🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Final Game Captures 51M Viewers Across the United States, Canadian and Japan Regions. The nail-biting extended clash that saw the Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays 5-4 drew a combined over 50 million spectators across the United States, Canadian, and Japanese territories. MLB announced this is the most-watched World Series Game 7 since the 1991 showdown between the Twins and Braves. Broadcast Ratings Breakdown Last Saturday’s memorable game averaged 27.33M viewers on Fox Sports channels, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week. It also is the most-watched Fall Classic game since the 2017 final game involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This represents a 16% improvement over the last Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million. In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked 4th, Game 4 ranked 7th, Game 5 was 8th, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth place. Global Viewership Numbers In Canada, the climactic game drew 11.6 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English program in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final game started at 9 PM in the local time zone, it drew 12 million. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – averaged over 13 million spectators, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a sole broadcaster in the country. Overall Totals and Patterns The full seven-match series recorded over 15.7 million viewers on Fox, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience increases for two straight seasons. Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete American average was over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market. The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew over 8 million watchers, an eight percent rise compared to last year and the network’s strongest playoff performance since the 2017 season. Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 different tongues.