🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Captures 51M Audience Members In the US, Canada and Japan Regions. The nail-biting extra-inning matchup where the Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run drew a total over 50 million spectators across the United States, Canada, and Japan markets. MLB stated this represents the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 showdown between the Twins and Braves. Television Viewership Details The Saturday epic contest drew 27.33M audience members on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week. It also is the most-watched World Series matchup after the 2017 edition final game involving the Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07M. This marks a sixteen percent improvement compared to the last Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19M. In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed fourth, the fourth game was seventh, the fifth game was eighth, and Game 3 finished in 13th place. Global Viewership Numbers In the Canadian market, the game recorded 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English-language broadcast in Canada after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the final game began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it drew 12M. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – averaged 13.1M spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a single network in Japan. Series Totals and Trends The full seven-match series drew 15.71M viewers on Fox, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two straight seasons. Counting the opening game broadcast on Univision, the complete US average was 16.1M. The total Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged 8.09M watchers, an 8% rise compared to last year and Fox’s strongest postseason performance after the 2017 season. MLB announced that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 nations and regions by 44 media partners in sixteen various tongues.