Star-studded Yanks-Dodgers World Series draws record viewership all across the globe

This year’s highly anticipated Yankees-Dodgers World Series was the most-watched Fall Classic in the United States since 2017. And with superstars such as Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the big stage, it was also Japan’s most-watched World Series.

An average of 15.8 million people in the U.S. viewed the World Series across all of FOX’s platforms. That’s a 67% increase from the 2023 World Series between the D-backs and Rangers. This season’s matchup between two longtime World Series rivals received a lot of attention from younger fans especially. Viewership by people between the ages of 18 and 34 years old increased by 101% from last year — the largest increase from any demographic.

An average of 12.1 million people in Japan watched this year’s World Series even though every game began at 9 a.m. local time. Not only was it the most-watched World Series for the country, but Game 1 (14.4 million viewers) and Game 2 (15.9 million viewers) were Japan’s two most-watched postseason games in MLB history.

The viewership from those two countries plus Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Taiwan and on the MLB app pushed this World Series’ average global viewership past 30 million, with some countries still to report.