section_path: Reception/Ratings
section_name: Ratings
paragraph_text: Ratings
  
  Viewership for the first season surged by 150% in the week preceding the second-season premiere. The episode had 5.3 million viewers in the United States on its first night, including linear viewers and streams on Max—a 13% increase from the first-season premiere. Within a few hours, the season was the fifth-most-viewed across all streaming services for the week; it topped the chart for the following seven weeks. In Canada, it was the third-most in-demand show for the week within hours of premiering, and subsequently placed within the top two for the following seven weeks, peaking in the third with more than 76 times the average demand for television shows, before dropping to fourth in June.
  
  Comparable to its first-season premiere, the series was streamed for 805 million minutes from April 14–20, ranking fifth for the week, and peaked at 937 million minutes from April 21–27, ranking third. It was streamed for 827 million minutes from April 28–May 4, ranking fifth, and for 738, 745, and 707 million minutes from May 5–11, 12–18 and 19–25, respectively, ranking seventh. The Hollywood Reporter ' s James Hibberd noted second-season decreases were common, but attributed the 18% drop from the first season's opening five episodes to Joel's death, the satisfying conclusion of the first-season finale, and the inherent difficulty in telling Part II ' s story, comparable to Game of Thrones ' s final three seasons.
  
  The finale had 3.7 million linear and streaming viewers on its first night—a 30% drop from the premiere a 55% decrease from the first-season finale, which HBO attributed to the Memorial Day weekend, expecting viewership to grow later based on previous figures. The series was popular with men in May, ranking eighth (313 million minutes) for non-fathers, and eleventh (401 million) for fathers. By May, the season averaged almost 37 million global viewers per episode, larger than the first season's 32 million within 90 days. The series overall had received over 90 million total global viewers since the first-season finale.
  
  Viewership for the first season surged by 150% in the week preceding the second-season premiere. The episode had 5.3 million viewers in the United States on its first night, including linear viewers and streams on Max—a 13% increase from the first-season premiere. Within a few hours, the season was the fifth-most-viewed across all streaming services for the week; it topped the chart for the following seven weeks. In Canada, it was the third-most in-demand show for the week within hours of premiering, and subsequently placed within the top two for the following seven weeks, peaking in the third with more than 76 times the average demand for television shows, before dropping to fourth in June.
  
  Comparable to its first-season premiere, the series was streamed for 805 million minutes from April 14–20, ranking fifth for the week, and peaked at 937 million minutes from April 21–27, ranking third. It was streamed for 827 million minutes from April 28–May 4, ranking fifth, and for 738, 745, and 707 million minutes from May 5–11, 12–18 and 19–25, respectively, ranking seventh. The Hollywood Reporter ' s James Hibberd noted second-season decreases were common, but attributed the 18% drop from the first season's opening five episodes to Joel's death, the satisfying conclusion of the first-season finale, and the inherent difficulty in telling Part II ' s story, comparable to Game of Thrones ' s final three seasons.
  
  The finale had 3.7 million linear and streaming viewers on its first night—a 30% drop from the premiere a 55% decrease from the first-season finale, which HBO attributed to the Memorial Day weekend, expecting viewership to grow later based on previous figures. The series was popular with men in May, ranking eighth (313 million minutes) for non-fathers, and eleventh (401 million) for fathers. By May, the season averaged almost 37 million global viewers per episode, larger than the first season's 32 million within 90 days. The series overall had received over 90 million total global viewers since the first-season finale.