World Series Final Game Draws 51M Viewers In the US, Canada and Japanese Regions.

The nail-biting extended clash that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a combined 51 million viewers in the United States, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball stated this represents the most-watched World Series finale since the 1991 edition showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Details

Last Saturday’s epic game averaged 27.33M audience members on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week.

It additionally is the most-watched World Series matchup after the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This marks a 16% improvement over the last Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19M.

In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked fourth, the fourth game ranked 7th, the fifth game was eighth, and Game 3 landed in thirteenth place.

Global Audience Figures

In Canada, the game averaged over 11 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This made it the most-watched English-language program in Canada since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest started at 9 PM local time, it drew 12M. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up one run in six innings – averaged over 13 million spectators, making it the most-watched Fall Classic game on a single network in Japan.

Series Totals and Trends

The full seven-game series drew 15.71 million audience members on the Fox network, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two straight years.

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

The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million viewers, an 8% increase over the previous year and Fox’s best postseason ratings after the 2017 season.

MLB stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in sixteen different tongues.