🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Draws 51M Audience Members In the United States, Canadian and Japanese Markets. The exciting 11-inning contest that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a aggregate 51M watchers across the US, Canada, and Japan territories. MLB reported this marks the highest-rated World Series Game 7 since the 1991 showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Viewership Details Last Saturday’s memorable game averaged over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports channels, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week. It additionally stands as the most-watched Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 Game 7 involving the Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This represents a 16% increase over the last finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million. In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked fourth, Game 4 ranked 7th, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game finished in thirteenth position. International Audience Numbers In the Canadian market, the climactic game averaged 11.6 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English-language program in Canada since the 2010 Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – averaged 13.1 million spectators, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in the country. Series Totals and Patterns The full seven-match series recorded 15.71M viewers on the Fox network, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen viewership growth for two straight years. Including the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the total American viewership was 16.1M. The total World Series average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market. The complete playoffs on Fox and its sister channels drew over 8 million viewers, an eight percent increase compared to the previous year and the network’s strongest postseason performance since 2017. Major League Baseball stated that the World Series was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in sixteen various languages.