‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 finale hits 21 million viewers in 3 days

“House of the Dragon” concluded its third season on HBO on Sunday night, with the finale reaching 21 million viewers in its first three days of availability. More than 11 million of those viewers were in the U.S.

That total comes from a combination of Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on the HBO cable channel plus Warner Bros. Discovery’s own tally of streams on HBO Max. It represents a mostly steady trajectory for the season, with a slight decrease of 2% from the Season 3 premiere’s 21.5 million viewers. (WBD did not disclose viewership totals for Episodes 2-7, nor did it provide a three-day total for the Season 2 finale in 2024; though it should be noted that the Season 3 premiere nearly matched the Season 2 premiere’s audience, with a decrease of 2%.)

Overall, this season of the “Game of Thrones” sequel series is averaging 34 million viewers per episode thus far, nearly matching Season 2’s 35 million-viewer average. According to HBO, this puts it among the HBO Max’s top three most-watched returning seasons ever.

Sunday also marked the seventh and final episode of “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness.” The sketch series, created by and starring Larry David, is averaging approximately 4 million viewers per episode in the U.S. That makes it the second-most-watched HBO comedy launch in the history of HBO Max, behind “Rooster” starring Steve Carell. The latter title premiered earlier this year as HBO’s most-watched comedy in 15 years, behind only “Hung” (2009) and “Sex and the City” (1998).

-Variety