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The exciting extended contest that saw the Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays 5-4 drew a combined over 50 million viewers in the US, Canada, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball reported this is the most-watched World Series Game 7 after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Breakdown

Last Saturday’s epic game drew 27.33M viewers on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week.

It also stands as the most-watched Fall Classic game since the 2017 edition Game 7 between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This marks a sixteen percent improvement over the last Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M.

In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed 4th, Game 4 ranked 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and Game 3 landed in 13th position.

Global Audience Figures

In Canada, the game drew 11.6 million viewers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English broadcast in the country since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding game began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million viewers. This followed last Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – averaged 13.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a single network in the country.

Overall Totals and Trends

The entire seven-game series averaged over 15.7 million audience members on the Fox network, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership increases for two consecutive seasons.

Counting the opening game broadcast on Univision, the total American average was over 16 million. The total World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels drew over 8 million viewers, an eight percent rise compared to the previous year and Fox’s best playoff ratings after 2017.

Major League Baseball stated that the World Series was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 various tongues.