🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Final Game Captures Over 50 Million Audience Members In the US, Canada and Japanese Markets. The thrilling 11-inning clash that saw the Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a aggregate over 50 million watchers across the US, Canadian, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball announced this represents the highest-rated Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Braves. Broadcast Ratings Breakdown The Saturday epic contest averaged over 27 million viewers on Fox networks, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the week. It additionally stands as the top-rated Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 Game 7 between the Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the previous finale featuring the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M. In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed fourth, the fourth game ranked 7th, Game 5 was eighth, and the third game landed in thirteenth place. Global Audience Figures In the Canadian market, the climactic game averaged 11.6 million viewers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English program in Canada since the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the deciding contest started at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12 million. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – where Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up 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 Averages and Trends The entire seven-game series recorded 15.71M viewers on the Fox network, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership growth for two straight seasons. Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete American average was 16.1M. The overall World Series average in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market. The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels recorded 8.09M watchers, an 8% rise compared to last year and the network’s best playoff ratings since 2017. MLB stated that the World Series was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 media partners in 16 various languages.