🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Captures 51 Million Viewers In the US, Canadian and Japan Markets. The thrilling extra-inning matchup where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run attracted a combined over 50 million watchers across the US, Canada, and Japan territories. MLB announced this represents the most-watched World Series Game 7 after the 1991 edition contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves. Broadcast Ratings Details Last Saturday’s memorable game averaged over 27 million viewers on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and their streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the previous week. It also stands as the top-rated Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This represents a 16% improvement over the last finale between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19M. In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed 4th, Game 4 ranked 7th, Game 5 was 8th, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth position. Global Viewership Figures In Canada, the game drew 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English-language program in the country after the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final contest started at 9 PM local time, it averaged 12 million. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – where Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings – averaged 13.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country. Overall Averages and Patterns The full seven-game series averaged over 15.7 million viewers on the Fox network, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two consecutive years. Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete US average 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 drew 8.09M watchers, an eight percent increase compared to the previous year and Fox’s strongest playoff performance after the 2017 season. Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 different languages.