🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Draws 51 Million Viewers Across the US, Canada and Japanese Regions. The thrilling 11-inning contest where the Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays 5-4 attracted a aggregate 51 million watchers in the US, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball announced this is the highest-rated World Series finale after the 1991 edition showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Ratings Details Last Saturday’s memorable contest drew 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and Fox’s digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the week. It also stands as the top-rated Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 final game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a 16% improvement compared to the last Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million. In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed fourth, the fourth game ranked 7th, the fifth game was 8th, and Game 3 landed in 13th position. Global Viewership Figures In Canada, the climactic game recorded over 11 million watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English broadcast in the country since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final contest began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it averaged 12M. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up a single run in six innings – drew over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a single network in the country. Series Totals and Trends The entire seven-game World Series averaged over 15.7 million audience members on the Fox network, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two straight years. Counting the Game 1 broadcast on Univision, the complete American viewership was over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market. The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million viewers, an 8% increase compared to the previous year and Fox’s best playoff ratings since the 2017 season. MLB reported that the World Series was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in sixteen different languages.