{"id":69315,"date":"2025-04-13T09:56:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T13:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=69315"},"modified":"2025-04-30T09:57:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:57:42","slug":"the-last-of-us-season-2-earns-a-big-win-for-hbo-outperforming-its-first-season-in-terms-of-views-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/the-last-of-us-season-2-earns-a-big-win-for-hbo-outperforming-its-first-season-in-terms-of-views-globally\/69315\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last of Us Season 2 earns a big win for HBO, outperforming its first season in terms of views globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"433\">The world of <em data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"217\">The Last of Us<\/em> is back\u2014and bigger than ever. The hit HBO series, starring <strong data-start=\"277\" data-end=\"293\">Pedro Pascal<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"314\">Bella Ramsey<\/strong>, made a powerful return Sunday night with the premiere of its second season, and fans clearly showed up in full force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"757\">The Season 2 debut pulled in <strong data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"492\">over 5.3 million viewers<\/strong> across HBO\u2019s traditional cable channel and its streaming platform, Max. That\u2019s a <strong data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"586\">13% jump<\/strong> from when the first season premiered back in January 2023, which started with 4.7 million viewers. It\u2019s a strong signal that not only is interest still high\u2014it\u2019s growing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"981\">These numbers come from a combination of data sources, including <strong data-start=\"824\" data-end=\"843\">Nielsen ratings<\/strong> for live TV and <strong data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"887\">internal streaming data<\/strong> from Warner Bros. Discovery, giving a fuller picture of just how popular the show has become.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"1214\">But that\u2019s not all\u2014viewers are also going back to revisit the story so far. In the lead-up to Season 2, rewatching of Season 1 surged by a <strong data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1138\">massive 150%<\/strong>, proving that fans are eager to dive deeper into the post-apocalyptic saga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1511\">When it first aired, <em data-start=\"1237\" data-end=\"1253\">The Last of Us<\/em> quickly became a breakout hit. It had one of the <strong data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1345\">biggest HBO premieres in over 10 years<\/strong> and continued to break records throughout its first run. Over the course of 90 days, the first season was averaging an incredible <strong data-start=\"1476\" data-end=\"1498\">32 million viewers<\/strong> per episode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1513\" data-end=\"1925\">Season 2 picks up the story <strong data-start=\"1541\" data-end=\"1561\">five years later<\/strong>, following Joel and Ellie as they deal with personal trauma and a world that\u2019s become even more dangerous and unstable. HBO\u2019s official description hints at a tense emotional journey: <em data-start=\"1745\" data-end=\"1925\">\u201cJoel and Ellie\u2019s collective past catches up to them, drawing them into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1927\" data-end=\"2205\">The cast features returning stars <strong data-start=\"1961\" data-end=\"1977\">Pedro Pascal<\/strong> (Joel), <strong data-start=\"1986\" data-end=\"2002\">Bella Ramsey<\/strong> (Ellie), and <strong data-start=\"2016\" data-end=\"2032\">Gabriel Luna<\/strong> (Tommy), alongside new faces like <strong data-start=\"2067\" data-end=\"2085\">Isabela Merced<\/strong> as Dina. The second season will consist of <strong data-start=\"2129\" data-end=\"2147\">seven episodes<\/strong>, airing weekly on HBO and available for streaming on Max.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of The Last of Us is back\u2014and bigger than ever. The hit HBO series, starring Pedro Pascal and\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":69316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[14391],"class_list":["post-69315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-the-last-of-us-season-2"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}