🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Attracts 51M Viewers Across the US, Canadian and Japanese Regions. The nail-biting extra-inning contest where the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays by one run drew a aggregate 51M viewers across the US, Canadian, and Japan territories. MLB reported this represents the highest-rated Fall Classic finale since the 1991 contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Ratings Details The Saturday epic game secured 27.33M viewers on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week. It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series game after the 2017 final game involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew over 29 million. This marks a sixteen percent increase over the previous Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million. In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked fourth, Game 4 ranked 7th, Game 5 was eighth, and the third game landed in thirteenth position. Global Viewership Figures In the Canadian market, the game averaged over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English program in the country since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the deciding game began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed a single run in six frames – drew 13.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a sole broadcaster in the country. Overall Averages and Trends The full seven-match series drew over 15.7 million viewers on the Fox network, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen audience increases for two consecutive seasons. Including the Game 1 broadcast on Univision, the complete American viewership reached 16.1M. The overall World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada. The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million viewers, an eight percent rise compared to last year and Fox’s best playoff performance since 2017. MLB reported that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four broadcasting partners in sixteen different languages.