🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Captures Over 50 Million Audience Members Across the US, Canadian and Japan Regions. The exciting extended clash where the Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a total 51 million viewers across the US, Canada, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball announced this is the highest-rated World Series Game 7 after the 1991 contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves. Broadcast Viewership Breakdown Last Saturday’s memorable game secured 27.33 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week. It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series game since the 2017 edition final game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which drew over 29 million. This marks a sixteen percent increase over the previous finale featuring the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, the fourth game ranked 7th, the fifth game was 8th, and the third game landed in 13th position. Global Audience Numbers In Canada, the climactic game recorded 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the most-watched English-language program in Canada since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final contest started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it drew 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – averaged 13.1M viewers, making it the most-watched Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Series Totals and Patterns The entire seven-game series recorded 15.71 million viewers on the Fox network, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership increases for two consecutive seasons. Counting the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete American viewership was 16.1 million. The total World Series average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged over 8 million watchers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and the network’s best postseason ratings after the 2017 season. Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 various languages.