🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Captures 51 Million Audience Members In the United States, Canada and Japanese Regions. The exciting extra-inning clash where the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run drew a combined 51 million watchers across the US, Canadian, and Japan markets. MLB stated this marks the most-watched Fall Classic finale after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Viewership Breakdown Last Saturday’s epic game averaged over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports channels, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week. It also is the top-rated Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which drew over 29 million. This marks a 16% improvement over the previous Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M. In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed fourth, Game 4 ranked 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and the third game finished in thirteenth place. Global Viewership Numbers In the Canadian market, the game recorded 11.6M watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English broadcast in the country after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the deciding game started at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Friday’s Game 6 – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up one run in six innings – drew 13.1M spectators, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country. Series Averages and Trends The full seven-match World Series averaged 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen audience increases for two consecutive years. Counting the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the total US viewership was 16.1M. The total Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million viewers, an 8% increase compared to the previous year and the network’s strongest postseason ratings since the 2017 season. MLB stated that the World Series was televised in 203 countries and territories by 44 media partners in sixteen different languages.