viewership growth for two consecutive years.

Counting the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the total American average was 16.1 million. The overall Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1M in the Canadian market.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels averaged 8.09M viewers, an 8% rise over last year and the network’s best playoff performance since 2017.

MLB stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen various tongues.