🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Attracts 51M Audience Members In the United States, Canadian and Japanese Markets. The exciting extended contest that saw the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a total over 50 million viewers across the United States, Canada, and Japanese territories. MLB stated this represents the most-watched World Series Game 7 since the 1991 edition contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Ratings Breakdown Last Saturday’s epic contest drew over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week. It additionally stands as the most-watched Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew over 29 million. This marks a sixteen percent improvement compared to the previous Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers. In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed fourth, the fourth game was 7th, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game finished in thirteenth place. Global Viewership Figures In the Canadian market, the climactic game averaged 11.6 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This made it the highest-rated English-language broadcast in Canada after the 2010 Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final game began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – averaged 13.1 million spectators, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Series Averages and Trends The entire seven-match World Series averaged 15.71M viewers on Fox, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen viewership growth for two consecutive seasons. Including the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the complete American viewership was over 16 million. The overall World Series average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market. The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged over 8 million viewers, an eight percent increase compared to last year and the network’s best postseason performance after the 2017 season. MLB reported that the World Series was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 media partners in sixteen different tongues.