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Dodgers-Blue Jays World Collection matchup a boon for viewership in Japan and Canada

By Editorial Board Published October 29, 2025 3 Min Read
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Dodgers-Blue Jays World Collection matchup a boon for viewership in Japan and Canada

What’s completely different within the World Collection this yr? The New York Yankees will not be right here, and the Toronto Blue Jays are.

For Main League Baseball, that represents a chance.

On the eve of the World Baseball Basic, because the league makes an attempt to develop its recognition world wide and considers sending its star gamers to the 2028 Olympics, the World Collection rankings are encouraging.

For the primary two video games of the World Collection, the common viewership in Japan was virtually as excessive as in the USA, regardless of a inhabitants one-third that of the U.S., and the common viewership in Canada was 10 occasions higher than it was final yr.

The typical within the three nations, by means of two video games: 30.5 million, MLB mentioned Tuesday. The typical for the World Collection final yr: 28.6 million.

The Sport 1 viewers for these three nations: 32.6 million, the very best for an MLB recreation within the U.S., Canada and Japan mixed since Sport 7 of the 2016 World Collection between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Guardians.

When the Dodgers and Yankees performed in final yr’s World Collection — a conflict of the 2 largest markets in the USA — the common recreation attracted 15.8 million viewers within the U.S. For the primary two video games of this yr’s World Collection, the common recreation attracted 12.5 million viewers on Fox platforms, so Canadian markets will not be included.

Nevertheless, even with no U.S. workforce to oppose the Dodgers, Fox mentioned this yr’s rankings are higher than some other World Collection for the reason that pandemic, in addition to final yr’s.

This yr’s NBA Finals — a small-market matchup between Oklahoma Metropolis and Indiana — attracted a U.S. common of 10.3 million viewers.

This yr’s World Collection options Japan’s workforce — the workforce of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki — in opposition to Canada’s lone main league workforce. The typical viewership in Japan: 10.7 million, regardless of the video games beginning there at 9 a.m.

The typical viewership of final yr’s World Collection in Canada: 720,000. That quantity by means of two video games this yr: 7.2 million. The U.S. inhabitants is 10 occasions higher than that of Canada.

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