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The thrilling extended matchup that saw the Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run drew a total 51 million watchers across the United States, Canada, and Japan territories. MLB announced this represents the highest-rated Fall Classic finale after the 1991 showdown featuring the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Broadcast Viewership Breakdown

The Saturday epic game drew over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and their digital services. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week.

It additionally stands as the most-watched Fall Classic game since the 2017 edition final game involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This marks a sixteen percent increase compared to the last Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.

In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed fourth, Game 4 was seventh, the fifth game was 8th, and the third game landed in thirteenth position.

Global Viewership Figures

In Canada, the game averaged 11.6 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English broadcast in Canada since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 p.m. local time, it averaged 12M. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up one run in six innings – averaged 13.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan.

Series Totals and Trends

The full seven-match series recorded over 15.7 million audience members on the Fox network, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen audience increases for two straight years.

Including the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the complete American average was 16.1M. The total Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market.

The full MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels drew 8.09M viewers, an 8% rise over the previous year and the network’s best playoff ratings since 2017.

Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 various languages.