🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Attracts Over 50 Million Audience Members Across the US, Canada and Japan Regions. The exciting extended matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run averaged a total 51M watchers in the United States, Canada, and Japan markets. MLB reported this marks the highest-rated Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Viewership Breakdown Last Saturday’s memorable contest averaged 27.33 million audience members on Fox networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week. It additionally is the most-watched World Series game since the 2017 final game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This marks a sixteen percent increase over the previous finale between the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers. In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed 4th, the fourth game was 7th, Game 5 came in 8th, and the third game finished in thirteenth position. Global Viewership Figures In Canada, the game recorded 11.6M watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the highest-rated English broadcast in Canada since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final game began at 9 p.m. local time, it drew 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – where World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – averaged 13.1 million spectators, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a single network in Japan. Series Totals and Trends The entire seven-game World Series drew 15.71 million audience members on the Fox network, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership growth for two straight seasons. Including the opening game telecast on the Univision network, the complete US average was 16.1 million. The overall World Series average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada. The complete playoffs on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09 million watchers, an eight percent rise compared to last year and Fox’s best playoff ratings since the 2017 season. Major League Baseball stated that the World Series was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 media partners in sixteen different languages.