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US sports TV ratings and viewership figures. Every number sourced, dated, and attributed to its measurement provider.

12,003
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updated 2026-10-16

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World Series (most-watched game) avg audience · 1968–2025
10M20M30M40M50M60MOOH added 2020'80 World Series Game 6 54.9M'68 World Series Game 4 27.5M'69 World Series Game 2 17.1M'70 World Series Game 1 14.1M'71 World Series Game 4 38.9M'72 World Series Game 7 41.4M'73 World Series Game 7 39.9M'74 World Series Game 5 31.6M'75 World Series Game 7 51.6M'76 World Series Game 4 38.8M'77 World Series Game 6 44.2M'78 World Series Game 6 50.6M'79 World Series Game 7 49.9M'80 World Series Game 6 54.9M'81 World Series Game 3 40.1M'82 World Series Game 7 49.9M'83 World Series Game 1 36.2M'84 World Series Game 1 33.9M'85 World Series Game 7 45.0M'86 World Series Game 7 52.1M'87 World Series Game 7 51.2M'88 World Series Game 5 38.8M'89 World Series Game 3 26.6M'90 World Series Game 4 32.9M'91 World Series Game 7 50.3M'92 World Series Game 6 35.0M'93 World Series Game 6 29.1M'95 World Series Game 5 31.7M'96 World Series Game 6 30.4M'97 World Series Game 7 38.0M'98 World Series Game 4 23.4M'99 World Series Game 4 25.8M'00 World Series Game 2 19.0M'01 World Series Game 7 39.1M'02 World Series Game 7 30.8M'03 World Series Game 6 23.2M'04 World Series Game 4 28.8M'05 World Series Game 4 20.0M'06 World Series Game 2 18.2M'07 World Series Game 4 20.9M'08 World Series Game 5 15.8M'09 World Series Game 4 22.8M'10 World Series Game 4 15.5M'11 World Series Game 7 25.4M'12 World Series Game 4 15.5M'13 World Series Game 6 19.2M'14 World Series Game 7 23.5M'15 World Series Game 5 17.2M'16 World Series Game 7 40.0M'17 World Series Game 7 28.2M'18 World Series Game 5 17.6M'19 World Series Game 7 23.2M'20 World Series Game 6 12.8M'21 World Series Game 6 14.1M'22 World Series Game 5 12.8M'23 World Series Game 5 11.5M'24 World Series Game 5 18.2M'25 World Series Game 7 26.9M'68'88'08'25
World Series (most-watched game) avg audience · 1968–2025
YearTelecastAvg audience
1968World Series Game 427,542,000
1969World Series Game 217,080,000
1970World Series Game 114,120,000
1971World Series Game 438,898,000
1972World Series Game 741,438,000
1973World Series Game 739,935,000
1974World Series Game 531,610,000
1975World Series Game 751,560,000
1976World Series Game 438,790,000
1977World Series Game 644,200,000
1978World Series Game 650,600,000
1979World Series Game 749,890,000
1980World Series Game 654,860,000
1981World Series Game 340,140,000
1982World Series Game 749,930,000
1983World Series Game 136,230,000
1984World Series Game 133,860,000
1985World Series Game 745,000,000
1986World Series Game 752,100,000
1987World Series Game 751,180,000
1988World Series Game 538,800,000
1989World Series Game 326,610,000
1990World Series Game 432,910,000
1991World Series Game 750,340,000
1992World Series Game 635,000,000
1993World Series Game 629,050,000
1995World Series Game 531,710,000
1996World Series Game 630,440,000
1997World Series Game 737,990,000
1998World Series Game 423,390,000
1999World Series Game 425,848,000
2000World Series Game 219,045,000
2001World Series Game 739,084,000
2002World Series Game 730,814,000
2003World Series Game 623,240,000
2004World Series Game 428,844,000
2005World Series Game 419,979,000
2006World Series Game 218,165,000
2007World Series Game 420,946,000
2008World Series Game 515,787,000
2009World Series Game 422,761,000
2010World Series Game 415,537,000
2011World Series Game 725,403,000
2012World Series Game 415,485,000
2013World Series Game 619,178,000
2014World Series Game 723,517,000
2015World Series Game 517,206,000
2016World Series Game 740,045,000
2017World Series Game 728,240,000
2018World Series Game 517,634,000
2019World Series Game 723,217,000
2020World Series Game 612,819,000
2021World Series Game 614,140,000
2022World Series Game 512,786,000
2023World Series Game 511,481,000
2024World Series Game 518,152,000
2025World Series Game 726,880,000