🔗 Share this article World Series Final Game Draws 51 Million Audience Members In the US, Canadian and Japanese Regions. The exciting 11-inning contest that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays 5-4 drew a combined 51 million spectators across the United States, Canada, and Japanese territories. MLB stated this is the highest-rated World Series finale since the 1991 edition contest between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Television Viewership Breakdown The Saturday memorable contest averaged 27.33 million viewers on Fox networks, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s digital services. According to ratings data, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week. It also stands as the top-rated Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 final game involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a 16% improvement over the previous finale featuring the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked 4th, Game 4 ranked 7th, Game 5 was eighth, and the third game finished in 13th place. International Viewership Figures In Canada, the game averaged 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the most-watched English-language program in Canada after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final contest began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million viewers. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – drew 13.1M viewers, making it the most-watched World Series matchup on a single network in Japan. Series Totals and Patterns The entire seven-game series recorded 15.71 million viewers on the Fox network, a 2% rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This marks the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two straight seasons. Counting the opening game broadcast on Univision, the total American average was 16.1M. The overall World Series viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada. The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged 8.09 million viewers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and the network’s strongest playoff ratings since the 2017 season. Major League Baseball reported that the World Series was televised in 203 countries and territories by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 various languages.