Game of Thrones

As of 2013, about 58 percent of series viewers were male and 42 percent female, and the average male viewer was 41 years old. According to marketing director Helen Kellie, Game of Thrones has a high fan-engagement rate; 5.5 percent of the series' 2.9 million fans talked online about the series in 2012, compared to 1.8 percent of the more than ten million fans of (HBO's other fantasy series). dedicated to the TV and novel series; cover Game of Thrones.[296]

Awards and accolades

Game of Thrones has won numerous of awards since it debuted as a series, including 58 Primetime Emmy Awards, 5 , and a ; it holds the Emmy-award records for both most wins for a scripted television series, surpassing the record of 37 wins held by since listed Game of Thrones as the 40th "best written" series in television history. while in 2016 the series was placed seventh on 's "The 50 best TV shows ever". named it the twelfth "greatest TV Show of all time".[303]

The 2011 first season received 13 Emmy nominations (including ), and won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (given to Peter Dinklage for his portrayal of Tyrion Lannister) and . Other nominations included ("") and ("")., and .[306]

In 2012, the second season received six Emmy Awards from 11 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage).[128]

The 2013 received 16 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage), (Emilia Clarke), () and Outstanding Writing (""), winning two .[128]

In 2014, the fourth season received four from 19 nominations, which included Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Lena Headey), Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Rigg), Outstanding Directing ("") and Outstanding Writing ("The Children").[128]

The 2015 fifth season won the most Primetime Emmy Awards for a series in a year (12 awards from 24 nominations), including Outstanding Drama Series; other wins included Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage), Outstanding Directing ("") and Outstanding Writing ("Mother's Mercy"), and eight were .[307]

In 2016, the received the most nominations for the (23). It won for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Directing (""), Outstanding Writing ("Battle of the Bastards"), and nine . Nominations included Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage and Kit Harington), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Clarke, Headey and Maisie Williams), () and Outstanding Directing ("").[308]

In 2018, the received the most nominations at the (22).."), and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series ( for "The Dragon and the Wolf" and for "").[311]

In 2019, the established a new record for most Emmy nominations received in the same year by any regular series with 32, breaking the 25 years long record previously held by , which had scored 26 nominations for its in The series eventually won twelve awards, becoming the first series to win Outstanding Drama Series for an eighth season and tying its own record (previously achieved for season five) for most Emmys won by a series in a single season. It also tied the record for most Outstanding Drama Series wins, becoming the fifth series to reach four wins after , , , and ; unlike all the other record holders, which had won for their first four seasons, Game of Thrones achieved the record with its final four seasons. Peter Dinklage broke the record for most wins in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category with his fourth win for the series; his nomination had also extended his record for most nominations in the category to eight (one for every season of the show).

Viewer numbers

The first season averaged 2.5 million viewers for its first Sunday-night screenings and a gross audience (including repeats and viewings) of 9.3 million viewers per episode. The third season was seen by 14.2 million viewers, making Game of Thrones the second-most-viewed HBO series (after The Sopranos). For the fourth season, HBO said that its average gross audience of 18.4 million viewers (later adjusted to 18.6 million) had passed The Sopranos for the record.

By the sixth season the average per-episode gross viewing figure had increased to over 25 million, with nearly 40 percent of viewers watching on HBO digital platforms. study of the 50 TV shows with the most found that Game of Thrones was "much more popular in cities than in the countryside, probably the only show involving zombies that is".[328]

The series set records on pay-television channels in the United Kingdom (with a 2016 average audience of more than five million on all platforms)

Video games

The series has inspired several video games based on the TV series and novels. The strategy game ties into the HBO series, making characters and settings available to players as they appear on television. is developing a free-to-play strategy game based on the series for mobile devices., a of the Reigns series, is in development by , published by , and set to release in October 2018.[334]

Merchandise and exhibition