🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Final Game Draws 51M Viewers Across the US, Canada and Japanese Markets. The nail-biting extra-inning matchup that saw the Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a total over 50 million spectators in the US, Canada, and Japanese territories. MLB reported this represents the most-watched World Series Game 7 since the 1991 edition showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Viewership Breakdown Last Saturday’s memorable contest secured 27.33M audience members on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week. It additionally is the top-rated Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This marks a 16% increase over the last Game 7 between the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million. In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game ranked 4th, the fourth game ranked 7th, Game 5 came in eighth, and Game 3 landed in thirteenth position. International Audience Numbers In the Canadian market, the game recorded 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This made it the highest-rated English broadcast in the country since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final game started at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12 million. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – recorded 13.1M spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in Japan. Overall Totals and Patterns The full seven-game World Series recorded 15.71M audience members on the Fox network, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This marks the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two straight seasons. Counting the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the total American average was 16.1 million. The total World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market. The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded 8.09 million watchers, an 8% increase compared to the previous year and the network’s strongest playoff performance after the 2017 season. Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen different tongues.