HOUSE OF THE DRAGON concluded its first season with 9.3 million viewers Sunday night time throughout all platforms, based mostly on a mix of Nielsen and first get together knowledge, regardless of heavy hitting competitors from Sunday Night Football and the ultimate sport of the Major League Baseball ALCS between the NY Yankees and Houston Astros. That marks the largest finale night time for an HBO collection because the conclusion of GAME OF THRONES in May 2019.
“We’re so thrilled to see House of the Dragon catch fire with Game of Thrones fans around the world, as well as new viewers who are discovering the world of Westeros for the first time,” mentioned Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max. “Congrats to George, Ryan, Miguel and the whole House of the Dragon team on an incredible first season.”
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON debuted on Sunday, August 21, to the most important viewers for any new unique collection within the historical past of HBO and the perfect collection launch on HBO Max throughout the U.S., Latin America, and Europe. All episodes of the collection at the moment are averaging 29 million viewers within the U.S., greater than tripling their common debut night time viewers with robust catch-up viewing.
For comparability, that is monitoring carefully behind the typical viewers for Season 7 of GAME OF THRONES, which averaged 32.8M viewers per episode within the U.S.
Additionally, followers have flocked to social media to precise their fandom, with HOUSE OF THE DRAGON rating because the #1 most social collection throughout all TV and streaming since premiere, based mostly on Talkwater’s whole interactions rankings. The collection trended #1 on Twitter for 10 consecutive hours within the U.S. Sunday night time, and world social dialog quantity was up greater than 30% vs. the collection premiere in August.
GAME OF THRONES additionally continued to see elevated viewership as new episodes of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON debuted. The collection noticed month over month good points in viewership this summer time main as much as the premiere of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, culminating in its all-time highest weekly viewers on HBO Max following the HOUSE OF THE DRAGON premiere.
Outside of the U.S., HOUSE OF THE DRAGON has surpassed GAME OF THRONES Season 8, making it essentially the most considered HBO title ever in Latin America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan on an HBO streaming service. (The collection streams on HBO Max in 39 international locations in Latin America, 21 international locations throughout Europe and on HBO GO in SEA, HK and TW.)
The full first season of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON is now accessible to stream on HBO Max. For extra info on the collection, see right here.
Fans also can hearken to THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THRONES PODCAST: HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, the go-to audio vacation spot to offer in-depth evaluation and unique interviews unpacking every episode with hosts Jason Concepcion (X-RAY VISION) and Greta Johnsen (NERDETTE). Following the HOUSE OF THE DRAGON finale, Jason and Greta will proceed to discover all points of the GAME OF THRONES fandom.
Additionally, HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: DRACARYS, the augmented actuality app that launched over the summer time, is now accessible in 99 international locations. The app responded in actual time to plot factors all through the primary season, with new dragons from the collection making particular appearances. The ultimate dragon of the season will make an look this week. Although the season has ended, the expertise has not. Users can proceed their journey to coach and develop their dragons as they await season two.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Credits:
Co-Creator/Executive Producer, George R.R. Martin; Co-Creator/Co-Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer, Ryan Condal; Co-Showrunner/Executive Producer/Director, Miguel Sapochnik; Executive Producers Sara Hess, Jocelyn Diaz, Vince Gerardis, Ron Schmidt. Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood.”
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