Fall Classic Game 7 Draws 51 Million Viewers In the US, Canadian and Japanese Regions.

The thrilling extra-inning matchup where the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run drew a combined 51 million watchers in the United States, Canadian, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball announced this marks the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 contest featuring the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Television Viewership Breakdown

The Saturday memorable contest secured 27.33M viewers on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the week.

It also is the top-rated Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent increase over the last finale between the Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game ranked 4th, the fourth game ranked 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth position.

International Viewership Figures

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

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 PM local time, it drew 12M. This came after the previous Friday’s Game 6 – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – drew 13.1M spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a single network in Japan.

Series Totals and Patterns

The full seven-match series drew over 15.7 million audience members on Fox, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership increases for two straight seasons.

Counting the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete US viewership was 16.1 million. The overall World Series average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded 8.09 million viewers, an 8% increase over last year and the network’s best playoff performance since the 2017 season.

MLB stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by 44 media partners in 16 various languages.