Game of Thrones breaks Foxtel records for subscription and streaming audiences

Game of Thrones has paid dividends for Foxtel with the finale attracting the subscription TV operator’s largest ever audience for a single show.

Excluding Game of Thrones episodes, the previous highest rating Foxtel show was the 2011 Rugby World Cup semi final between Australia and New Zealand which attracted 719,000 viewers.

The series’ final episode delivered an overnight linear audience across all airings of 1.076 million viewers, the largest overnight audience in Australian subscription TV history. The audience was 21% higher on 2017’s season seven finale and 6% better than the previous record holder, episode 3 of the current series which had 1.011 million viewers.

Online, Game of Thrones’ series final also brought a total premiere day audience of 471,000 viewers who streamed it live or On Demand across Foxtel Now and Foxtel GO. The On Demand VPM of 432,000 is the largest single day On Demand VPM rating in Australian TV history.