World Series Game 7 Attracts 51 Million Audience Members Across the United States, Canadian and Japan Regions.

The exciting extra-inning matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run drew a combined over 50 million watchers across the US, Canadian, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball reported this represents the highest-rated Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Television Ratings Breakdown

The Saturday memorable game averaged over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports channels, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second highest-rated program of the week.

It additionally is the most-watched World Series game since the 2017 Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This represents a 16% increase over the previous Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed 4th, Game 4 ranked seventh, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game landed in thirteenth place.

International Audience Figures

In the Canadian market, the climactic game drew 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English program in the country since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the final game began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million viewers. This came after last Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – drew over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a single network in the country.

Series Averages and Patterns

The full seven-game World Series recorded over 15.7 million viewers on the Fox network, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience increases for two consecutive years.

Including the opening game telecast on Univision, the total American average reached 16.1M. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels drew over 8 million viewers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and the network’s best postseason ratings after 2017.

MLB reported that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 different languages.