World Series Game 7 Captures Over 50 Million Viewers In the United States, Canadian and Japan Regions.

The thrilling extended contest that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run averaged a combined 51M spectators in the US, Canadian, and Japanese territories. MLB announced this is the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 showdown featuring the Twins and Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Breakdown

The Saturday memorable game secured 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports networks, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the previous week.

It also stands as the most-watched Fall Classic game after the 2017 Game 7 between the Dodgers and Astros, which drew 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the last finale featuring the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19M.

In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed fourth, Game 4 was seventh, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game landed in 13th place.

International Audience Numbers

In the Canadian market, the game recorded 11.6M watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English broadcast in Canada since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the final contest started at 9 p.m. local time, it attracted 12 million viewers. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series MVP Yamamoto allowed a single run in six frames – recorded over 13 million viewers, making it the most-watched World Series game on a single network in Japan.

Overall Totals and Trends

The entire seven-game series drew 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a two percent increase from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has recorded audience increases for two consecutive years.

Including the opening game broadcast on Univision, the complete US viewership was 16.1 million. The overall Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market.

The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million viewers, an eight percent rise over the previous year and the network’s strongest playoff ratings after the 2017 season.

MLB reported that the World Series was televised in over 200 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in 16 various tongues.