🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Attracts 51 Million Viewers Across the US, Canadian and Japanese Regions. The exciting extended matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a combined 51M watchers in the United States, Canada, and Japanese markets. MLB announced this is the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 edition showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Viewership Details Last Saturday’s memorable game secured 27.33 million audience members on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week. It also is the top-rated Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a 16% increase compared to the last finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked 4th, the fourth game ranked 7th, the fifth game came in eighth, and the third game finished in thirteenth position. Global Audience Figures In Canada, the climactic game averaged over 11 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports. This made it the highest-rated English program in Canada after the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the deciding game began at 9 p.m. local time, it drew 12 million. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series MVP Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings – recorded over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a single network in Japan. Series Totals and Trends The entire seven-match World Series drew 15.71M viewers on the Fox network, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen audience growth for two straight seasons. Counting the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the complete American viewership was 16.1 million. The overall Fall Classic viewership in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged 8.09 million watchers, an 8% increase over last year and Fox’s best postseason performance since the 2017 season. MLB stated that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 countries and territories by forty-four broadcasting partners in sixteen different tongues.