🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Game 7 Captures 51M Viewers Across the United States, Canada and Japanese Regions. The thrilling 11-inning contest that saw the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a aggregate 51 million spectators in the US, Canadian, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball stated this is the most-watched Fall Classic finale since the 1991 edition contest between the Twins and Braves. Broadcast Ratings Details The Saturday memorable game averaged 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports channels, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s digital services. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the week. It additionally is the top-rated World Series game after the 2017 Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew over 29 million. This marks a 16% improvement over the previous finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers. In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked fourth, the fourth game was 7th, the fifth game was eighth, and Game 3 finished in 13th place. Global Viewership Figures In the Canadian market, the climactic game averaged 11.6M viewers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English-language program in the country since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the deciding game began at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – recorded over 13 million spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a single network in Japan. Overall Totals and Trends The full seven-match series drew 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This marks the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded viewership growth for two consecutive seasons. Counting the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete US average was 16.1M. The overall World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09M watchers, an eight percent increase compared to last year and Fox’s best postseason ratings since the 2017 season. MLB reported that the World Series was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 various languages.