After initial skepticism, The Last of Us has meanwhile blossomed into an enormous success for the broadcaster HBO, which is also responsible for other hit series such as Game of Thrones, Westworld or House of the Dragon.
However, even HBO could not have expected the current success after the cautious start. In a press release, the broadcaster now presents brilliant viewership figures.
The Last of Us series is becoming increasingly popular
The fact that The Last of Us is a prime example of how to implement a great video game story in an excellent way should have got around among GameStar readers for a long time. But the story of survivor Joel Miller and his teenage companion, Ellie, has now fully entered the mainstream.
A new press release from HBO announces that The Last of Us Episode 8 reached a total of 8.1 million viewers live across platforms as of Sunday night. Compared to the pilot episode of The Last of Us, which aired in mid-January and garnered 4.7 million viewers, that’s one increase of 74 percent.
The Last of Us has also ranked unchallenged on the streaming platform HBO Max since its release eight weeks ago first place in the most watched series.
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The next episode of The Last of Us will initially also be the last: Episode 9 marks the finale of the first season. Since more viewers usually tune in to the live broadcast on TV and the Internet at the season finale, it is very likely that the record number of viewers will be surpassed again on Sunday.
If you can’t get enough of The Last of Us as a series, we have good news for you. Even before the end of the first season, HBO confirmed a sequel and commissioned the second season. You can read what we know so far about the second season of the post-apocalyptic zombie series in the article linked above.
