🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Attracts Over 50 Million Viewers In the United States, Canadian and Japanese Regions. The exciting extra-inning contest where the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a aggregate 51M spectators in the US, Canadian, and Japan markets. MLB announced this is the most-watched Fall Classic finale after the 1991 edition contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Ratings Breakdown Last Saturday’s epic game averaged over 27 million viewers on Fox networks, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week. It additionally stands as the most-watched Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 final game involving the Dodgers and Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a 16% increase over the last Game 7 between the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million. In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 ranked fourth, Game 4 ranked 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and Game 3 finished in 13th place. International Viewership Numbers In the Canadian market, the climactic game recorded over 11 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This was the highest-rated English-language program in Canada since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the final game started at 9 PM local time, it averaged 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – drew 13.1M spectators, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Overall Averages and Trends The entire seven-game series recorded over 15.7 million audience members on the Fox network, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership growth for two straight seasons. Including the Game 1 broadcast on Univision, the total American average was over 16 million. The total World Series average in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada. The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels averaged 8.09M watchers, an eight percent increase compared to last year and Fox’s strongest postseason ratings after 2017. Major League Baseball stated that the World Series was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen various languages.