{"id":1858913,"date":"2026-04-01T08:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1858913"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:53:16","slug":"fallout-season-2-lands-second-best-prime-video-spot-with-83-million-people-tuning-in-during-its-first-13-weeks-of-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1858913","title":{"rendered":"Fallout Season 2 lands second-best Prime Video spot with 83 million people tuning in during its first 13 weeks of release"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tv-shows\/fallout\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Fallout TV show<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Fallout Season 2 lands second-best Prime Video spot with 83 million people tuning in during its first 13 weeks of release<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Setting the world on fire.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fallout-season-2-episode-2-review_vunv.1280.jpg.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Fallout Season 2 - Maximus among Brotherhood of Steel knights\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"fallout-season-2-episode-2-review_vunv.1280.jpg.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Prime Video<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-04-01T08:53:16+00:00\">April 1, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fallout-season-2-viewership-tops-83-million-people-according-to-amazon?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          4 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"4aa79a82-7edd-4749-ab35-ee7b4eef5b9a\" data-name=\"Fallout TV show\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Fallout TV show\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Fallout TV show\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Fallout TV show\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Fallout TV show\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Fallout TV show\" title=\"Follow Fallout TV show\"><br \/>\n  Follow Fallout TV show<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tv-shows\/fallout\">Fallout TV show<\/a> remains one of the biggest video game adaptations so far, and at this point we could argue it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/fallout\/s02\">the most critically successful one<\/a> too. Prime Video&#8217;s global audiences seem to agree, as we&#8217;ve just learned over 83 million people have (at least) watched parts of Season 2.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Fallout 76: The Backwoods - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZEpjdUsckE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/lZEpjdUsckE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Fallout 76: The Backwoods &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lZEpjdUsckE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>On 30th March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/fallout-season-2-ratings-amazon-83-million-1236551580\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> shared the &#8220;first-party data&#8221; from Amazon&#8217;s streaming service, which provided the stunning numbers. Of course, it&#8217;s in the giant&#8217;s interest to make a super expensive production look successful, but <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/01\/fallout-season-2-premiere-viewership-nielsen-streaming-1236684793\/\">previous external reports like Nielsen&#8217;s<\/a> back up the claims. Moreover, it&#8217;s been over 13 weeks since its release on the platform, so Prime Video hasn&#8217;t exactly rushed to share its take on the show&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n<p>THR&#8217;s report also put things in perspective when comparing it to other massive hits on the subscription-based platform: &#8220;That puts Fallout in second place all time among returning series on the Amazon-owned streamer, behind only Reacher&#8217;s second season in 2023-24.&#8221; Total engagement with the series as a whole went up too, with 100 million viewers showing up around the time of S2&#8217;s release. There are too many good shows out there and we have little time, so we get delaying the trip to Fallout&#8217;s wasteland.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fallout continues to resonate in a powerful way with our global Prime Video audience, and reaching 100 million viewers is a testament to the incredible creative vision of our collaborators at Kilter Films, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/bethesda-game-studios\">Bethesda Game Studios<\/a>, creators and showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner and the entire cast and crew,&#8221; said Peter Friedlander, head of global television at Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note Fallout made a switch to a more traditionally weekly releases model with Season 2 versus the Netflix-like, binge-friendly Season 1 drop. In both cases, millions of people showed up for its unique brand of post-apocalypse, so we don&#8217;t see this show planning its exit in the near future. For now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fallout-season-three-filming-starts-sooner-than-expected\">Season 3 is set to begin filming as soon as next month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tv-shows\/fallout\">Fallout TV show<\/a> remains one of the biggest video game adaptations so far, and at this point we could argue it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/fallout\/s02\">the most critically successful one<\/a> too. Prime Video&#8217;s global audiences seem to agree, as we&#8217;ve just learned over 83 million people have (at least) watched parts of Season 2.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Fallout 76: The Backwoods - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZEpjdUsckE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/lZEpjdUsckE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Fallout 76: The Backwoods &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lZEpjdUsckE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>On 30th March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/fallout-season-2-ratings-amazon-83-million-1236551580\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> shared the &#8220;first-party data&#8221; from Amazon&#8217;s streaming service, which provided the stunning numbers. Of course, it&#8217;s in the giant&#8217;s interest to make a super expensive production look successful, but <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/01\/fallout-season-2-premiere-viewership-nielsen-streaming-1236684793\/\">previous external reports like Nielsen&#8217;s<\/a> back up the claims. Moreover, it&#8217;s been over 13 weeks since its release on the platform, so Prime Video hasn&#8217;t exactly rushed to share its take on the show&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n<p>THR&#8217;s report also put things in perspective when comparing it to other massive hits on the subscription-based platform: &#8220;That puts Fallout in second place all time among returning series on the Amazon-owned streamer, behind only Reacher&#8217;s second season in 2023-24.&#8221; Total engagement with the series as a whole went up too, with 100 million viewers showing up around the time of S2&#8217;s release. There are too many good shows out there and we have little time, so we get delaying the trip to Fallout&#8217;s wasteland.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fallout continues to resonate in a powerful way with our global Prime Video audience, and reaching 100 million viewers is a testament to the incredible creative vision of our collaborators at Kilter Films, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/bethesda-game-studios\">Bethesda Game Studios<\/a>, creators and showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner and the entire cast and crew,&#8221; said Peter Friedlander, head of global television at Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note Fallout made a switch to a more traditionally weekly releases model with Season 2 versus the Netflix-like, binge-friendly Season 1 drop. In both cases, millions of people showed up for its unique brand of post-apocalypse, so we don&#8217;t see this show planning its exit in the near future. For now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fallout-season-three-filming-starts-sooner-than-expected\">Season 3 is set to begin filming as soon as next month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Fallout TV show Fallout Season 2 lands second-best Prime Video spot with 83 million people tuning in during its first 13 weeks of release Setting the world on fire. 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