{"id":23373,"date":"2023-01-23T22:27:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-last-of-us-sets-new-hbo-record-for-largest-week-two-audience-growth\/"},"modified":"2023-01-23T22:27:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:27:25","slug":"the-last-of-us-sets-new-hbo-record-for-largest-week-two-audience-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-last-of-us-sets-new-hbo-record-for-largest-week-two-audience-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last of Us sets new HBO record for &#8220;largest week two audience growth&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nFollowing HBO&#8217;s announcement last week that The Last of Us was its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-last-of-us-was-hbos-second-most-watched-premiere-in-a-decade\">second most-watched<\/a> premiere in over a decade, the broadcaster has revealed that Episode 2 secured the largest week-two audience growth for an HBO Original drama series in its history.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs reported <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/news\/the-last-of-us-episode-2-ratings-viewers-1235499252\/\">by Variety<\/a>, a combination of official figures and data gathered by Nielsen points to a viewership of 5.7 million on HBO and HBO Max for The Last of Us&#8217; second episode, which marks a 22% increase on the premiere&#8217;s 4.7m viewers. That number, obviously, does not factor in audience figures outside the US.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHBO has previously said Sunday night viewership for one of its shows typically represents 20-40% of an episode&#8217;s gross audience, meaning its latest Episode 2 figures are likely to grow substantially. Episode 1, for instance, has now nearly quadrupled its initial audience, securing over 18m views in the space of a week.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-last-of-us-sets-new-hbo-record-for-largest-week-two-audience-growth\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following HBO&#8217;s announcement last week that The Last of Us was its second most-watched premiere in over a decade, the broadcaster has revealed that Episode 2 secured the largest week-two audience growth for an HBO Original drama series in its history. 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