🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Draws 51M Viewers In the United States, Canadian and Japan Markets. The nail-biting extended clash that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a aggregate over 50 million watchers in the United States, Canadian, and Japan markets. MLB announced this is the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 edition contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Viewership Details Last Saturday’s memorable game secured 27.33M viewers on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week. It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic game after the 2017 Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the previous finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19M. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, Game 4 was seventh, the fifth game was 8th, and the third game landed in thirteenth position. Global Audience Figures In Canada, the climactic game recorded over 11 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the deciding game started at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12M. This came after last Friday’s sixth game – in which Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – averaged over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in the country. Overall Averages and Trends The full seven-game series drew 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded audience growth for two straight seasons. Counting the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the total US viewership reached 16.1M. The total World Series average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada. The complete playoffs on Fox and its sister channels drew 8.09 million viewers, an 8% rise over last year and the network’s best postseason performance after the 2017 season. MLB stated that the World Series was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 different tongues.