Earlier this week, Variety reported on the early viewership numbers for “The Last of Us,” revealing that the series premiere failed to crack into that week’s Top 10 streaming ranks, with 223 million minutes streamed. It’s quite a surprise because, as mentioned previously, everyone seems to be watching the HBO series. So, if that’s the case, how was it not one of the ten most-streamed shows? Nielsen’s weekly rankings run from Monday to Sunday. Meaning shows like “The Last of Us,” which premieres new episodes on Sunday night, only have a few hours to push for the Top 10, while shows that air earlier in the week have an entire week’s worth of time. However, it’s not all bad for “The Last of Us,” as its viewership was only 100 million minutes behind fellow HBO series “House of the Dragon,” which had the “Game of Thrones” hype behind it.
Even if “The Last of Us” is having difficulties breaking into Nielsen’s Top 10, HBO very much has another hit on its hands, with viewership massively increasing week after week. Forbes reported on the show’s weekly viewership, showing that Episode 1 had 4.7 million viewers, Episode 2 had 5.7, Episode 3 had 6.4, and Episode 4 reached 7.5 million viewers. This level of growth between each episode is nothing like HBO has previously experienced, even with “Game of Thrones,” so “The Last of Us” has already set a new precedent. Episode 5 will look to continue the trend, moving its release date to Friday to avoid competing with the Super Bowl.
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