Fall Classic Final Game Attracts Over 50 Million Audience Members Across the United States, Canadian and Japan Regions.

The thrilling 11-inning clash where the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a aggregate 51 million watchers across the US, Canadian, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball announced this represents the highest-rated Fall Classic finale after the 1991 showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Television Viewership Breakdown

Last Saturday’s epic game averaged 27.33 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the week.

It also is the most-watched World Series game after the 2017 final game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a 16% increase over the previous finale between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19M.

In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed fourth, the fourth game was 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and Game 3 finished in 13th position.

Global Viewership Figures

In Canada, the climactic game averaged 11.6 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English broadcast in the country after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the final game started at 9 PM in the local time zone, it averaged 12M. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – where Fall Classic MVP Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – averaged over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a single network in the country.

Overall Totals and Trends

The full seven-game series averaged 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience growth for two straight seasons.

Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the total US viewership reached over 16 million. The overall World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels drew 8.09M viewers, an eight percent rise over last year and Fox’s strongest postseason ratings after 2017.

Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 various tongues.