, /PRNewswire/ -- app climbed to the #1 overall app in the Apple TV App Store and to the #2 free app in the mobile iOS , as Season 4 Episode 1 was released on Sunday evening exclusively in the app via livestream and VOD. Season 4 premiered globally across all platforms on Sunday evening with 3.5 million streams representing an estimated 4.
2 million viewers across households in the US over the first three days. For context, in 2023, the HBO production "The Last of Us" was the most watched TV show season premiere on streaming services in the U.S.
, in the first 15 days. "The numbers are great, but what speaks to us far more are the comments and emotional response from the viewers. The crying emojis in the chat and the expressions of how much the ending impacted them were overwhelming," said , creator, producer, director, and writer of the international hit series The Chosen and director of the upcoming Lionsgate film to be released in theatres nationwide in November.
Episode two of Season 4 will be available for streaming Thursday night at / . During the first 72 hours after the release of Episode 1, the YouTube and app stream alone yielded more than 2.5 million total viewers.
also netted nearly 100 percent streaming audience growth year-over-year. The livestream of the episode reached 111,500 live concurrent viewers at its peak on Sunday evening, . In just 16 hours, 583,000 additional viewers watched the episode on YouTube with 4.
4 million total impressions – nearly 100 perce.