World Series Game 7 Draws 51 Million Audience Members In the US, Canada and Japanese Regions.

The nail-biting 11-inning clash that saw the Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays by one run attracted a aggregate 51M spectators across the US, Canada, and Japan territories. MLB reported this represents the highest-rated World Series Game 7 after the 1991 edition showdown between the Twins and Braves.

Television Ratings Details

The Saturday memorable contest secured 27.33 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week.

It additionally is the top-rated World Series game after the 2017 final game between the Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement compared to the last Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers.

In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked fourth, the fourth game ranked seventh, the fifth game was eighth, and the third game finished in thirteenth place.

Global Viewership Figures

In the Canadian market, the climactic game recorded 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English broadcast in Canada since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it averaged 12M. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up one run in six frames – drew over 13 million spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan.

Series Totals and Patterns

The full seven-game series averaged 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience growth for two straight seasons.

Including the opening game broadcast on Univision, the total American viewership was 16.1 million. The total World Series average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged 8.09 million viewers, an 8% increase over last year and the network’s strongest postseason performance after the 2017 season.

Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in sixteen various tongues.