World Baseball Classic final between Venezuela and USA doubles TV ratings

Venezuela’s thrilling 3-2 victory over the United States in the World Baseball Classic championship drew an audience of nearly 11 million viewers, doubling the television ratings of the 2023 final.

The historic broadcast attracted exactly 10,784,000 baseball fans to witness the South American nation claim the international crown.

This figure represents a staggering increase from the 5.4 million people who tuned in to watch Japan defeat the Americans in the previous iteration of the global tournament.

Surpassing domestic milestones

Tuesday night’s marquee fixture proved significantly more popular than recent major domestic baseball broadcasts.

The flagship American network reported an average television audience of 10.2 million for the deciding contest, comfortably outperforming each of the first four games of the 2023 World Series.

Interest in the wider competition has also experienced a massive surge over the past two years.

Tournament-wide growth

Across all broadcast platforms throughout the event, the international baseball tournament maintained an impressive average of almost 1.3 million viewers per game.

This marks a resounding success for the sport’s organisers, easily eclipsing the 506,000 average recorded during the preceding global showpiece.

Such a dramatic rise in viewership highlights the expanding worldwide appeal of the sport and the increasing prestige of national team representation.