World Series Game 7 Attracts Over 50 Million Audience Members Across the United States, Canadian and Japanese Markets.
The exciting extended clash that saw the Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a total over 50 million viewers in the United States, Canada, and Japanese territories. MLB announced this represents the highest-rated World Series Game 7 since the 1991 showdown featuring the Twins and Braves.
Television Viewership Breakdown
The Saturday memorable game averaged over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the week.
It also is the most-watched Fall Classic game after the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This represents a sixteen percent increase compared to the last Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million.
In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game ranked 4th, the fourth game was seventh, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game landed in 13th place.
International Viewership Numbers
In the Canadian market, the game averaged 11.6 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English-language program in Canada since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12M. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings – recorded over 13 million viewers, making it the most-watched Fall Classic game on a single network in the country.
Overall Averages and Trends
The entire seven-game World Series averaged 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This marks the initial instance after 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen audience increases for two straight years.
Including the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the total American viewership reached 16.1 million. The overall World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada.
The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded 8.09 million viewers, an 8% rise over the previous year and Fox’s strongest postseason ratings since 2017.
MLB announced that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in 16 various languages.
