The thrilling extra-inning clash where the Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a aggregate over 50 million watchers in the United States, Canadian, and Japan territories. MLB announced this is the most-watched Fall Classic finale after the 1991 edition contest between the Minnesota Twins and Braves.
Television Ratings Details
The Saturday memorable contest drew over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and their digital services. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week.
It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 edition final game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This represents a 16% increase compared to the previous finale featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M.
In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, Game 4 ranked seventh, Game 5 came in eighth, and Game 3 landed in 13th place.
Global Viewership Numbers
In Canada, the climactic game drew 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English broadcast in the country after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.
In the Japanese market, where the final game began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it averaged 12M. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – recorded 13.1M viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a single network in the country.
Series Totals and Trends
The entire seven-match series drew 15.71M audience members on Fox, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two straight years.
Including the opening game telecast on Univision, the complete US viewership was over 16 million. The total Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.
The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew over 8 million viewers, an eight percent increase over the previous year and the network’s best postseason ratings since 2017.
MLB reported that the World Series was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen different languages.
