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The nail-biting 11-inning contest where the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 drew a total 51 million watchers across the US, Canadian, and Japanese territories. MLB reported this marks the most-watched World Series Game 7 after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Details

The Saturday epic game drew over 27 million viewers on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week.

It also is the most-watched World Series game after the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This represents a sixteen percent increase compared to the previous finale between the Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked fourth, Game 4 was seventh, the fifth game came in 8th, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth position.

Global Viewership Numbers

In Canada, the game drew over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This made it the most-watched English broadcast in Canada since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding game started at 9 p.m. local time, it drew 12M. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic MVP Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – drew over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country.

Series Totals and Patterns

The full seven-match World Series recorded 15.71M audience members on the Fox network, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership increases for two consecutive seasons.

Counting the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the total US average was over 16 million. The total World Series average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada.

The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged over 8 million viewers, an eight percent increase over the previous year and the network’s best postseason ratings after 2017.

Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 various languages.