Overview
- MLB said Game 7 averaged 51.0 million viewers across the U.S., Canada and Japan, with the seven-game series averaging about 34.0 million across those markets.
- Fox’s final U.S. audience for Game 7 was 27.3 million, the biggest World Series telecast since 2017, with the series averaging 16.1 million in the U.S. under Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel.
- In Canada, Sportsnet’s Game 7 averaged 10.9 million viewers and reached 18.5 million who watched some or all, marking the most-watched English-language broadcast there since the 2010 Olympics; the series averaged 8.1 million.
- Japan averaged 9.7 million viewers for the series, including 12.0 million for Game 7 on NHK-BS and 13.1 million for Game 6 on NHK-G, reflecting strong interest in Dodgers stars such as Shohei Ohtani and MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
- The upswing capped a year of rising attendance and record postseason audiences, with the World Series again outdrawing the NBA Finals, even as owners and the MLBPA prepare for contentious CBA talks before the Dec. 1, 2026 expiration.