‘House of the Dragon’ Episode 2 Viewership Inches Up 2% From Last Week’s Premiere Episode

variety.com:

Selome Hailu Episode 2 of “House of the Dragon” drew in 10.2 million viewers across HBO and HBO Max following its Sunday airing, according to Warner Bros.

Discovery. This marks a 2% increase from the premiere episode, which was viewed by nearly 10 million people, according to WBD’s initial count the day after it aired.

The premiere, titled “Heirs of the Dragon,” was HBO’s biggest premiere of all time, more than doubling the viewership of its predecessor, “Game of Thrones,” which was watched by 4.2 million people when it premiered in 2011.

On Friday, HBO gave the show an early renewal for Season 2, at which point the network said that viewership of the premiere had risen to 20 million.