The 2024 World Series will go down as the most watched Fall Classic since 2017.

The Los Angeles Dodgers completed their five-game win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday, 7-6. The Fox Sports outlets (the broadcast network, Fox Deportes and streaming services) averaged 18.6 million viewers for the game, also a seven-year high for a World Series game five.

The series as a whole averaged 15.81 million viewers across all platforms, making it the largest World Series since the Houston Astros’ 2017 win over the Dodgers averaged 18.93 million. This year’s series delivered the fourth largest audience for Major League Baseball since 2010, behind the 2016 (22.85 million viewers), 2017 and 2011 (16.52 million) editions. All three of these series lasted seven full matches.

The 2024 World Series also posted huge gains over last year, dropping to a low of 9.11 million viewers per game. This year’s 15.81 million viewers represent an increase of nearly 74 percent year over year.

Wednesday’s tiebreaker peaked at 21.27 million viewers from 11:15 to 11:30 p.m. ET, and the entire telecast was up 58 percent from last year’s game five (11.48 million viewers), which was also a deciding factor.

The big wins for the World Series – featuring major teams from the country’s two largest media markets – build on a strong postseason for the MLB. The three previous rounds of the playoffs improved by about 17 percent compared to 2023.