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The nail-biting extra-inning matchup where the Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays by one run attracted a aggregate 51M viewers across the United States, Canadian, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball stated this represents the highest-rated World Series finale after the 1991 edition contest featuring the Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Details

The Saturday memorable contest secured 27.33M viewers on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the week.

It also stands as the most-watched World Series game after the 2017 edition Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a 16% improvement compared to the previous Game 7 between the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed 4th, Game 4 ranked seventh, Game 5 was eighth, and Game 3 landed in 13th position.

International Audience Numbers

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

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it averaged 12 million viewers. This followed last Friday’s sixth game – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – drew 13.1M spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in Japan.

Series Totals and Patterns

The full seven-game series averaged 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two consecutive years.

Including the Game 1 broadcast on Univision, the total US viewership was 16.1M. The total Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada.

The complete playoffs on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09M viewers, an eight percent rise over last year and Fox’s strongest playoff performance after 2017.

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