🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Game 7 Captures 51M Audience Members In the United States, Canada and Japan Regions. The thrilling extended contest that saw the Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays 5-4 drew a total over 50 million spectators in the US, Canadian, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball reported this is the most-watched Fall Classic finale after the 1991 edition contest featuring the Twins and Braves. Broadcast Ratings Details The Saturday epic contest averaged 27.33 million audience members on Fox networks, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the week. It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic game since the 2017 edition Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This marks a sixteen percent improvement over the last finale between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19M. In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed fourth, the fourth game was seventh, the fifth game came in eighth, and the third game finished in 13th place. Global Audience Numbers In Canada, the game drew over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the deciding game started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it drew 12 million. This followed last Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – recorded 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in the country. Series Averages and Patterns The full seven-match World Series recorded 15.71 million audience members on the Fox network, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen audience growth for two straight seasons. Counting the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the total US average reached over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged 8.09 million watchers, an 8% increase compared to last year and the network’s best playoff ratings after the 2017 season. MLB reported that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in sixteen various tongues.