🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Game 7 Captures 51M Audience Members In the US, Canada and Japan Markets. The thrilling extended contest where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a aggregate over 50 million viewers across the United States, Canadian, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball stated this represents the highest-rated World Series finale since the 1991 edition contest between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Ratings Breakdown Last Saturday’s epic contest secured 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports channels, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week. It also stands as the top-rated World Series matchup since the 2017 final game involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This represents a 16% increase over the last Game 7 between the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million. In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked fourth, Game 4 was 7th, the fifth game was eighth, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth place. Global Audience Numbers In Canada, the game drew over 11 million viewers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English program in Canada after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final game began at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12 million. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed a single run in six frames – recorded 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in the country. Series Totals and Patterns The full seven-match series drew 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded viewership growth for two straight years. Counting the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the complete American viewership reached over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada. The full MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels drew over 8 million watchers, an eight percent increase over last year and Fox’s strongest postseason performance since the 2017 season. MLB announced that the World Series was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 various languages.