A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS Finale Draws 9.5M U.S. Viewers in 3 Days, Delivering the Series’ Biggest Audience Yet
Westeros still has plenty of stories left to tell, and fans clearly showed up for this one. The Season 1 finale of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms pulled in 9.5 million U.S. cross-platform viewers in its first three days, according to Warner Bros. Discovery. That marks the strongest audience the series has seen so far and a serious jump from where it began.
For comparison, the premiere episode opened to 6.7 million U.S. cross-platform viewers over the same three-day window. The finale’s numbers represent nearly a 42% increase, which tells you that word of mouth and fan investment only grew as the season unfolded.
Overall, the first season is currently averaging around 14 million U.S. viewers per episode and 26 million globally. That makes it the third-largest series debut since HBO Max launched, per WBD. Not bad for a story centered on a wandering knight and his young squire.
The series was actually renewed for Season 2 back in November, well before it even premiered, so confidence in the show was high from the start. Now, with these finale numbers, that early renewal looks like a very smart move. Season 2 is set to arrive next year.
Set 100 years before the events of Game of Thrones and 72 years after House of the Dragon, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms explores a different era of Westeros. The Targaryens still sit the Iron Throne, and the memory of dragons hasn’t yet faded into legend.
The story follows two unlikely heroes roaming the Seven Kingdoms: a young, earnest knight named Ser Duncan the Tall, played by Peter Claffey, and his sharp, observant squire Egg, played by Dexter Sol Ansell.
What starts as a simple journey across the realm slowly reveals something much larger. Great destinies, dangerous rivals, and political tension swirl around them as they move from tourney grounds to royal intrigue.
The series comes from George R.R. Martin and Ira Parker, who serve as co-creators and executive producers, with Parker also acting as showrunner.
For fans who’ve been craving more stories from the Seven Kingdoms but with a different tone than the high-stakes dynastic warfare of Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, this series has carved out its own lane. It’s more intimate, more character-driven, but still filled with political tension and looming threats.
And with 9.5 million viewers rallying behind the finale in just three days, it’s clear audiences are ready to keep riding alongside Dunk and Egg when they return next year.