🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Game 7 Captures 51 Million Viewers In the US, Canada and Japan Regions. The nail-biting extended matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run averaged a combined 51M spectators across the US, Canadian, and Japanese territories. MLB reported this marks the most-watched Fall Classic finale since the 1991 edition showdown between the Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Ratings Breakdown The Saturday epic contest secured 27.33M audience members on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s digital services. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the previous week. It additionally stands as the top-rated World Series matchup since the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This marks a 16% improvement compared to the last Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million. In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed fourth, Game 4 was seventh, Game 5 came in eighth, and Game 3 landed in thirteenth position. International Viewership Numbers In the Canadian market, the game recorded 11.6 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English broadcast in Canada since the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the deciding game started at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12 million viewers. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – averaged 13.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched World Series game on a single network in the country. Series Averages and Patterns The full seven-match World Series drew 15.71M audience members on Fox, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This marks the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership growth for two straight years. Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the total US viewership reached 16.1 million. The overall Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada. The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million viewers, an 8% increase over last year and the network’s strongest playoff ratings after the 2017 season. Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 media partners in 16 different tongues.