Fall Classic Final Game Attracts Over 50 Million Viewers Across the United States, Canada and Japan Markets.

The thrilling extended contest that saw the Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a aggregate 51M watchers across the United States, Canadian, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball reported this is the highest-rated Fall Classic finale after the 1991 edition contest between the Twins and Braves.

Television Ratings Details

The Saturday memorable game secured 27.33 million audience members on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the week.

It also is the top-rated Fall Classic game since the 2017 Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This marks a 16% improvement compared to the previous finale featuring the Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed 4th, Game 4 ranked 7th, Game 5 came in eighth, and the third game finished in thirteenth position.

Global Viewership Figures

In Canada, the game averaged over 11 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English program in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the final contest started at 9 PM in the local time zone, it drew 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – recorded 13.1M spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a single network in Japan.

Overall Averages and Trends

The full seven-match World Series averaged 15.71 million audience members on the Fox network, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This marks the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded viewership growth for two consecutive years.

Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the total US average was 16.1M. The total Fall Classic viewership in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1M in Canada.

The complete playoffs on Fox and its sister channels averaged over 8 million watchers, an 8% rise over the previous year and the network’s best postseason ratings after 2017.

Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 different languages.