🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Draws Over 50 Million Viewers In the United States, Canadian and Japan Regions. The thrilling extra-inning matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run attracted a combined over 50 million watchers in the United States, Canadian, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball stated this represents the highest-rated World Series Game 7 since the 1991 edition showdown between the Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Viewership Breakdown The Saturday epic game secured over 27 million audience members on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the week. It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic game since the 2017 final game between the Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a 16% improvement over the previous finale featuring the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, the fourth game was seventh, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game landed in 13th position. International Viewership Figures In the Canadian market, the game averaged over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language broadcast in the country since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the final contest started at 9 p.m. local time, it drew 12 million. This came after the previous Friday’s Game 6 – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up one run in six frames – drew over 13 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Series Totals and Trends The entire seven-game World Series recorded 15.71M audience members on the Fox network, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen audience increases for two straight years. Including the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the complete American viewership reached 16.1 million. The overall World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada. The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09 million viewers, an 8% increase compared to last year and the network’s strongest playoff ratings after the 2017 season. Major League Baseball announced that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 countries and territories by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 different tongues.