🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Final Game Attracts 51M Audience Members In the US, Canadian and Japan Regions. The thrilling extra-inning contest that saw the Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run attracted a total 51 million viewers across the United States, Canadian, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball stated this is the highest-rated World Series finale since the 1991 showdown between the Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Ratings Breakdown The Saturday memorable game drew 27.33 million viewers on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week. It additionally is the top-rated Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 Game 7 between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This marks a 16% increase over the previous finale between the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million. In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game ranked fourth, Game 4 was 7th, Game 5 was eighth, and Game 3 finished in thirteenth place. Global Audience Figures In the Canadian market, the climactic game drew 11.6M viewers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This made it the highest-rated English program in the country since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final contest started at 9 PM local time, it attracted 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up one run in six innings – drew 13.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Overall Totals and Patterns The entire seven-match World Series recorded 15.71 million viewers 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 World Series has seen audience increases for two straight years. Counting the opening game telecast on Univision, the complete American average reached over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada. The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged over 8 million viewers, an eight percent rise compared to the previous year and Fox’s best playoff ratings after 2017. MLB reported that the World Series was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen different tongues.