It's not the 25 million viewers (global) that Amazon Prime reported, but with 12.6 million viewers in the U.S. "The Rings of Power" still beats "The House of Dragons" that had 10.6 million viewers via HBO Max in the U.S. in the week of August 29-September 4, 2022.
How will reviewers on internet who claimed that Nielsen ratings is the only reliable independent source and expected it to confirm there low - negative - ratings for "The Rings of Power", now spin these numbers to still favour their preferred show "The House of Dragons"?
... Nielsen Streaming Top 10: ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Face Off for the First Time:
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon” and Amazon Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings” expansion “The Rings of Power” both appeared on Nielsen’s streaming rankings for the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4, with “The Rings of Power” coming out on top — taking the No. 1 position with 1.3 billion minutes viewed. “House of the Dragon” was behind it, ranking as No. 5 and being watched for 781 million minutes, 61% less than its rival. (Note: Nielsen measures only U.S. viewing on television screens, excluding other countries and devices.)
In the first head-to-head showdown for two big-budget fantasy series on Nielsen’s weekly streaming chart, Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power got the edge over HBO Max’s House of the Dragon.
For the week of August 29-September 4, the first two episodes of LOTR rang up 1.253 billion minutes of streaming, compared with 781 million for Dragon, which finished fifth for the week.
Factoring in some other Nielsen figures, the fantasy battle is closer than the raw weekly streaming numbers would suggest. In its first four days of availability (August 21 to 24), Nielsen estimates that House of the Dragon reached a total audience of 10.6 million viewers via HBO Max in the U.S. In its first four days of streaming, by comparison, Rings was seen by 12.6 million viewers in the U.S. The Dragon number climbs to 14.5 million when including HBO’s main linear channel, though on-demand viewing or showings across the multiplex (HBO2, HBO Latino, etc.) are not counted in that number.
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Reply by Kurtzmansucks
on September 30, 2022 at 11:22 PM
How do they look now that both series are half in how is the drop off rate on both of these shows?
Reply by Nexus71
on November 7, 2022 at 2:01 AM
The 25 million is based on what Amazon says plus the Nielsen rating do not include those who watch HOTD on regular TV and not on streaming. Also RoP is not the nr 1 show for streaming that is Dahmer by Netflix last I checked it was number 3
Reply by Kurtzmansucks
on December 19, 2022 at 1:02 AM
Well after the smoke cleared House of the Dragon absolutely trounced Rings of Power on Nielsons rathings
Reply by Nexus71
on May 31, 2023 at 4:27 AM
only 37% of the viewers watched the season on to the final episode