After simply three episodes, IT: Welcome to Derry has solidified itself as a serious streaming hit with among the best debut seasons on HBO Max. Serving as a prequel to Andy Muschietti’s IT (2017) and IT Chapter Two (2019) motion pictures, Welcome to Derry has remained across the high of HBO Max’s streaming charts since its premiere on October 26.
Increasing its success, Deadline has now reported that IT: Welcome to Derry season 1’s common home and world viewership places it within the high three finest freshman seasons in HBO Max historical past. Welcome to Derry episode 3 averaged 5 million United States cross-platform viewers in its first three days, whereas its sequence premiere had a large 5.7 million common. General, Welcome to Derry season 1 has averaged 9.2 million U.S. viewers per episode and practically 15 million world viewers per episode.
The general season’s new achievement follows the truth that IT: Welcome to Derry episode 1 itself set a file as HBO Max’s third-best premiere of all time behind Home of the Dragon and The Final of Us. Sadly, HBO Max did not reveal which different two TV exhibits Welcome to Derry has joined because the platform’s three finest freshman seasons.
Whereas IT: Welcome to Derry episode 3’s figures show the sequence has maintained sturdy viewership after the premiere, it nonetheless has a number of episodes remaining that want to carry onto these numbers. Welcome to Derry season 1 has a complete of eight episodes, so 5 are nonetheless left, with the finale set to premiere on HBO Max on Sunday, December 14.
IT: Welcome to Derry season 1 has additionally been going up in opposition to a very sturdy Sunday night time HBO slate since its debut. Additionally premiering on Sunday nights are the freshman seasons of Tim Robinson’s The Chair Firm and Rachel Sennott’s I Love LA, each of that are exhibiting sturdy numbers for HBO Max’s comedy catalog.
Averaging 3 million U.S. viewers per episode, The Chair Firm has grow to be the highest freshman comedy season for HBO Max ever. In the meantime, I Love LA additionally now boasts a 12% improve in viewership for its second episode from the premiere, with a season common of 1.4 million U.S. viewers. Nevertheless, The Chair Firm is about to finish two weeks earlier than and I Love LA will finish one week after IT: Welcome to Derry‘s season 1 finale, maintaining the competitors by means of November and mid-December.
Contemplating the premiere already rivaled the viewership of Home of the Dragon and The Final of Us, IT: Welcome to Derry season 1’s excessive general common is an efficient signal for the sequence’ future. The present’s producers and creators have often talked about a three-season plan for IT: Welcome to Derry, although HBO nonetheless hasn’t given an official greenlight past season 1. Nevertheless, with sturdy viewership being maintained throughout the primary half of the freshman season, Welcome to Derry seems to be prefer it’ll be right here to remain and full the artistic group’s imaginative and prescient of diving deeper into Pennywise and Derry’s historical past.
For now, there’s nonetheless a lot extra secrets and techniques and scares to discover in season 1’s remaining episodes, with IT: Welcome to Derry episode 4 premiering on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday, November 16 at 9 p.m. ET. Because the present has additionally maintained promising vital and viewers opinions all through the season, at present holding a “Licensed Contemporary” 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the hope is that IT: Welcome to Derry will solely develop in viewership and acclaim as season 1 progresses.
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October 26, 2025
- Community
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HBO
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Andy Muschietti
- Franchise(s)
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IT
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Taylour Paige
Charlotte Hanlon
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