🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Captures 51M Viewers In the United States, Canadian and Japan Markets. The exciting 11-inning contest where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run averaged a aggregate 51M viewers across the United States, Canadian, and Japan markets. MLB stated this represents the highest-rated World Series finale after the 1991 edition contest between the Minnesota Twins and Braves. Broadcast Ratings Details Last Saturday’s epic contest averaged 27.33 million viewers on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week. It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series matchup after the 2017 edition final game involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This marks a sixteen percent increase compared to the previous finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers. In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed fourth, Game 4 ranked 7th, Game 5 was eighth, and the third game landed in 13th place. International Viewership Numbers In the Canadian market, the game averaged 11.6M viewers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English-language broadcast in Canada after the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the deciding contest began at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12 million viewers. This came after last Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – recorded 13.1M viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in the country. Overall Averages and Patterns The entire seven-match series averaged 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen viewership increases for two consecutive years. Counting the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the complete US viewership reached 16.1 million. The total Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1M in Canada. The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded 8.09M watchers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and the network’s best postseason ratings after 2017. MLB announced that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 media partners in 16 various languages.