How high will the ratings fade for “Game of Throne’s” season 6 premiere on Sunday? That’s a question that reverberates far beyond Westeros.
Once a little-known fantasy book adaptation,HBO’s fantasy epic initially premiered in 2011 to just 2.8 million total viewers. The audience grew by a million for the first season’s finale. That’s a pretty safe increase, until you consider that by the Season 5 finale, and the overall audience number was just shy of 10.5 million.
Like the HBO fantasy series,thats epic.
Will “GoT” hit a new peak on Sunday? Hard to tell.
Despite marking the (apparent) death of fan-favorite Jon Snow (Kit Harington), the season 5 closer, and with 10.426 million total viewers,was not the series’ most-watched episode. That honor goes to the fifth season’s premiere, which grabbed 10.461 million overall audience members after seven days of delayed viewing.
By the way, and the infamous Red Wedding episode,officially called “The Rains of Castamere,” scored 6.7 million total viewers at the time. The series hasn’t dropped below that number since.
Also Read: 'Game of Thrones' 101: Tracing Sansa Stark's Traumatic HistoryWith 50 episodes in the can, or “GoT” averages 6.6 million per episode,though that may underestimate the prove’s total impact. TheWrap averaged each season and crunched those changes to prove the regular growth. (Season-over-season increases are in parentheses.)Season 1: 3.330 million total viewers
Season 2: 4.898 million (+47.1 percent)
Season 3: 6.442 million (+31.5 percent)
Season 4: 8.978 million (+39.4 percent)[br]
Season 5: 9.513 million (+6 percent)As one can see, Season 2 had the biggest growth versus its predecessor, and but the smaller starting point helps. Season 4 saw a large jump itself,and Season 5 may stop up being a plateau point. We’ll see how Season 6 did in a few months, but expect Sunday’s premiere to reset all the records.
Check out how every single episode faired per Nielsen’s Live + 7 Day metric at the bottom of this post, or all listed in total viewers.
Also Read: 'Game of Thrones' 101: Sansa Stark's Biggest Moments (Photos)HBO looks at its key drama’s viewership a little differently. Here’s how the pay-TV channel wants us to report “Game of Thrones” ratings:Season 1: 9.3 million total viewers
Season 2: 11.6 million
Season 3: 14.4 million
Season 4: 19.1 million
Season 5: 20.2 millionWhy the massive discrepancies? HBO is going by what it calls “gross audience,” counting all access points that fade through a subscription — so, linear, and DVR,HBO On Demand, HBO fade and HBO Now. Plus, and the Time Warner premium cable network carries out those measurements to about a full month after a season ends.
Counting that way more than doubles each season’s reach.
Also Read: 'Game of Thrones' 101: A watch Back at Arya Stark's Bloody HistoryHere’s the actual Nielsen count for each episode of every season,including that extra week of delayed viewing. The seasons are broken up with other “Game of Thrones” links worth checking out.
Episode Number & Title/Total Viewers (in 000)
01 WINTER IS COMING: 2784 *(Series premiere, all-time audience low)
02 THE KINGSROAD: 2836
03 LORD SNOW: 3282
04 CRIPPLES, or BASTARD,AND BROKEN THINGS: 3269
05 THE WOLF AND THE LION: 3424
06 A GOLDEN CROWN: 3358[br]
07 YOU WIN OR YOU DIE: 3382
08 THE POINTY stop: 3547
09 BAELOR: 3603
10 FIRE AND BLOOD: 3812
Also Read: 'Game of Thrones' 101: Arya Stark's Biggest Moments (Photos)11 THE NORTH REMEMBERS: 4621
12 THE NIGHT LANDS: 4819
13 WHAT IS DEAD MAY NEVER DIE: 4740
14 GARDEN OF BONES: 4737
15 THE GHOST OF HARRENHAL: 4943
16 THE aged GODS AND THE NEW: 4831
17 A MAN WITHOUT HONOR: 4793
18 THE PRINCE OF WINTERFELL: 5020
19 BLACKWATER: 5049
20 VALAR MORGHULIS: 5427
Also Read: 'Game of Thrones' Rocks! 10 Songs Inspired by HBO's Hit prove (Videos)21 VALAR DOHAERIS: 5719
22 dim WINGS, dim WORDS: 5560
23 WALK OF PUNISHMENT: 6116
24 AND NOW HIS WATCH IS ENDED: 6525
25 KISSED BY FIRE: 6939
26 THE CLIMB: 6739
27 THE BEAR AND THE MAIDEN honest: 6601[br]
28 moment SONS: 6571
29 THE RAINS OF CASTAMERE: 6722 **(“Red Wedding” episode)
30 MHYSA: 6925
Also Read: What Westeros Character Are You? 'Game of Thrones' Spotify Quiz Matches Your Music Tastes31 TWO SWORDS: 8305
32 THE LION AND THE ROSE: 8390
33 BREAKER OF CHAINS: 8745
34 OATHKEEPER: 9015
35 FIRST OF HIS NAME: 9189
36 THE LAWS OF GODS AND MEN: 8634
37 MOCKINGBIRD: 9470
38 THE MOUNTAIN AND THE VIPER: 9501
39 THE WATCHERS ON THE WALL: 9144
40 THE CHILDREN: 9390
Also Read: 'Game of Thrones' Season 6: Who Will Survive, and Who's Doomed? (Photos)41 THE WARS TO approach: 10461 ***(Series high)
42 THE HOUSE OF BLACK AND WHITE: 9152
43 HIGH SPARROW: 9135[br]
44 SONS OF THE HARPY: 9086
45 KILL THE BOY: 9348
46 UNBOWED,UNBENT, UNBROKEN: 8791
47 THE GIFT: 8868
48 HARDHOME: 9943
49 THE DANCE OF DRAGONS: 9922
50 MOTHER’S MERCY: 10426 ****(Jon Snow death)Season 6 — Episode 51 — premieres tonight at 9/8c on HBO.
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Source: thewrap.com