🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Attracts Over 50 Million Audience Members Across the United States, Canada and Japanese Markets. The thrilling extra-inning matchup where the Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run drew a total over 50 million spectators across the United States, Canada, and Japanese markets. MLB reported this represents the most-watched World Series finale after the 1991 showdown featuring the Twins and Braves. Television Ratings Breakdown Last Saturday’s epic game averaged 27.33M audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the week. It additionally is the top-rated World Series game after the 2017 Game 7 involving the Dodgers and Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This represents a 16% increase over the last finale between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers. In the weekly rankings, the sixth game ranked 4th, Game 4 ranked seventh, Game 5 came in 8th, and Game 3 finished in 13th place. Global Audience Figures In the Canadian market, the game drew 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports. This made it the highest-rated English-language program in the country after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 PM local time, it drew 12 million viewers. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – recorded over 13 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in Japan. Series Averages and Trends The entire seven-match World Series recorded over 15.7 million audience members on Fox, a 2% rise from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the initial instance after 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen viewership growth for two straight seasons. Counting the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the total American average was over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7M and 8.1M in the Canadian market. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew over 8 million watchers, an eight percent increase over last year and Fox’s strongest playoff ratings since 2017. Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 countries and territories by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 different languages.