World Series Final Game Attracts 51 Million Audience Members Across the United States, Canadian and Japanese Markets.

The exciting extra-inning contest that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a total over 50 million watchers across the US, Canada, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball stated this marks the most-watched Fall Classic finale since the 1991 contest between the Twins and Braves.

Television Ratings Breakdown

The Saturday epic contest drew 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the previous week.

It also stands as the most-watched World Series matchup after the 2017 Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07M. This marks a 16% increase compared to the last finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers.

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked 4th, the fourth game ranked 7th, Game 5 came in 8th, and Game 3 landed in 13th place.

Global Viewership Numbers

In Canada, the game averaged 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English-language broadcast in Canada since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the final contest started at 9 PM in the local time zone, it attracted 12M. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – in which Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – drew over 13 million spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a single network in the country.

Series Totals and Trends

The entire seven-game World Series drew 15.71M viewers on Fox, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership growth for two consecutive years.

Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the total American viewership reached over 16 million. The total Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels averaged 8.09M watchers, an 8% rise over the previous year and the network’s best postseason ratings after 2017.

Major League Baseball stated that the World Series was televised in over 200 nations and regions by 44 media partners in sixteen different languages.