World Series Final Game Attracts Over 50 Million Audience Members In the US, Canadian and Japan Regions.

The thrilling 11-inning contest that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a combined 51 million spectators in the US, Canada, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball reported this represents the highest-rated Fall Classic finale since the 1991 edition contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Television Ratings Details

The Saturday epic contest averaged 27.33M viewers on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the week.

It additionally stands as the most-watched Fall Classic game after the 2017 edition Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This marks a sixteen percent increase over the previous Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed 4th, the fourth game ranked 7th, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game finished in 13th position.

Global Audience Figures

In Canada, the game drew over 11 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This made it the highest-rated English broadcast in Canada since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding game began at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12 million. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – where Fall Classic MVP Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – recorded over 13 million viewers, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a single network in Japan.

Overall Averages and Patterns

The full seven-game series averaged 15.71M viewers on the Fox network, a two percent increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership increases for two straight years.

Counting the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the complete US average was 16.1M. The total World Series average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded 8.09M viewers, an 8% increase over the previous year and Fox’s best playoff performance after 2017.

MLB reported that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 countries and territories by 44 media partners in 16 various tongues.