--- description: "Game of Thrones" becomes the most viewed HBO series. title: "Game of Thrones" Becomes HBO's Most Viewed Series Ever image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81a11bc52ac275e7/698697d3169ab000ef279ec6/gameofthrones14_153.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_ Finale Had Millions More Viewers Than Last Year by [Hannah Goldberg](/author/hannah-goldberg/) ## Hannah Goldberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2014 8:59 PM CUT  HBO by [Hannah Goldberg](/author/hannah-goldberg/) ## Hannah Goldberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2014 8:59 PM CUT _Game of_ _Thrones_, HBO’s [most-watched](http://time.com/2837360/game-thrones-sopranos-hbo/ "undefined") series to date, is flogging its own ratings records. Sunday’s _Thrones_ finale had a 32% viewership increase from last season’s final episode — a total of 7.1 million watchers tuned in to Sunday’s season-ender, compared to the 5.4 million who tuned in at the end of last season. After HBO aired Sunday’s finale two more times, it reached a total of 9.3 million viewers. The current season — season four — averaged a total audience of 18.6 million across all episodes, up 29% from season three. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2885726/game-thrones-finale/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2885726/game-thrones-finale/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Finale Had Millions More Viewers Than Last Year","datePublished":"2014-06-16T20:59:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:26:48.175Z","description":"\"Game of Thrones\" captivates viewers, beating previous season ratings.","url":"https://time.com/2885726/game-thrones-finale/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81a11bc52ac275e7/698697d3169ab000ef279ec6/gameofthrones14_153.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Hannah Goldberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/hannah-goldberg/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81a11bc52ac275e7/698697d3169ab000ef279ec6/gameofthrones14_153.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"gameofthrones14_153","caption":"","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2885726/game-thrones-finale/","name":"Game of Thrones Finale Had Millions More Viewers Than Last Year"}}]}] ```