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The nail-biting extra-inning clash that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run attracted a combined 51 million watchers in the US, Canada, and Japan territories. MLB reported this represents the highest-rated World Series finale after the 1991 edition contest featuring the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Television Viewership Details

Last Saturday’s epic game averaged over 27 million viewers on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the previous week.

It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series matchup since the 2017 edition final game involving the Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This marks a sixteen percent improvement over the previous finale between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, Game 4 ranked 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and Game 3 landed in thirteenth position.

International Viewership Figures

In the Canadian market, 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-language program in the country after the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the deciding contest started at 9 PM local time, it drew 12 million. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – in which Fall Classic MVP Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings – drew 13.1 million spectators, making it the most-watched Fall Classic game on a single network in Japan.

Series Totals and Patterns

The full seven-match series drew over 15.7 million viewers on Fox, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience increases for two straight years.

Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the total American viewership reached 16.1 million. The overall World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1M in Canada.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels averaged over 8 million watchers, an eight percent rise over the previous year and Fox’s strongest postseason ratings after 2017.

Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four broadcasting partners in sixteen various languages.