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The thrilling extra-inning matchup where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a aggregate over 50 million spectators across the United States, Canadian, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball announced this marks the most-watched Fall Classic finale after the 1991 contest featuring the Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Viewership Breakdown

The Saturday memorable contest averaged 27.33 million audience members on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the week.

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

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed fourth, the fourth game was 7th, Game 5 came in eighth, and the third game landed in 13th position.

International Audience Figures

In the Canadian market, the climactic game recorded over 11 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English-language program in Canada since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the final contest began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it drew 12M. This followed last Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – averaged 13.1 million spectators, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan.

Series Averages and Trends

The full seven-game World Series averaged over 15.7 million audience members on Fox, a two percent increase from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen audience increases for two straight years.

Including the opening game telecast on Univision, the total US average reached over 16 million. The total World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels drew 8.09M watchers, an eight percent increase over the previous year and the network’s best playoff ratings after the 2017 season.

Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 different languages.