First (Incomplete) Numbers Reveal a Decline in Viewership for ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 when Compared to Season 1

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Despite the negative opinions of many fans, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power became a popular series on Amazon. The second season of the show premiered on August 29, 2024, with three episodes, and seeing how everything plays out will be interesting, especially in light of the recent announcements made by the showrunners, which we have covered.

Although the first season was well-received by critics, the fans weren’t very impressed. Thus, the second season will likely have a rough start, as high expectations have to be met. As far as the reviews are concerned, the critics are calling the second season a significant improvement, and while the audience ratings are still low (due to a series of review bombers, of course), they saw a 50% increase, which is good.

But with everything going on, it seems that the first viewership numbers aren’t that good. Samba TV reports a 50% decline in viewership compared to the first season’s premiere—from 1.8 million to 902k viewers—but these aren’t the official numbers and they are incomplete numbers, so the total number of viewers is definitely above one million.

As stated, the numbers we have are from Samba TV, which confirms that 902,000 households have seen the premiere of The Rings of Power Season 2, a significant drop compared to the first season. We don’t know the reason for this drop, but several things need to be considered here.

Firstly, the series will definitely have a tough time due to some fans’ lukewarm reception of Season 1 and the hate campaigns and review bombing by the so-called “fans” of the series. That was expected and probably something that Amazon has taken into account.

Secondly, the numbers presented by Samba are not official numbers. They are reliable but incomplete, as they measure only those numbers collected from Smart TVs and don’t take mobile and other platforms into account. On top of that, they are the numbers solely for the first episode of the show and take into account a three-day period, as you can see on the Tweet. Having said this, these numbers, while being correct, are not representative.

Finally, the complete numbers will be released later, and we have yet to see what Amazon says about the premiere. So, until then, we have this to work with, and we will see the complete numbers—which are sure to be higher—in the upcoming weeks and months.

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Arthur S. Poe is a writer based in Europe. He has a Ph.D. and speaks five languages. His expertise varies from Alfred Hitchcock movies to Bleach, as he has explored a lot of fictional universes and authors. He is currently focusing on anime, his childhood love, with special attention given to Bleach, One Piece, Pokemon, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Demon Slayer. He has also written movie reviews and analytical articles and has been featured on sites such as IMDb. He is currently writing for Fiction Horizon on a permanent basis. Most recently, he has been following The Thousand-Year Blood War arc of Bleach, Nier: Automata ver1.1a, One Piece, Digimon Ghost Game, and is waiting for new episodes of Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen. He likes interesting storylines with philosophical themes, as well as quirky and psychologically intriguing characters that he likes to debate and talk about. His aesthetical approach has been influenced by Hitchcock and Kubrick, while his favorite film writer is Roger Ebert.

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