Season two's premiere of the post-apocalyptical TV series “The Last of Us” counted 5.3 million viewers across the linear HBO channel and streaming service HBO Max, an increase compared to the first episode of the first season. However, season two's final was watched by only 3.7 million people. The TV show is based on a video game franchise of the same name and was produced by Sony Pictures Television.

In November 2022, around *** million viewers watched the finale episode titled "Rest in Peace" of Season ** of "The Walking Dead." This marked a small increase compared with the finale episode of the previous season.

The Stanley Cup Finals is a championship series in the National Hockey League (NHL) that determines the Stanley Cup winner. In 2025, the average TV viewership was 2.5 million per game in the United States. The previous year, in 2024, average TV viewership in the U.S. amounted to 4.2 million. Which NHL Player has won the most Stanley Cups? The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the team that wins the NHL playoffs. It is the oldest existing trophy awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and players are eager to have their team’s name engraved on it. As of 2023, the player with the most Stanley Cup wins of all time was Henri Richard. The centre won 11 Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens between 1955 and 1975. What is the most valuable franchise in the NHL? A team’s franchise value is often based on a combination of factors such as revenue, profitability, brand strength, and team performance. In 2024, the Toronto Maple Leafs had the highest franchise value in the NHL at 3.8 billion U.S. dollars. Following close behind was the New York Rangers, with a franchise value of 3.5 billion U.S. dollars. Alongside being the NHL team with the most Stanley cup wins, the Montreal Canadiens had the third-highest franchise value in the league in 2024.

In 2024, NASCAR had an average television audience of around **** million viewers. This represented an increase of nearly ** percent on the previous year, which had an average audience of **** million.

The eSports market has exploded in recent years with more and more viewers tuning in to watch the best gamers in the world do battle. The League of Legends 2024 World Championship became the most watched eSports event of all time, with a recorded 6.86 million peak viewers. The second most viewed tournament was the League of Legends 2023 World Championship in South Korea, with 6.4 million peak viewers. eSports on the rise The eSports audience size in 2021 stood at a considerable 234 million enthusiasts, on top of 240 million occasional viewers. If these figures were not impressive enough, they are forecast to grow even further in the next few years. The enthusiasts are spread across the world, but the Asia Pacific region seems to be a particular hotspot for eSports. In the United States, meanwhile, some 13.4 percent of internet users in 2021 watched eSports, with the figure expected to rise to 15.5 percent by 2023. League of Legends tournaments Although League of Legends was released some 12 years ago, it has only recently exploded into life thanks to the eSports market. With the increased viewership comes increased revenue, and this means that the League of Legends tournaments are worth big money. The game’s cumulative prize pool for tournaments across the world amounted to over 7.82 million U.S. dollars in 2021. As well as the Mid-Season Invitational tournament, the best LoL players also fight it out in the annual League of Legends World Championship. The stakes were higher than ever in 2018 as the total prize pool stood at 6.45 million U.S. dollars. The most recent World Championships in 2024 ended in a final match up between T1 and Bilibili Gaming, from South Korea and China, respectively. T1 emerged as champions following a 3-2 victory, pocketing prize money of almost half a million U.S. dollars.

As of March 2025, Resident Evil 2 remake was the best-selling entry in Capcom's Resident Evil series. The 2017 survival horror game sold over 15.4 million units worldwide. The first game of the series, Resident Evil, was released in 1996 for PlayStation 1 and the franchise is one of Capcom's all-time best-sellers. Resident Evil – the original survival horror game The Resident Evil series, also known as Biohazard in its home market Japan and Southeast Asia, is a horror video game franchise created by Capcom. The first game of the series was released in 1996, and as of March 2024, there are currently 10 core Resident Evil games and multiple spin-offs, bringing the series total to about 30 games. The Resident Evil series gave rise to the new gaming genre of survival horror and proved to be a critical and commercial success. Resident Evil titles typically feature players surviving in environments overrun by zombies and other monsters, as well as first-person or third-person shooter elements. To date, the Resident Evil video game series has sold over 160 million units (including remakes and re-releases for other platforms), making it one of the biggest video game series of all time. The series’ most recent release, Resident Evil 4 (2023), is a current-gen remake of the highly acclaimed and award-winning 2005 game of the same name. Resident Evil 4 (2023) sold approximately four million copies within two weeks of release, making it one of the fastest-selling entries in the series.Overall, the Resident Evil series is frequently cited as one of the most influential video game series of all time, with an impact that can also be felt beyond video games, as it is credited with giving rise to a new horror genre as well as sparking the revival of the zombie genre in media in the early 2000s. RE success beyond gaming In addition to video games, the Resident Evil franchise has also seen success with live-action film adaptations, animation films, two Netflix series, as well as merchandise sales, novels, and comics. With a box office gross of over 314 million U.S. dollars, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) is one of the most successful video game movies worldwide.

How many people play Fortnite? After bursting onto the scene in 2017, Fortnite has since become a worldwide phenomenon, amassing 650 million players across the globe as of November 2023, up from 400 million in May 2021. Why is Fortnite so popular? The reasons Fortnite has become such a global hit are clear. Not only is the game free to play, but it is also available on most gaming platforms. On top of this, Fortnite's most popular gameplay mode is the battle royale mode, in which up to 100 players fight it at once. This means that the re-playability of the game is infinite – each game is unique. Keeping players engaged with live services Fortnite Battle Royale is also a live service game, meaning that the game receives regular content updates to keep players engaged. Each season of the game roughly lasts 10 weeks and features events such as online concerts, and cosmetic changes. The game’s current iteration is called "鬼HUNTERS (Demon HUNTERS)" with a theme around yōkai, hunters and Japanese culture. Live service games are here to stay By offering cross-platform, multiplayer gaming with a live service schedule, Fortnite covers two of the biggest gaming industry trends, which the majority of the industry intend to follow. A 2023 of global gaming studios found that more than nine in ten studios were either working on or intending to release a live services title. With regular, cadenced, and themed updates to free-to-play games, studios motivate players to keep returning and, eventually, spend not only time but also money on the game. This seems to work for the parent company Epic Games – Fortnite was one of the most downloaded PlayStation F2P game in the EU and North America in 2024.