Game of Thrones: S7 Finale Sets Another Record for HBO

"The Dragon and the Wolf" is HBO's top-rated episode ever.

By ChrisXMorgan

In a fractured television market, Game of Thrones remains an immensely popular, record-breaking show.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Season 7 finale set yet another all-time high for HBO viewers, solidifying the show's status as HBO's most popular program ever.

Game of Thrones has been setting records left and right as it grows in popularity. The Season 7 finale, "The Dragon and the Wolf," though, took things to a whole new level. A whopping 16.5 million people watched the finale either live or streamed it the same night it aired. That breaks HBO's prior record, which had been set, fittingly enough, by Game of Thrones two weeks prior with 10.7 million viewers. Meanwhile, the Season 6 finale pulled in 8.9 million viewers.

The viewers didn't merely wait to tune into the finale, though. This season averaged 31 million viewers per episode once all live, time-shifted, on-demand, and streaming folks are accounted for, making for another new HBO record. Game of Thrones is already the most-watched show in HBO history, surpassing The Sopranos.

For our thoughts on the finale, read IGN's "The Dragon and the Wolf review." Game of Thrones has one more season left, which may not air until 2019.

Chris Morgan is the author of The Ash Heap of History and The Comic Galaxy of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Wisely or not, he's also on Twitter.

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