Fall Classic Game 7 Attracts Over 50 Million Viewers In the United States, Canadian and Japan Regions.

The nail-biting extended clash that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a total 51M watchers across the United States, Canadian, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball announced this marks the most-watched World Series Game 7 after the 1991 showdown between the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Television Ratings Breakdown

Last Saturday’s epic game drew over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week.

It also stands as the top-rated Fall Classic game since the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This marks a sixteen percent increase compared to the previous Game 7 between the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers.

In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game ranked fourth, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game finished in 13th position.

International Viewership Numbers

In the Canadian market, the climactic game averaged 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English program in the country after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In Japan, where the deciding game began at 9 p.m. local time, it drew 12 million. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – in which Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – recorded over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country.

Overall Totals and Trends

The full seven-match World Series recorded 15.71 million audience members on the Fox network, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership growth for two straight seasons.

Including the opening game telecast on the Univision network, the complete US viewership was 16.1 million. The total World Series average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels drew 8.09M viewers, an eight percent rise over last year and the network’s best postseason ratings after the 2017 season.

MLB stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 various tongues.