section_path: Reception/Audience viewership and response
section_name: Audience viewership and response
paragraph_text: Audience viewership and response
  
  The third season is the most-watched season of The White Lotus and averaged more than 5 million more viewers than the second season, which had an average of 15.5 million viewers. The eighth and final episode of the season was the most-watched episode of the series at 6.2 million viewers across its linear airings on HBO and its streaming viewership on Max. The season premiere had 2.4 million viewers, episodes 3 and 4 had 3.4 million, episode 5 had 4.2 million, and episode 7 had 4.8 million, while viewership from episodes 2 and 5 were not released.
  
  Ko Samui, the shooting location of the third season, experienced a 65% increase in hotel bookings and reservations since its premiere.
  
  The third season is the most-watched season of The White Lotus and averaged more than 5 million more viewers than the second season, which had an average of 15.5 million viewers. The eighth and final episode of the season was the most-watched episode of the series at 6.2 million viewers across its linear airings on HBO and its streaming viewership on Max. The season premiere had 2.4 million viewers, episodes 3 and 4 had 3.4 million, episode 5 had 4.2 million, and episode 7 had 4.8 million, while viewership from episodes 2 and 5 were not released.
  
  Ko Samui, the shooting location of the third season, experienced a 65% increase in hotel bookings and reservations since its premiere.