Fall Classic Game 7 Attracts 51 Million Audience Members In the United States, Canadian and Japan Regions.
The thrilling extended contest that saw the Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run averaged a total 51 million watchers across the United States, Canada, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball reported this marks the highest-rated World Series finale since the 1991 edition contest between the Twins and Braves.
Broadcast Viewership Details
The Saturday epic game drew 27.33 million viewers on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the week.
It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic game after the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This marks a sixteen percent improvement compared to the previous Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M.
In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, the fourth game was seventh, the fifth game was eighth, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth position.
International Viewership Figures
In the Canadian market, the game averaged 11.6 million viewers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics.
In the Japanese market, where the final contest began at 9 PM local time, it averaged 12 million. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series MVP Yamamoto gave up one run in six frames – recorded over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a sole broadcaster in the country.
Series Averages and Patterns
The entire seven-match series recorded over 15.7 million viewers on Fox, a 2% rise from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership increases for two straight seasons.
Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the complete American viewership reached 16.1 million. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada.
The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09M viewers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and Fox’s strongest playoff performance after 2017.
Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 various languages.
