World Series Final Game Attracts 51 Million Viewers Across the US, Canadian and Japan Regions.

The nail-biting 11-inning clash where the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Blue Jays by one run attracted a aggregate 51M viewers in the US, Canada, and Japanese markets. MLB announced this marks the most-watched Fall Classic finale after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Breakdown

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

It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series game after the 2017 Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This marks a 16% improvement over the last finale between the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19M.

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed fourth, the fourth game was 7th, the fifth game came in eighth, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth place.

International Viewership Figures

In the Canadian market, the climactic game recorded 11.6 million viewers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English broadcast in Canada after the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it drew 12M. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – where World Series MVP Yamamoto gave up one run in six innings – recorded 13.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a single network in the country.

Series Averages and Trends

The entire seven-match World Series drew 15.71M viewers on Fox, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has recorded viewership increases for two straight years.

Including the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the total American average reached 16.1M. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million watchers, an 8% rise over the previous year and Fox’s strongest playoff ratings after 2017.

Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in 16 different tongues.