NEW YORK (AP) — Yearly national ratings for the World Series, as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. The rating is the percentage of households with televisions watching a program and the share is the percentage of households watching a program among those with televisons in use at the time:
| Year | Rat | Sh |
| 2023 (Fox) | 4.7 | 14 |
| 2022 (Fox) | 6.1 | 17 |
| 2021 (Fox) | 6.5 | 16 |
| 2020 (Fox) | 5.2 | 12 |
| 2019 (Fox) | 8.1 | 16 |
| 2018 (Fox) | 8.3 | 17 |
| 2017 (Fox) | 10.7 | 20 |
| 2016 (Fox) | 13.1 | 23 |
| 2015 (Fox) | 8.7 | 16 |
| 2014 (Fox) | 8.2 | 14 |
| 2013 (Fox) | 8.9 | 15 |
| 2012 (Fox) | 7.6 | 12 |
| 2011 (Fox) | 10.0 | 16 |
| 2010 (Fox) | 8.4 | 14 |
| 2009 (Fox) | 11.7 | 19 |
| 2008 (Fox) | 8.4 | 14 |
| 2007 (Fox) | 10.6 | 18 |
| 2006 (Fox) | 10.1 | 17 |
| 2005 (Fox) | 11.1 | 19 |
| 2004 (Fox) | 15.8 | 26 |
| 2003 (Fox) | 12.8 | 22 |
| 2002 (Fox) | 11.9 | 20 |
| 2001 (Fox) | 15.7 | 26 |
| 2000 (Fox) | 12.4 | 21 |
| 1999 (NBC) | 16.0 | 26 |
| 1998 (Fox) | 14.1 | 24 |
| 1997 (NBC) | 16.7 | 29 |
| 1996 (Fox) | 17.4 | 29 |
| 1995 (ABC-NBC) | 19.5 | 33 |
| 1994 | No Series | |
| 1993 (CBS) | 17.3 | 30 |
| 1992 (CBS) | 20.2 | 34 |
| 1991 (CBS) | 24.0 | 39 |
| 1990 (CBS) | 20.8 | 36 |
| 1989 (ABC) | 16.4 | 29 |
| 1988 (NBC) | 23.9 | 39 |
| 1987 (ABC) | 24.0 | 41 |
| 1986 (NBC) | 28.6 | 46 |
| 1985 (ABC) | 25.3 | 39 |
| 1984 (NBC) | 22.9 | 40 |
| 1983 (ABC) | 23.3 | 41 |
| 1982 (NBC) | 27.9 | 49 |
| 1981 (ABC) | 30.0 | 49 |
| 1980 (NBC) | 32.8 | 56 |
| 1979 (ABC) | 28.5 | 50 |
| 1978 (NBC) | 32.8 | 56 |
| 1977 (ABC) | 29.8 | 53 |
| 1976 (NBC) | 27.5 | 48 |
| 1975 (NBC) | 28.7 | 52 |
| 1974 (NBC) | 25.6 | 46 |
| 1973 (NBC) | 30.7 | 57 |
| 1972 (NBC) | 27.6 | 58 |
| 1971 (NBC) | 24.2 | 59 |
| 1970 (NBC) | 19.4 | 53 |
| 1969 (NBC) | 22.4 | 58 |
| 1968 (NBC) | 22.8 | 57 |
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