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The thrilling extra-inning clash that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a aggregate over 50 million watchers across the United States, Canadian, and Japan markets. MLB stated this marks the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 showdown featuring the Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Details

Last Saturday’s epic contest drew 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week.

It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series matchup since the 2017 edition final game involving the Dodgers and Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a sixteen percent improvement compared to the last Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game ranked fourth, Game 4 was 7th, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game finished in 13th place.

Global Audience Numbers

In Canada, the game drew 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the highest-rated English-language broadcast in Canada after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

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

Series Totals and Trends

The entire seven-match series recorded over 15.7 million audience members on Fox, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen viewership growth for two straight seasons.

Counting the opening game telecast on the Univision network, the total American average reached over 16 million. The total World Series average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09M watchers, an 8% increase compared to the previous year and the network’s best playoff performance since 2017.

MLB reported that the World Series was televised in 203 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 different languages.