🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Attracts Over 50 Million Viewers In the United States, Canadian and Japanese Markets. The thrilling extended contest where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays 5-4 drew a total over 50 million viewers in the US, Canadian, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball stated this marks the highest-rated World Series Game 7 after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves. Broadcast Ratings Breakdown The Saturday epic game averaged over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and their streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week. It additionally stands as the top-rated Fall Classic game after the 2017 edition Game 7 between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This marks a sixteen percent improvement compared to the last finale between the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, Game 4 was 7th, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game finished in 13th place. International Audience Figures In the Canadian market, the game recorded 11.6 million viewers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This made it the most-watched English broadcast in Canada after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final game started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it averaged 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – recorded 13.1M viewers, making it the most-watched World Series game on a single network in the country. Series Totals and Patterns The entire seven-game World Series drew 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a 2% rise from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership increases for two consecutive seasons. Including the opening game broadcast on Univision, the total US average was 16.1 million. The total Fall Classic viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada. The full MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels averaged 8.09M watchers, an eight percent rise over the previous year and the network’s best postseason ratings after 2017. Major League Baseball reported that the World Series was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen different tongues.