As the Los Angeles Dodgers get ready to defend their World Series title against the Toronto Blue Jays, global viewership for the MLB Postseason has registered big audiences who are following the exciting action, close games and international stars. Through the League Championship Series, MLB Postseason viewership is averaging 4.48 million viewers in the United States, making it the most-watched Postseason since 2017 and an increase of +13% over last year.
American League Championship Series Game 7 between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners, which launched MLB’s only Canadian team into the Fall Classic for the first time in 32 years, averaged 15.03 million viewers combined in the U.S. and Canada. The thrilling deciding game drew 9.03 million viewers across FOX, FS1, FOX Deportes and FOX Sports Streaming Services and was the most-watched ALCS game since 2017. It was also the most-watched Blue Jays game ever on Sportsnet in Canada (6 million average viewers). Viewership for the entire ALCS in the U.S. (FOX/FS1) and Canada (Sportsnet) averaged a combined 9.39 million viewers, which is +60% higher than 2024 (5.88 million) for the combined FOX/FS1/Sportsnet coverage of the NLCS.
Japanese fans continue to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers with Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki, in record numbers. The Dodgers sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers was the most-watched National League Championship Series ever in Japan (7.34 million average viewers), a +26% increase over last year (5.83 million), which was the previous record. This year also featured the second most-watched LCS game ever in Japan (10.26 million viewers) for NLCS Game 4 where Ohtani hit three home runs and struck out 10 in what many have called the greatest individual Postseason performance of all-time.
“The 2025 MLB Postseason has featured thrilling games and historic performances capturing the imagination of baseball fans around the world,” said Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. “This World Series will demonstrate that America’s favorite pastime is also truly a global game.”
The 2025 World Series presented by Capital One starts on Friday night at Rogers Centre in Toronto and will be broadcast in 203 countries and territories by 44 media partners in 16 languages.
According to each Club’s LCS roster, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers combine for 13 internationally born players, spanning eight different countries and territories, including Canada, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea and Venezuela.
International players from the Dodgers include Kiké Hernández (Puerto Rico); Teoscar Hernández (Dominican Republic); Hyeseong Kim (South Korea); Shohei Ohtani (Japan); Andy Pages (Cuba); Miguel Rojas (Venezuela); Roki Sasaki (Japan); and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Japan).
International players from the Blue Jays include Seranthony Domínguez (Dominican Republic); Andrés Giménez (Venezuela); Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Canada); Alejandro Kirk (Mexico); and Yariel Rodríguez (Cuba).
In the U.S., FOX will combine with FOX Deportes, the FOX Sports App and FOX One to cover the World Series with all games scheduled for 8:00 p.m. (ET)/5:00 p.m. (PT), with FOX’s national pregame show beginning at 7:00 p.m. (ET)/4:00 p.m. (PT).
All World Series games telecast on FOX will be available to MLB.TV subscribers who are authenticated subscribers to the applicable network through a participating pay TV provider.
Live national radio coverage of all 2025 World Series games will be provided by ESPN Radio in English and Univision Radio in Spanish. MLB Network will air extensive studio coverage throughout the Fall Classic across the Emmy Award-winning MLB Tonight, the Emmy-nominated MLB Central, MLB Now and Intentional Talk.
In Canada, Sportsnet TV and Radio and TVA Sports will continue to provide live national coverage of the entire 2025 World Series. NHK, J Sports and SPOTV NOW will air the World Series in Japan.
