🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Game 7 Attracts Over 50 Million Viewers Across the US, Canadian and Japan Markets. The exciting 11-inning matchup where the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays 5-4 drew a total over 50 million spectators in the United States, Canadian, and Japanese territories. MLB reported this is the highest-rated World Series finale since the 1991 edition contest between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Ratings Details The Saturday memorable game averaged 27.33M viewers on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week. It also is the top-rated World Series game after the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This represents a sixteen percent improvement compared to the previous finale between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19M. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked 4th, Game 4 ranked 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth place. Global Viewership Numbers In Canada, the climactic game averaged 11.6 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country after the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest started at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12 million. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – drew 13.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Overall Totals and Patterns The entire seven-match series averaged 15.71M viewers on the Fox network, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience growth for two straight years. Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete American average was over 16 million. The overall World Series average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels drew 8.09M viewers, an 8% increase over the previous year and Fox’s best postseason performance since the 2017 season. Major League Baseball announced that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four broadcasting partners in sixteen different languages.