🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Game 7 Captures Over 50 Million Viewers Across the US, Canadian and Japanese Markets. The exciting extra-inning matchup where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run averaged a total over 50 million watchers in the US, Canadian, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball stated this is the highest-rated Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 contest between the Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Ratings Details The Saturday memorable game averaged over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the week. It also stands as the most-watched Fall Classic game after the 2017 Game 7 involving the Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07M. This marks a sixteen percent improvement compared to the last Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19M. In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed fourth, Game 4 was seventh, the fifth game came in eighth, and Game 3 landed in 13th position. International Viewership Figures In the Canadian market, the game drew over 11 million viewers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English-language program in the country after the 2010 Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the deciding game began at 9 p.m. local time, it averaged 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Friday’s Game 6 – in which Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a single run in six frames – averaged 13.1M spectators, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country. Series Averages and Trends The full seven-game World Series drew over 15.7 million audience members on Fox, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This marks the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership growth for two straight seasons. Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the total US average reached over 16 million. The overall World Series average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels averaged 8.09 million watchers, an 8% increase compared to last year and the network’s strongest postseason ratings after the 2017 season. Major League Baseball stated that the World Series was broadcast in 203 countries and territories by forty-four broadcasting partners in sixteen various tongues.