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The nail-biting extended clash where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a aggregate 51M watchers across the US, Canadian, and Japanese markets. MLB announced this represents the most-watched World Series Game 7 since the 1991 edition contest between the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Details

The Saturday memorable game averaged 27.33 million audience members on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and their streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the week.

It also is the most-watched Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 edition Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This represents a sixteen percent increase compared to the last Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game ranked 4th, Game 4 was seventh, the fifth game was eighth, and the third game finished in thirteenth place.

International Viewership Figures

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

In Japan, where the final game began at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12 million viewers. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – recorded 13.1M viewers, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country.

Overall Averages and Trends

The full seven-game World Series drew 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen audience growth for two straight seasons.

Including the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the complete US viewership was 16.1 million. The total World Series average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada.

The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09M watchers, an 8% increase compared to the previous year and Fox’s best playoff ratings after the 2017 season.

Major League Baseball announced that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by 44 media partners in 16 different tongues.