🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Attracts Over 50 Million Viewers In the United States, Canadian and Japan Markets. The nail-biting extra-inning clash where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run attracted a total 51 million spectators across the US, Canada, and Japan markets. MLB stated this is the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 showdown featuring the Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Viewership Breakdown The Saturday memorable contest secured over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week. It also stands as the most-watched Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the previous finale between the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers. In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed fourth, Game 4 was seventh, Game 5 came in eighth, and the third game finished in thirteenth place. Global Audience Figures In the Canadian market, the climactic game drew 11.6M viewers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This made it the highest-rated English program in the country since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the deciding game started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it drew 12 million. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series MVP Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – drew 13.1M viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a single network in Japan. Series Averages and Trends The entire seven-game World Series averaged over 15.7 million viewers on the Fox network, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two consecutive seasons. Including the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the total US viewership was over 16 million. The overall World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada. The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09 million watchers, an 8% rise compared to last year and Fox’s strongest playoff performance after 2017. MLB reported that the World Series was televised in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in sixteen various tongues.