🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Game 7 Attracts 51 Million Audience Members In the United States, Canadian and Japan Markets. The thrilling 11-inning clash that saw the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run drew a combined 51 million spectators in the United States, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball reported this represents the highest-rated Fall Classic finale after the 1991 contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Viewership Details Last Saturday’s epic contest drew over 27 million audience members on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week. It also stands as the most-watched Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement compared to the previous Game 7 featuring the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers. In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed fourth, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 was eighth, and the third game finished in 13th place. Global Audience Numbers In the Canadian market, the game averaged 11.6M watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language broadcast in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final contest started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it averaged 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – where World Series MVP Yamamoto gave up one run in six innings – drew 13.1M viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a single network in the country. Overall Averages and Trends The entire seven-match series drew 15.71 million viewers on Fox, a two percent increase from the previous year’s Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience growth for two straight years. Counting the opening game telecast on the Univision network, the total American viewership was 16.1M. The overall Fall Classic viewership in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada. The full MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09 million watchers, an 8% increase over last year and Fox’s strongest postseason performance since 2017. Major League Baseball reported that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in sixteen different languages.