🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Attracts Over 50 Million Viewers Across the United States, Canada and Japanese Markets. The thrilling extended clash that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a total 51M viewers in the US, Canada, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball reported this marks the highest-rated Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 showdown between the Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Viewership Breakdown Last Saturday’s epic game drew 27.33 million viewers on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week. It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the last finale featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M. In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed fourth, the fourth game ranked 7th, Game 5 was eighth, and the third game landed in 13th position. Global Audience Figures In Canada, the climactic game averaged 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English broadcast in Canada since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the final contest began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it averaged 12 million viewers. This came after last Friday’s sixth game – where World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings – averaged 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Overall Totals and Trends The full seven-game World Series recorded 15.71M viewers on the Fox network, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience increases for two straight seasons. Counting the Game 1 broadcast on Univision, the total US average reached 16.1 million. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded 8.09 million watchers, an 8% increase compared to the previous year and Fox’s strongest postseason ratings since 2017. MLB stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in 16 different languages.