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Game of Thrones season 7 premiere shatters ratings records

July 19, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Game of Thrones made its hotly-anticipated return this past Sunday night, with the season seven premiere ‘Dragonstone’ shattering a number of ratings records for HBO.

The episode pulled in a whopping 16.1 million viewers across all HBO platforms, including repeats, streaming and DVR, up 50% from the season six opener from 2016.

In overnight ratings, the episode was watched by 10.1 million viewers, topping the season six finale to become the most-watched episode according to Nielsen numbers. Viewers also took to Twitter to share 2.4 million tweets, making it the most-tweeted episode of all time.

You can read our review of ‘Dragonstone’ here, and check out our top five moments from the episode here.

Via EW

Originally published July 19, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Game of Thrones

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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