🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Game 7 Draws 51 Million Viewers In the United States, Canadian and Japan Markets. The thrilling 11-inning contest that saw the Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a total 51 million viewers across the US, Canada, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball announced this represents the highest-rated World Series finale since the 1991 edition contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Viewership Details Last Saturday’s memorable contest drew 27.33M viewers on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the previous week. It additionally is the top-rated Fall Classic game since the 2017 edition final game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This marks a 16% improvement compared to the last finale between the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed fourth, the fourth game ranked seventh, the fifth game came in eighth, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth position. Global Audience Numbers In the Canadian market, the game drew over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English program in Canada since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 PM local time, it drew 12M. This followed last Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series MVP Yamamoto gave up one run in six frames – drew 13.1 million spectators, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Series Totals and Trends The full seven-game series recorded 15.71M audience members on the Fox network, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen audience growth for two consecutive seasons. Counting the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the total American viewership reached over 16 million. The total World Series average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1M in the Canadian market. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels averaged 8.09M viewers, an eight percent rise over the previous year and the network’s strongest postseason performance after the 2017 season. MLB announced that the World Series was televised in over 200 nations and regions by 44 media partners in sixteen different languages.