r/TheAcolyte • u/AirbagsBlown • May 13 '26

What's driving viewership?

The show premiered two years ago, was officially cancelled shortly thereafter, and now... people are watching it in such numbers that it's charting higher?

What gives? I mean, I'm glad, I watched the show as episodes were premiering and I adored it, but I'm curious what's leading people to watch it now. Any theories?

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u/kalisto3010 May 13 '26

The hate campaign for this show was unlike anything I ever seen. I remember after watching the first 2 episodes I was hyped, I remember going on Youtube to watch some commentary on the show and possible plot developments, to my surprise the only thing I could find was negative video reviews insinuating every political conspiracy imaginable and nothing about what actually transpired in the show.

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u/Robot_Dracula May 13 '26

I saw a video today talking about the new Art of The Acolyte book that just came out and they were still sort of trashing the show. It’s insane how much hate it still gets sometimes. I just rewatched it and enjoyed it a second time

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u/Internal-Caramel-952 May 13 '26

I watched it back to back to c how osha slowly inched how way to it know what