List of Game of Thrones episodes

Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. The series is based on George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire. The series takes place on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, and chronicles the power struggles among noble families as they fight for control of the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms. The series starts when House Stark, led by Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark (Sean Bean), is drawn into schemes surrounding King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy).[1]

The series premiered on April 17, 2011, on HBO. David Benioff and D. B. Weiss both serve as executive producers, along with Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield, and George R. R. Martin.[2][3] Filming for the series has taken place in a number of locations, including Croatia, Ireland, Iceland, and Spain.[4][5][6] Episodes were broadcast on Sunday at 9:00 pm Eastern Time,[7][8] and the episodes are between 50 and 82 minutes in length.[9] All eight seasons are available on DVD and Blu-ray.

The series concluded with its eighth season, which premiered on April 14, 2019, and consisted of six episodes.[10][11][12] The show's episodes have won numerous awards including four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series.[3] During the course of the series, 73 episodes of Game of Thrones aired over eight seasons, between April 17, 2011, and May 19, 2019.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired		Avg. U.S. viewers (millions)
				First aired	Last aired
	1	10		April 17, 2011 (2011-04-17)	June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19)	2.52[13]
	2	10		April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)	June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03)	3.80[13]
	3	10		March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31)	June 9, 2013 (2013-06-09)	4.97[14]
	4	10		April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)	June 15, 2014 (2014-06-15)	6.84[15]
	5	10		April 12, 2015 (2015-04-12)	June 14, 2015 (2015-06-14)	6.88[16]
	6	10		April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24)	June 26, 2016 (2016-06-26)	7.69[17]
	7	7		July 16, 2017 (2017-07-16)	August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)	10.26[18]
	8	6		April 14, 2019 (2019-04-14)	May 19, 2019 (2019-05-19)	11.99[19]

Episodes

Season 1 (2011)

Main article: Game of Thrones (season 1)

In the continent of Westeros, Warden of the North Eddard "Ned" Stark becomes "Hand of the King" (chief adviser) to King Robert Baratheon. When Ned's son Bran stumbles upon Queen Cersei having sex with her twin brother Jaime Lannister, Jaime attempts to kill Bran but only succeeds in crippling him. Ned moves to King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, and discovers that Robert Baratheon's heir Prince Joffrey and his siblings were in fact incestuously fathered by Jaime. When King Robert dies, Ned does not recognize Joffrey as the rightful heir and is executed. Ned's bastard son Jon Snow joins the Night's Watch, an ancient brotherhood sworn to watch over the massive Wall in the North, which separates the Seven Kingdoms from hostile tribes known as "Wildlings" and mythological humanoid creatures known as "White Walkers". In the continent of Essos, the exiled Viserys Targaryen, son of King Aerys who was deposed by King Robert, marries off his sister Daenerys to the Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo, in exchange for an army to return to and take over Westeros. Eventually Drogo kills Viserys and Drogo later dies himself. After Drogo dies, Daenerys manages to hatch three dragons.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [20]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Winter Is Coming"	Tim Van Patten	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 17, 2011 (2011-04-17)	2.22[21]
2	2	"The Kingsroad"	Tim Van Patten	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 24, 2011 (2011-04-24)	2.20[22]
3	3	"Lord Snow"	Brian Kirk	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01)	2.44[23]
4	4	"Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things"	Brian Kirk	Bryan Cogman	May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08)	2.45[24]
5	5	"The Wolf and the Lion"	Brian Kirk	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)	2.58[25]
6	6	"A Golden Crown"	Daniel Minahan	Story by : David Benioff & D. B. Weiss Teleplay by : Jane Espenson and David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 22, 2011 (2011-05-22)	2.44[26]
7	7	"You Win or You Die"	Daniel Minahan	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 29, 2011 (2011-05-29)	2.40[27]
8	8	"The Pointy End"	Daniel Minahan	George R. R. Martin	June 5, 2011 (2011-06-05)	2.72[28]
9	9	"Baelor"	Alan Taylor	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12)	2.66[29]
10	10	"Fire and Blood"	Alan Taylor	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19)	3.04[30]

Season 2 (2012)

Main article: Game of Thrones (season 2)

Ned's oldest son Robb has declared war on the Lannisters and holds Jaime prisoner. However, his mother Catelyn secretly frees Jaime to ransom her daughters, Sansa and Arya, believed to be captives in King's Landing. Sansa is being regularly abused by her betrothed King Joffrey, while a disguised Arya escapes Lannister forces in Harrenhal. Ned's ward, Theon Greyjoy sides with his father and seizes Winterfell, the Starks' ancestral home, though Bran and his brother Rickon escape. Meanwhile, Stannis and Renly Baratheon, brothers of the deceased King Robert, claim the throne for themselves. Stannis has the support of Melisandre, a Red Priestess of the Lord of Light. Stannis kills Renly and attacks King's Landing, whose defense is successfully led by Tyrion Lannister, the acting Hand of the King and Queen Cersei's younger brother. On a foray beyond the Wall, Jon Snow manages to gain the trust of Wildlings, while other members of the Watch come under attack by an army of White Walkers and their reanimated corpses. In Essos, Daenerys and her khalasar find refuge in Qarth. After foiling an attempt to steal her dragons, Daenerys leaves the city.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [20]	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"The North Remembers"	Alan Taylor	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)	3.86[31]
12	2	"The Night Lands"	Alan Taylor	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 8, 2012 (2012-04-08)	3.76[32]
13	3	"What Is Dead May Never Die"	Alik Sakharov	Bryan Cogman	April 15, 2012 (2012-04-15)	3.77[33]
14	4	"Garden of Bones"	David Petrarca	Vanessa Taylor	April 22, 2012 (2012-04-22)	3.65[34]
15	5	"The Ghost of Harrenhal"	David Petrarca	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 29, 2012 (2012-04-29)	3.90[35]
16	6	"The Old Gods and the New"	David Nutter	Vanessa Taylor	May 6, 2012 (2012-05-06)	3.88[36]
17	7	"A Man Without Honor"	David Nutter	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)	3.69[37]
18	8	"The Prince of Winterfell"	Alan Taylor	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20)	3.86[38]
19	9	"Blackwater"	Neil Marshall	George R. R. Martin	May 27, 2012 (2012-05-27)	3.38[39]
20	10	"Valar Morghulis"	Alan Taylor	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03)	4.20[40]

Season 3 (2013)

Main article: Game of Thrones (season 3)

After Robb breaks his vow to marry one of Lord Walder Frey's daughters, Frey arranges the massacre of Robb, his mother, his wife, his unborn child and his bannermen, during a wedding feast. The northern House Bolton, which had liberated Winterfell from Theon at Robb's request, also betrays the Starks. After Robb's death, Lord Roose Bolton is appointed the new Warden of the North by Lord Tywin Lannister, the head of House Lannister and new Hand of the King. In Dreadfort, the Boltons' ancestral castle, Theon is tortured by Roose Bolton's bastard son Ramsay Snow. Further north, Jon Snow climbs the Wall with a Wildling party and ends up on its south side, but then betrays them. In the capital, King Joffrey has decided to marry Margaery of House Tyrell, setting Sansa aside. Lord Tywin, however, arranges Sansa's marriage with his son Tyrion. Jaime reaches King's Landing, having had his dominant hand cut off. In Essos, Daenerys acquires "The Unsullied", an army of eunuch slave soldiers. She also joins forces with the "Second Sons", a company of mercenaries, and takes over two cities.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [20]	U.S. viewers (millions)
21	1	"Valar Dohaeris"	Daniel Minahan	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31)	4.37[41]
22	2	"Dark Wings, Dark Words"	Daniel Minahan	Vanessa Taylor	April 7, 2013 (2013-04-07)	4.27[42]
23	3	"Walk of Punishment"	David Benioff	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)	4.72[43]
24	4	"And Now His Watch Is Ended"	Alex Graves	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 21, 2013 (2013-04-21)	4.87[44]
25	5	"Kissed by Fire"	Alex Graves	Bryan Cogman	April 28, 2013 (2013-04-28)	5.35[45]
26	6	"The Climb"	Alik Sakharov	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 5, 2013 (2013-05-05)	5.50[46]
27	7	"The Bear and the Maiden Fair"	Michelle MacLaren	George R. R. Martin	May 12, 2013 (2013-05-12)	4.84[47]
28	8	"Second Sons"	Michelle MacLaren	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 19, 2013 (2013-05-19)	5.13[48]
29	9	"The Rains of Castamere"	David Nutter	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 2, 2013 (2013-06-02)	5.22[49]
30	10	"Mhysa"	David Nutter	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 9, 2013 (2013-06-09)	5.39[50]

Season 4 (2014)

Main article: Game of Thrones (season 4)

In King's Landing, Lady Olenna secretly poisons King Joffrey at his wedding with her granddaughter Margaery, but Tyrion is falsely accused of the murder by his family, and is found guilty. However, Jaime and Varys conspire to smuggle Tyrion to Essos. Tyrion kills his father Tywin before leaving. Petyr Baelish smuggles Sansa into the Vale, ruled by her aunt and his lover, the widowed Lysa Arryn. Baelish marries Lysa but later kills her. After attempting to reunite with her family, Arya takes a ship bound for Braavos, in Essos. Having returned to the Night's Watch, Jon Snow defends Castle Black against an army of Wildlings, who are superior in strength. The Watch is rescued by the arrival of Stannis Baratheon and his forces. A crippled Bran with newfound powers travels north beyond the Wall with a few companions. Beneath a weirwood tree, he finds the Three-eyed Raven, an old man with the ability to perceive future and past. In Essos, Daenerys takes control of Meereen and abolishes slavery. When she discovers that her trusted advisor, Ser Jorah Mormont, had spied on her for Robert Baratheon, she exiles him.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [20]	U.S. viewers (millions)
31	1	"Two Swords"	D. B. Weiss	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)	6.64[51]
32	2	"The Lion and the Rose"	Alex Graves	George R. R. Martin	April 13, 2014 (2014-04-13)	6.31[52]
33	3	"Breaker of Chains"	Alex Graves	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 20, 2014 (2014-04-20)	6.59[53]
34	4	"Oathkeeper"	Michelle MacLaren	Bryan Cogman	April 27, 2014 (2014-04-27)	6.95[54]
35	5	"First of His Name"	Michelle MacLaren	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 4, 2014 (2014-05-04)	7.16[55]
36	6	"The Laws of Gods and Men"	Alik Sakharov	Bryan Cogman	May 11, 2014 (2014-05-11)	6.40[56]
37	7	"Mockingbird"	Alik Sakharov	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 18, 2014 (2014-05-18)	7.20[57]
38	8	"The Mountain and the Viper"	Alex Graves	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 1, 2014 (2014-06-01)	7.17[58]
39	9	"The Watchers on the Wall"	Neil Marshall	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 8, 2014 (2014-06-08)	6.95[59]
40	10	"The Children"	Alex Graves	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 15, 2014 (2014-06-15)	7.09[60]

Season 5 (2015)

Main article: Game of Thrones (season 5)

In King's Landing, Margaery marries the new King Tommen Baratheon, Joffrey's younger brother. The Sparrows, a group of religious fanatics, impose their views upon the city, imprisoning Margaery, her brother Loras, and Cersei for committing various sins. Jaime travels to Dorne to take back Myrcella Baratheon. However, Oberyn Martell's lover, Ellaria and his bastard daughters kill Myrcella as revenge for Oberyn's death. In Winterfell, the new seat of House Bolton, Baelish arranges Sansa's marriage with the now-legitimized son of Roose Bolton, the sadist Ramsay. Stannis's unsuccessful march on Winterfell, which leads to his death, allows Sansa the opportunity to escape with Theon. At the Wall, as the newly elected Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jon Snow forms an alliance with the Wildlings to save them from the White Walkers and their army of reanimated corpses. However, Jon is stabbed to death by some brothers who see him as a traitor. Arya arrives in Braavos, where she finds Jaqen H'ghar whom she had previously helped escape, and begins training with the Faceless Men, a guild of assassins. In Essos, Tyrion becomes an advisor to Daenerys. Ser Jorah saves the life of Daenerys against a revolt of slavers, who flees Meereen on Drogon's back.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [20]	U.S. viewers (millions)
41	1	"The Wars to Come"	Michael Slovis	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 12, 2015 (2015-04-12)	8.00[61]
42	2	"The House of Black and White"	Michael Slovis	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 19, 2015 (2015-04-19)	6.81[62]
43	3	"High Sparrow"	Mark Mylod	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 26, 2015 (2015-04-26)	6.71[63]
44	4	"Sons of the Harpy"	Mark Mylod	Dave Hill	May 3, 2015 (2015-05-03)	6.82[64]
45	5	"Kill the Boy"	Jeremy Podeswa	Bryan Cogman	May 10, 2015 (2015-05-10)	6.56[65]
46	6	"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"	Jeremy Podeswa	Bryan Cogman	May 17, 2015 (2015-05-17)	6.24[66]
47	7	"The Gift"	Miguel Sapochnik	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 24, 2015 (2015-05-24)	5.40[67]
48	8	"Hardhome"	Miguel Sapochnik	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 31, 2015 (2015-05-31)	7.01[68]
49	9	"The Dance of Dragons"	David Nutter	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 7, 2015 (2015-06-07)	7.14[69]
50	10	"Mother's Mercy"	David Nutter	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 14, 2015 (2015-06-14)	8.11[70]

Season 6 (2016)

Main article: Game of Thrones (season 6)

At the Wall, Melisandre resurrects Jon. Jon reunites with Sansa and leaves the Night's Watch. Aided by the Wildlings, loyalists and the Knights of the Vale, they defeat the Boltons and Jon is proclaimed the King in the North. Beyond the Wall, Bran trains with the Three-eyed Raven but they come under attack by the White Walkers. The Three-eyed Raven is killed and succeeded by Bran, who escapes with the help of Hodor, who dies in the process. Bran realizes Jon is in fact the son of his deceased aunt Lyanna Stark and an unknown father. In Braavos, Arya continues her training with the Faceless Men, but eventually leaves them and returns to Westeros to take revenge on Walder Frey. In King's Landing, Cersei demolishes the Great Sept with wildfire. Many die, including the High Sparrow, Margaery, and Loras. Tommen kills himself after witnessing the events, and Cersei is crowned Queen. In the Iron Islands, Euron Greyjoy usurps leadership by killing his brother and Theon's father, Balon. Daenerys gets captured by the Dothraki but gains their devotion by burning their leaders alive. She forgives Ser Jorah. She returns to Mereen, in time to save the city from a naval siege by slavers, then sails for Westeros, joined by Theon and his sister Yara. Ellaria seizes control of Dorne, and joins Olenna Tyrell in an alliance with Daenerys.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [20]	U.S. viewers (millions)
51	1	"The Red Woman"	Jeremy Podeswa	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24)	7.94[71]
52	2	"Home"	Jeremy Podeswa	Dave Hill	May 1, 2016 (2016-05-01)	7.29[72]
53	3	"Oathbreaker"	Daniel Sackheim	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)	7.28[73]
54	4	"Book of the Stranger"	Daniel Sackheim	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 15, 2016 (2016-05-15)	7.82[74]
55	5	"The Door"	Jack Bender	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)	7.89[75]
56	6	"Blood of My Blood"	Jack Bender	Bryan Cogman	May 29, 2016 (2016-05-29)	6.71[76]
57	7	"The Broken Man"	Mark Mylod	Bryan Cogman	June 5, 2016 (2016-06-05)	7.80[77]
58	8	"No One"	Mark Mylod	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 12, 2016 (2016-06-12)	7.60[78]
59	9	"Battle of the Bastards"	Miguel Sapochnik	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 19, 2016 (2016-06-19)	7.66[79]
60	10	"The Winds of Winter"	Miguel Sapochnik	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	June 26, 2016 (2016-06-26)	8.89[80]

Season 7 (2017)

Main article: Game of Thrones (season 7)

Daenerys arrives in Westeros and takes over Dragonstone. She plans to overthrow Cersei, but Jon arrives to instead save Westeros from the White Walkers. The Night King, leader of the White Walkers, kills and reanimates Daenerys' dragon Viserion. Jon and Daenerys attempt to persuade Cersei to join their cause by showing the existence of a wight they had captured, but she has her own plans to increase control over the continent. At Winterfell, Sansa is reunited with her siblings, Arya and Bran. When Lord Protector of the Vale Petyr Baelish begins to turn the Stark children against one another, they manage to have him executed. In a vision, Bran sees that his aunt, Lyanna, was, in fact, married to Prince Rhaegar, and that Jon's real name is Aegon Targaryen, making him the true heir to the Iron Throne. After his sister Yara is kidnapped by his uncle Euron, Theon sets out to save her. The Night King demolishes a section of The Wall with the help of the reanimated Viserion, allowing the White Walkers and Army of the Dead to pass into the Seven Kingdoms.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [20]	U.S. viewers (millions)
61	1	"Dragonstone"	Jeremy Podeswa	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	July 16, 2017 (2017-07-16)	10.11[81]
62	2	"Stormborn"	Mark Mylod	Bryan Cogman	July 23, 2017 (2017-07-23)	9.27[82]
63	3	"The Queen's Justice"	Mark Mylod	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	July 30, 2017 (2017-07-30)	9.25[83]
64	4	"The Spoils of War"	Matt Shakman	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	August 6, 2017 (2017-08-06)	10.17[84]
65	5	"Eastwatch"	Matt Shakman	Dave Hill	August 13, 2017 (2017-08-13)	10.72[85]
66	6	"Beyond the Wall"	Alan Taylor	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	August 20, 2017 (2017-08-20)	10.24[86]
67	7	"The Dragon and the Wolf"	Jeremy Podeswa	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)	12.07[87]

Season 8 (2019)

Main article: Game of Thrones (season 8)

Jon and Daenerys learn the Army of the Dead has breached the Wall. Theon rescues Yara, then returns to Winterfell. Sam reveals to Jon that he is actually Aegon Targaryen. Jaime arrives at Winterfell, revealing Cersei won't help defeat the Army of the Dead. Jon reveals his Targaryen lineage to Daenerys, who wants it kept a secret. After a battle, Arya kills the Night King, destroying the Army of the Dead. Euron's navy kills Rhaegal and captures Missandei, who is later executed by Cersei, enraging Daenerys, who, after her army takes King's Landing, destroys much of the city indiscriminately. Cersei and Jaime are killed. Tyrion denounces Daenerys and is imprisoned for treason to await execution. Jon, unable to stop her, kills Daenerys. Bran Stark is proclaimed king, allowing the North to secede as an independent kingdom. Bran appoints Tyrion as his Hand. Sansa is crowned Queen in the North, and Arya sets sail to explore west of Westeros. Jon is sentenced to the Night's Watch, but departs to lead the Wildlings back north of the Wall.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [20]	U.S. viewers (millions)
68	1	"Winterfell"	David Nutter	Dave Hill	April 14, 2019 (2019-04-14)	11.76[88]
69	2	"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"	David Nutter	Bryan Cogman	April 21, 2019 (2019-04-21)	10.29[89]
70	3	"The Long Night"	Miguel Sapochnik	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	April 28, 2019 (2019-04-28)	12.02[90]
71	4	"The Last of the Starks"	David Nutter	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 5, 2019 (2019-05-05)	11.80[91]
72	5	"The Bells"	Miguel Sapochnik	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 12, 2019 (2019-05-12)	12.48[92]
73	6	"The Iron Throne"	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	May 19, 2019 (2019-05-19)	13.61[93]

Specials

No.	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life	February 8, 2015 (2015-02-08)	N/A
A half-hour documentary that covered one day of production of season 5 on three sets in Belfast, Dubrovnik and Osuna from the viewpoint of key crew members.[94]
2	Game of Thrones: The Last Watch	May 26, 2019 (2019-05-26)	1.63[95]
A two-hour documentary which documents the making of season eight.[96]

Home media release

Season		Episodes	DVD and Blu-ray release date
			Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	10	March 6, 2012[97]	March 5, 2012[98]	August 10, 2012[99]
	2	10	February 19, 2013[100]	March 4, 2013[101]	March 6, 2013[102]
	3	10	February 18, 2014[103]	February 17, 2014[104]	February 19, 2014[105]
	4	10	February 17, 2015[106]	February 16, 2015[107]	February 18, 2015[108]
	5	10	March 15, 2016[109]	March 14, 2016[110]	March 16, 2016[111]
	6	10	November 15, 2016[112]	November 14, 2016[113]	November 16, 2016[114]
	7	7	December 12, 2017[115]	December 11, 2017[116]	December 11, 2017[117]
	8	6	December 3, 2019[118]	December 2, 2019[119]	December 4, 2019[120]

Ratings

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Game of Thrones was considered a ratings success for HBO throughout all eight seasons.[121][122] The show premiere was watched by 2.2 million, and the first season averaged 2.5 million viewers per episode.[123] For its second season, the series had an average gross audience of 11.6 million viewers.[124] The third season was seen by 14.2 million viewers, making Game of Thrones the second-most-viewed HBO series (after The Sopranos).[125] HBO said that Game of Thrones' average gross audience of 18.4 million viewers (later adjusted to 18.6 million) had passed The Sopranos for the viewership record.[126][127] The season five episode "The House of Black and White" was simulcasted in 173 countries, becoming the "largest TV drama telecast" according to Guinness World Records.[128]

By the sixth season the average per-episode gross viewing figure had increased to over 25 million, with nearly 40 percent of viewers watching on HBO digital platforms.[129] In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook likes found that Game of Thrones was "much more popular in cities than in the countryside, probably the only show involving zombies that is".[130] By season seven, the average viewer numbers had grown to 32.8 million per episode across all platforms.[131][132] The series finale was viewed by 19.3 million people across HBO's platforms, becoming the network's most watched episode.[133][134] The lead-out show also benefited from the finale's record viewership. The season two finale of Barry had a viewership of 2.2 million, the most watched episode of the series.[135]

Game of Thrones also set viewership records outside the United States on pay-television channels in the United Kingdom (with a 2016 average audience of more than five million on all platforms)[136] and Australia (with a cumulative average audience of 1.2 million).[137] Video streaming research company Parrot Analytics stated that after the US, the season eight premiere demand was "particularly strong in the United Kingdom and France".[138] Nielsen Media Research noted the show was popular among 18 to 49 key demographic with strong female viewership for a fantasy series.[139][140] The show also benefited from time shifting viewership. Between season one and season seven, 7-day viewers, the number of both DVR and video on demand views during the week after the episode broadcast, grew from 3.3 million to 13.7 million.[141] Following the show finale, commentators said many viewers might cancel their premium television and streaming subscriptions.[142] HBO parent company WarnerMedia reported that subscription revenue declined only 0.9 percent between April and June 2019.[143]

Game of Thrones : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number										Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	1	2.22	2.20	2.44	2.45	2.58	2.44	2.40	2.72	2.66	3.04	2.52
	2	3.86	3.76	3.77	3.65	3.90	3.88	3.69	3.86	3.38	4.20	3.80
	3	4.37	4.27	4.72	4.87	5.35	5.50	4.84	5.13	5.22	5.39	4.97
	4	6.64	6.31	6.59	6.95	7.16	6.40	7.20	7.17	6.95	7.09	6.84
	5	8.00	6.81	6.71	6.82	6.56	6.24	5.40	7.01	7.14	8.11	6.88
	6	7.94	7.29	7.28	7.82	7.89	6.71	7.80	7.60	7.66	8.89	7.69
	7	10.11	9.27	9.25	10.17	10.72	10.24	12.07	N/A			10.26
	8	11.76	10.29	12.02	11.80	12.48	13.61	N/A				11.99

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research.[144]

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External links

• Official website
• Game of Thrones – The Viewers Guide on HBO.com
• Making Game of Thrones on HBO.com
• Game of Thrones – list of episodes on IMDb
• List of Game of Thrones episodes at TV.com
• Game of Thrones at Rotten Tomatoes