Nielsen: Home of the Dragon Seen for 1 Billion Minutes With Finale

HBO’s “Home of the Dragon” closed its debut season on excessive observe. In the course of the October 17-23 viewing window, the collection scored 1.01 billion minutes considered on Nielsen’s Streaming High 10 chart following the discharge of the season finale which aired on Oct. 23.

As a result of “Home of the Dragon” airs on Sundays, solely the finale’s first few hours of availability have been included on this week’s figures. The collection is more likely to stay on the chart for one more week as Nielsen continues to account for next-day streams.

Its foremost competitors, Amazon Prime Video’s “The Rings of Energy,” appears to be missing in endurance. One week after Nielsen measured debut of its eighth and ultimate episode, the “Lord of the Rings” prequel collection has dropped off of the general chart, as an alternative taking fifth place when in comparison with streaming originals alone. This means that Nielsen’s measurements of the collection all through its run have been typically consultant of its core viewers. In different phrases, the quantity of people that waited till all episodes have been obtainable to start binging “The Rings of Energy” was not a big fraction.

As a result of the reveals have totally different airing schedules and are in numerous codecs, these comparisons aren’t precisely apples to apples. “Home of the Dragon” had the advantage of a brand new episode bumping its viewership throughout this era, however is deprived in comparison with “The Rings of Energy” as a result of an estimated one-third of its viewers tuned in on HBO’s cable channel relatively than streaming on HBO Max — making its efficiency this week particularly spectacular. Whether or not or not “Home of the Dragon” stays on the chart previous the discharge of its finale will probably be a extra definitive marker of its cultural affect in comparison with “The Rings of Energy.

Nielsen launched extra knowledge on each reveals final week, giving some additional perception into the viewers contributing to the viewership on the 2 dramas. In response to their evaluation, not less than 35% of “HOTD” viewers have been aged 18-34 whereas 42% of “LOTR:TROP” viewers have been aged over 50. Additionally, 40% of “HOTD” viewers additionally watched “LOTR:TROP” and 35% of “LOTR:TROP” viewers additionally watched “HOTD.”

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