Amazon has offered some insight into the performance of Prime video show Fallout Season 2, while keeping viewership stats firmly locked in a vault for now.
According to Deadline, Season 2 of the video game adaptation starring Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins, is tracking as one of its top four returning series ever, behind only action thriller Reacher and big budget fantasy Lord of the Rings spinoff The Rings of Power. That’s with just two episodes to go for the season.
Overall, Fallout Season 2 is the “top-performing” season Prime Video since February 2025’s Reacher Season 3, and the sixth TV season of all time on the streaming service. In this list, it is behind only Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Seasons 1 and 2, Reacher Seasons 2 and 3, and Fallout Season 1.
It’s worth noting that Amazon distributed Season 2 of Fallout in a different way than Season 1, which launched with all eight episodes available to watch in April 2024. For Season 2, Amazon went for a weekly rollout, which makes viewership comparisons tricky.
Peter Friedlander, Head of Global TV at Amazon MGM Studios, issued Deadline the following statement:
“We are thrilled with the Fallout S2 reception from audiences and critics globally. After its first four weeks, Fallout S2 already ranks as the sixth most watched season ever on Prime Video and is even higher rated on Rotten Tomatoes than S1.
“More than half of the season’s audience to-date has come from outside the U.S., and we’re excited for even more viewers to discover the show as we continue to release new episodes over the weeks ahead.”
As Deadline points out, Amazon has yet to release actual viewership data for Season 2, which kicked off nearly two years after Season 1. Apparently it’s waiting until all the Season 2 episodes are out to do so. Season 1 had a huge 65 million viewers within 16 days of release. The Fallout Season 2 finale is set for February 6.
Season 3 was confirmed before Season 2 came out, so clearly Amazon had confidence in the show. Deadline reports that executives have heard the pitch for Season 3 and things are “charging forward.” There’s no release date yet, but it will be interesting to see if Season 3 takes as long to come out as Season 2 did, or whether Amazon will shift back to a simultaneous launch for all episodes.
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