🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Draws 51 Million Audience Members In the US, Canadian and Japanese Regions. The exciting 11-inning clash that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays by one run drew a total 51M watchers in the US, Canada, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball reported this is the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 showdown between the Twins and Braves. Broadcast Ratings Breakdown Last Saturday’s epic game drew over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week. It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic game after the 2017 final game involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a 16% improvement compared to the last finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19M. In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game ranked fourth, Game 4 was seventh, the fifth game came in 8th, and the third game landed in 13th place. Global Audience Numbers In Canada, the game averaged over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English broadcast in Canada after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final game began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it drew 12 million. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic MVP Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – recorded 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in the country. Series Averages and Trends The full seven-match World Series recorded 15.71M viewers on Fox, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This marks the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership growth for two straight seasons. Including the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the total American viewership was 16.1M. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada. The full MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels drew over 8 million viewers, an eight percent rise over last year and Fox’s best playoff performance after the 2017 season. MLB stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen different languages.