🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Attracts 51M Viewers Across the US, Canadian and Japan Markets. The exciting 11-inning matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a aggregate 51M spectators across the United States, Canada, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball stated this is the most-watched Fall Classic finale since the 1991 showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Ratings Breakdown The Saturday memorable contest secured 27.33 million viewers on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week. It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic game after the 2017 edition Game 7 between the Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the previous finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers. In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed 4th, Game 4 was seventh, Game 5 came in eighth, and Game 3 landed in 13th place. International Viewership Numbers In Canada, the climactic game averaged over 11 million viewers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English broadcast in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the final contest began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it drew 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – averaged 13.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Series Totals and Trends The entire seven-match World Series averaged over 15.7 million viewers on the Fox network, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen audience growth for two straight seasons. Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the complete US average reached over 16 million. The total World Series average in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada. The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09 million viewers, an eight percent increase over the previous year and the network’s best playoff performance after the 2017 season. Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 different tongues.