🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Captures 51M Audience Members Across the United States, Canadian and Japan Markets. The thrilling extra-inning contest that saw the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a aggregate 51M watchers in the US, Canadian, and Japanese markets. MLB announced this is the most-watched World Series Game 7 since the 1991 edition contest between the Minnesota Twins and Braves. Television Viewership Details Last Saturday’s memorable contest averaged over 27 million viewers on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week. It additionally is the most-watched World Series matchup after the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a 16% improvement compared to the previous finale between the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed fourth, Game 4 ranked seventh, the fifth game came in 8th, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth place. International Viewership Figures In the Canadian market, the climactic game averaged over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language program in Canada after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the deciding game began at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12 million viewers. This followed last Friday’s sixth game – in which Fall Classic MVP Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – recorded over 13 million viewers, making it the most-watched World Series game on a single network in Japan. Overall Totals and Trends The entire seven-match World Series drew over 15.7 million audience members on the Fox network, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen audience increases for two consecutive years. Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the complete US viewership reached over 16 million. The total World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market. The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09 million viewers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and Fox’s strongest playoff ratings since 2017. MLB stated that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four broadcasting partners in sixteen different tongues.