🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Captures Over 50 Million Audience Members In the United States, Canadian and Japanese Regions. The exciting extra-inning clash that saw the Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays by one run averaged a total 51M viewers in the United States, Canadian, and Japanese markets. MLB announced this is the highest-rated World Series finale after the 1991 edition showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Viewership Breakdown Last Saturday’s epic game drew 27.33 million audience members on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and their digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week. It also is the most-watched Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This marks a 16% increase over the last finale featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked fourth, Game 4 ranked seventh, Game 5 came in eighth, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth place. International Audience Numbers In the Canadian market, the game drew 11.6M watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country after the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the final contest began at 9 PM local time, it drew 12M. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six innings – averaged over 13 million spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Overall Averages and Patterns The entire seven-match World Series averaged 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen viewership growth for two consecutive years. Including the opening game telecast on the Univision network, the total US viewership was 16.1 million. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada. The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09M viewers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and the network’s strongest playoff ratings since 2017. Major League Baseball reported that the World Series was televised in over 200 countries and territories by 44 media partners in sixteen various tongues.