World Series Final Game Attracts 51M Viewers Across the US, Canadian and Japan Regions.
The nail-biting 11-inning matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays 5-4 drew a total over 50 million viewers in the US, Canada, and Japan markets. MLB stated this marks the highest-rated World Series Game 7 since the 1991 contest featuring the Twins and Atlanta Braves.
Television Ratings Details
The Saturday epic contest drew 27.33 million viewers on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week.
It additionally stands as the most-watched Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent increase over the previous finale featuring the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19M.
In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked fourth, the fourth game was 7th, the fifth game came in eighth, and the third game landed in thirteenth place.
Global Viewership Figures
In Canada, the climactic game averaged 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language broadcast in the country since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In Japan, where the final game started at 9 PM in the local time zone, it averaged 12M. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – recorded 13.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched World Series game on a sole broadcaster in Japan.
Series Totals and Trends
The entire seven-match series averaged 15.71M audience members on the Fox network, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen audience growth for two consecutive years.
Including the opening game telecast on Univision, the complete US viewership was over 16 million. The total Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada.
The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged 8.09M watchers, an 8% increase compared to last year and Fox’s best postseason ratings after 2017.
MLB announced that the World Series was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 media partners in sixteen various languages.
