🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Captures 51M Audience Members Across the United States, Canada and Japan Regions. The nail-biting extended clash where the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays by one run drew a total 51 million spectators across the United States, Canada, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball reported this marks the highest-rated World Series Game 7 after the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves. Television Viewership Details The Saturday epic contest averaged 27.33M audience members on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week. It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series matchup since the 2017 final game between the Dodgers and Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a 16% increase compared to the last finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers. In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked fourth, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 was eighth, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth position. Global Viewership Numbers In the Canadian market, the climactic game drew 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the most-watched English broadcast in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the final game started at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12 million viewers. This followed last Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six frames – recorded 13.1M spectators, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Overall Totals and Trends The full seven-game series averaged 15.71 million viewers on the Fox network, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This marks the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two consecutive seasons. Including the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the complete US average was 16.1 million. The total World Series average in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1M in the Canadian market. The complete playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew over 8 million viewers, an eight percent rise over the previous year and Fox’s best postseason performance since 2017. Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in 16 various tongues.