🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Attracts 51 Million Viewers Across the United States, Canada and Japanese Markets. The nail-biting extra-inning clash where the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a combined over 50 million watchers in the United States, Canada, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball stated this represents the most-watched World Series Game 7 since the 1991 contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Ratings Details Last Saturday’s memorable game drew 27.33M audience members on Fox networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the previous week. It also stands as the most-watched Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 edition final game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07M. This marks a sixteen percent improvement compared to the previous finale between the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers. In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked fourth, the fourth game was seventh, Game 5 came in eighth, and the third game finished in 13th position. International Audience Numbers In Canada, the game recorded over 11 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the deciding game began at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12 million viewers. This followed last Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed a single run in six frames – averaged over 13 million spectators, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Overall Averages and Trends The entire seven-match series drew 15.71 million audience members on the Fox network, a two percent increase from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen viewership growth for two straight seasons. Counting the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the complete American viewership was 16.1 million. The total World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market. The complete playoffs on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09 million viewers, an eight percent increase compared to the previous year and the network’s strongest playoff performance since 2017. Major League Baseball stated that the World Series was televised in over 200 countries and territories by 44 media partners in 16 various tongues.