‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Reaches 40 Million Viewers in 11 Days, Amazon Says

The first four episodes of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Season 2 have reached 40 million viewers globally in 11 days, according to Amazon.

It’s difficult to put the stat in full context, as Amazon has not defined how it quantifies its viewership; for example, 40 million could simply be the number of people who watched any portion of the available episodes.

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However, the studio has provided similar numbers for other titles, including the first season of “Rings of Power,” which it touted as reaching 25 million viewers in just its first day of availability in 2022. Therefore, as indicated by Luminate’s measurement of Season 2’s opening weekend, the series’ most recent outing appears to be significantly lagging behind its first. (Disclosure: Variety and Luminate share a common owner in PMC.)

Earlier this year, “Fallout” hit 65 million viewers in 16 days — more time than was counted for “The Rings of Power,” though it seems likely that “Fallout’s” 11-day count would have been higher than 40 million. “The Boys” Season 4 saw 55 million viewers in a much longer 39-day period, making it harder to compare to “The Rings of Power.”

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