World Series Final Game Captures 51M Audience Members In the US, Canadian and Japanese Markets.

The exciting 11-inning contest where the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 drew a combined 51 million viewers across the US, Canada, and Japanese territories. MLB stated this is the most-watched World Series finale since the 1991 showdown featuring the Twins and Braves.

Television Viewership Breakdown

The Saturday memorable contest averaged 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports channels, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the week.

It also is the top-rated World Series game after the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This represents a sixteen percent improvement compared to the last finale between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked 4th, Game 4 ranked 7th, Game 5 was eighth, and the third game landed in thirteenth position.

Global Viewership Figures

In Canada, the game averaged over 11 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the most-watched English-language program in the country after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12M. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – averaged 13.1 million spectators, making it the most-watched World Series game on a single network in Japan.

Series Totals and Trends

The full seven-match series drew 15.71M audience members on Fox, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience increases for two straight years.

Counting the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the total American average reached 16.1 million. The total Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada.

The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels drew 8.09M watchers, an 8% increase compared to last year and the network’s strongest postseason ratings since 2017.

Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen different languages.