Euphoria has been one of the most talked-about shows of the year and the ratings for its season finale show just how popular the show has become in a relatively short time.
Euphoria’s first-season finale delivered the show’s biggest audience to date for HBO. Adding to the fact that the show is skewing younger than other HBO series, the majority of the audience Sunday watched via means other than the show’s on-air debut.
The live ratings were standard for the show with the finale hitting about 530,000 people on the primary HBO channel at 10 PM. This is slightly below the 560,000 season average in live numbers but where the show is truly making its mark is with replays and streaming. With these factored in, the number more than doubles to 1.2 million viewers, a first-night high for the show. The series premiere in June, for comparison’s sake, had just under 1 million viewers across all platforms on its opening night.
HBO has also pointed out that Euphoria is their youngest-skewing current series which isn’t a big surprise given that it’s the outlet’s first teen drama. Adults under 35 make up 40% of the total audience on streaming platforms alone.
Euphoria was created by Sam Levinson and stars Zendaya, Hunter Schaefer, Angus Cloud, Maude Apatow, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi & Eric Dane. The show is a look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple issues of drugs, sex, and violence. The series has already been renewed for a second season ahead of its finale that aired Sunday.
