18-02-2025
Ratings: The White Lotus Returns to Premiere High, ‘B+' Reader Grade
The White Lotus on Sunday night checked in 2.4 million total cross-platform viewers across HBO and Max, surging 57% from Season 2's premiere night to easily mark the anthology's most-watched premiere night to date.
The star-studded Mike White series was also the No. 1 title on Max globally Sunday night, though HBO did not furnish any specific data points. And on Max in Europe and Latin America, the premiere is said to have more than tripled the previous season's premiere audience.
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The White Lotus' Season 3 premiere in just its first 36 hours has grown its audience 90% (to 4.6 million cross-platform viewers), doubling the Season 2 premiere's performance in the same span of time.
TVLine readers gave the Season 3 premiere an average grade of 'B+'; read our complete recap.
Season 1 of The White Lotus debuted to just under a million viewers in July 2021, and went on to average 9.3 million viewers with delayed playback. Season 2 similarly averaged 15.5 million viewers with delayed playback.
Heading into Sunday's season opener, The White Lotus on Max saw an 84% increase in volume compared to the week leading up to its sophomore premiere, as viewers caught up on the dark, frothy drama.
