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The thrilling extended contest that saw the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays by one run averaged a combined 51M viewers in the United States, Canada, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball announced this marks the highest-rated World Series Game 7 after the 1991 contest between the Twins and Braves.

Television Ratings Breakdown

The Saturday epic game averaged 27.33 million viewers on Fox Sports channels, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week.

It additionally stands as the top-rated World Series matchup after the 2017 Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a 16% increase over the last finale between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

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

International Audience Numbers

In Canada, the climactic game averaged over 11 million viewers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English program in the country after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the final contest began at 9 PM local time, it drew 12M. This came after the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series MVP Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – averaged over 13 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country.

Overall Averages and Trends

The entire seven-match series drew over 15.7 million audience members on the Fox network, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This marks the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen audience increases for two straight seasons.

Including the opening game telecast on Univision, the total US viewership was over 16 million. The total Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1M in Canada.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded 8.09M watchers, an eight percent increase compared to last year and Fox’s strongest postseason performance after the 2017 season.

Major League Baseball announced that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 different languages.