🔗 Share this article World Series Game 7 Attracts 51 Million Viewers In the US, Canada and Japanese Regions. The exciting extra-inning matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays by one run drew a total over 50 million spectators across the United States, Canadian, and Japan markets. Major League Baseball announced this marks the most-watched World Series finale since the 1991 edition contest between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Viewership Breakdown The Saturday epic contest drew over 27 million audience members on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and their streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week. It also is the most-watched World Series matchup after the 2017 final game involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07M. This marks a 16% improvement compared to the last finale between the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million. In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked 4th, the fourth game was 7th, the fifth game was 8th, and Game 3 finished in 13th position. International Viewership Numbers In Canada, the climactic game recorded over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English program in the country since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final game started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – recorded over 13 million spectators, making it the most-watched World Series game on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Overall Totals and Trends The full seven-game World Series drew 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a two percent increase from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This marks the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen viewership increases for two consecutive years. Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete American viewership reached 16.1 million. The overall World Series viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market. The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew over 8 million viewers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and Fox’s strongest postseason ratings since 2017. Major League Baseball announced that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in sixteen different tongues.