The Last of Us’ second season made its debut yesterday, with the first episode premiering with 5.3 million same-day US cross-platform viewers.
To give you more context, HBO says that marks around a 10 percent increase over the first season’s debut in 2023. The first season’s premiere episode welcomed in a same-day audience of 4.7 million viewers.
Additionally, Deadline reports viewership for the first season of The Last of Us increased by 150 percent over the week prior, as people got up to speed ahead of the new series starting.
Even trailers for The Last of Us are performing well for HBO. Over on YouTube, The Last of Us Season 2 Official Trailer has become the most viewed video on Max’s channel, with 33m views at the time of writing. This trailer was released less than two months ago.