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The exciting extra-inning clash where the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Blue Jays by one run averaged a aggregate 51 million spectators in the United States, Canadian, and Japanese territories. MLB announced this marks the highest-rated Fall Classic finale since the 1991 edition contest between the Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Viewership Details

Last Saturday’s epic contest secured over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and their streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the previous week.

It also is the most-watched World Series game since the 2017 final game between the Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07M. This represents a 16% improvement compared to the last finale between the Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed 4th, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 came in eighth, and Game 3 landed in 13th place.

International Viewership Figures

In the Canadian market, the climactic game drew 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English-language program in Canada since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

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

Series Totals and Patterns

The entire seven-game World Series drew 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership growth for two consecutive years.

Including the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the total US average reached over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels averaged 8.09 million viewers, an eight percent increase over last year and the network’s strongest postseason ratings after 2017.

MLB announced that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in 16 various languages.