If You’re Into the HBO “Game of Thrones” Prequels, Data Shows You’ll Probably Enjoy These Series Too
As anticipated, HBO’s “House of the Dragon” has been a top performer for HBO since debuting last month. And luckily, if you’ve been enjoying the new “Game of Thrones” prequel series, we have information about the shows other “Dragon” fans in the US are heading to right now, according to whip mediaData from its TV Time app, a TV series and movie tracking app that has 22 million global registered users.
Let’s address the show you’ve been expecting to top the list of most popular titles for “Dragon” fans: Yes, Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is incredibly “Dragon”. Also popular with fans. It is easy to see why, given the similarities between the two series. Both shows cost a hefty amount to make, both shows are based on popular fantasy-adventure intellectual property, and both shows recently debuted, garnering a bevy of media coverage.
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But here’s a mild shock: “Rings” don’tThe most popular series among fans of “Dragon”. Instead, in the past month, “Dragon” fans have been more likely to watch “The Serpent Queen”—Starz’s new period drama on the life of 16th-century French queen Catherine d’Amedy. That’s according to Whip Media’s affinity rankings, which look at the titles viewers see after watching a specific show—in this case, “House of the Dragon.”
Up to this point, there has been huge overlap between “House of the Dragon” audiences and “The Serpent Queen” audiences. In fact, “Dragon” fans are almost three times more likely to watch an episode of “The Serpent Queen” than non-“Dragon” viewers.
While this may be a bit surprising at first, there are some obvious similarities between the shows: “The Serpent Queen” is a historical drama, and “Dragon” certainly has elements of drama, and it’s not even set in modern times. Is. ,
“The Rings of Power” came second in Whip Media’s list of 10 “Dragon” fans. And like Data from “The Serpent Queen” mentioned above, there’s a good chance that if you watch “Dragon” you’re also a fan of “The Rings.” “Dragon” fans are about 2.5 times more likely to see the new “Lord of the Rings” spinoff series than non-fans.
10 Shows “House Of The Dragon” Audiences Are Most Likely To See, US (Whip Media)
Jason Mamoa’s sci-fi dystopian drama “See,” on Apple TV+, took home the bronze medal in terms of most-watched show from “Dragon” fans. The third and final season of the show began in late August.
Taking a step back, “Dragon” has provided a decent boost to other HBO series as well. The fourth, sixth and seventh most popular shows with “House of the Dragon” fans in the US have been the HBO series – “Westworld,” “Industry” and “Hard Knox,” respectively. The sci-fi nature of “Westworld” coincides well with that of “Dragon,” and “Hard Knox,” the new HBO series has similar audiences. According to Whip Media’s audience figures, two-thirds of “Dragon”‘s audience is male and about 55% of its total audience is between the ages of 18 and 39. It bodes well for HBO’s annual football documentary.
“Industry”, however, is important because it highlights that audiences have diverse tastes. On the surface, the drama about the cutthroat world of international finance wouldn’t overlap much with “House of the Dragon.” But this is also one of the reasons why viewers of “Dragon” are drawn to it. “industry” Not there The same and provides a different taste to the audience. Sometimes this is needed after watching an intense show like “Throne” or “Dragon.” And at the same time, it’s worth pointing out that the two shows share a major similarity: Like “Dragon,” “industry” audiences are about two-thirds male.
Among those three HBO series in the top 10 was “American Gigolo”. The new Showtime series based on the classic 1980 Richard Gere and starring John Berenthal just debuted last Sunday, and it’s already garnered a lot of overlapping audiences with “House of the Dragon.” A “Dragon” viewer is twice as likely to see “American Gigolo” than a non-fan.
The last few spots on the list are AMC’s “Tales of the Walking Dead”, Adult Swim’s “Primal” and “Dota: Dragon’s Blood” on Netflix. These shows reinforce a major Top 10 trend—one that most “Dragon” fans are looking forward to, beyond the confines of HBO and HBO Max. They are jumping to other streaming platforms or other cable channels to watch their other shows. And interestingly, none of the shows listed are on traditional networks – indicating again that TV viewership is much different today than it was a decade ago.
Going forward, it will be worth seeing if “Dragon” fans watch more HBO programming — or if they keep bouncing around in search of their favorite shows.
