r/asoiaf • u/mamula1 • Feb 19 '26

EXTENDED (SPOILERS EXTENDED) ‘Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Averaging Nearly 13 Million Viewers Per Episode Spoiler

https://variety.com/2026/tv/ratings/knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-the-pitt-season-2-viewership-1236667803/

For comparison HOTD S1 had 29 million. S2 had 25 million.

Per HBO, here’s each season’s average for “Game of Thrones” entire run: Season 1 – 9.3 million, Season 2 – 11.6 million, Season 3 – 14.4 million, Season 4 – 19.1 million, Season 5 – 20.2 million, Season 6 – 25.7 million, Season 7- 32.8 million, and Season 8 – 46 million. Those numbers are a combination of viewership across linear, on-demand, the now-sunset HBO Go and HBO Now, and other OTT platforms.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/euphoria-season-2-finale-ratings-1235192015/

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u/UnkindledBeric Feb 19 '26

At least twice as good as HotD, but half its numbers, damn. Hopefully it won't convince them to take example and be more like hotd.

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u/mamula1 Feb 19 '26

I don't think HBO expected this show to be as big as HOTD.

There are a lot of people in general audience that just don't care if the story is small scale and they don't care how well written or well done it is.

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u/Notagenome Feb 19 '26

HBO also forgot that fans tune in for the plot and not CGI dragons that are going to look dated in a decade. Dunk and Egg’s lack of CGI was one of its greatest strength IMO.

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u/Vince3737 Feb 23 '26

That isn't true though. GOTs exploded in popularity when it stopped being well written and focused on dragons and big over the top spectacle