🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Captures 51M Viewers In the US, Canadian and Japanese Markets. The exciting 11-inning contest that saw the Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a total 51 million watchers in the US, Canada, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball stated this marks the most-watched World Series finale after the 1991 edition contest between the Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Ratings Breakdown The Saturday memorable contest secured over 27 million audience members on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the week. It also stands as the top-rated World Series game after the 2017 final game involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This marks a 16% increase compared to the previous Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, the fourth game was seventh, the fifth game was eighth, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth place. Global Viewership Numbers In the Canadian market, the game drew over 11 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country after the 2010 Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest started at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12 million. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which Fall Classic MVP Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – drew 13.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Overall Totals and Trends The full seven-game World Series recorded 15.71 million audience members on the Fox network, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This marks the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership increases for two consecutive seasons. Including the Game 1 broadcast on the Univision network, the complete American average reached 16.1M. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09M viewers, an eight percent rise over the previous year and Fox’s strongest postseason ratings since 2017. MLB stated that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 different languages.