🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Captures 51 Million Viewers In the United States, Canada and Japan Markets. The nail-biting 11-inning matchup where the Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a aggregate over 50 million watchers in the US, Canada, and Japanese territories. MLB announced this is the most-watched World Series Game 7 after the 1991 edition contest featuring the Twins and Braves. Broadcast Ratings Breakdown The Saturday epic contest drew 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week. It also stands as the most-watched Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Astros, which drew over 29 million. This marks a sixteen percent increase compared to the last finale between the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers. In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed fourth, Game 4 ranked 7th, Game 5 came in 8th, and the third game landed in 13th place. Global Audience Figures In the Canadian market, the climactic game drew over 11 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English-language program in the country after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final game began at 9 PM local time, it averaged 12 million. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – averaged over 13 million viewers, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in the country. Series Totals and Patterns The entire seven-game series drew 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This marks the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen audience growth for two straight years. Counting the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete US average reached over 16 million. The total Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada. The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged 8.09M viewers, an 8% rise compared to last year and Fox’s strongest playoff performance after the 2017 season. MLB stated that the World Series was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 various tongues.