RANKED: The Most Watched Episodes Of Game Of Thrones That Fans Swear By

When it comes to going big, very few shows in the worlds can claim to defeat Game of Thrones. One of the biggest pop culture phenomena in the world, GoT is as big as television gets. Starting from 2011, the tribe of die-hard GoT fans has only become more loyal and of course bigger.

With almost every episode of GoT breaking and setting records in some way or the other, we take look back at the episodes that attracted the highest number of eyeballs. Here are GoT episodes ranked according to their number of views on the first day.

Winds Of Winter (Season 6 Finale)- 8.9 million views

No one can ever forget the gilded behemoth of Septr of Baelor literally going up in smokes in the episode. We knew Cersei could be ruthless, but even the biggest fans never saw it coming. That image of the Red Sparrow and the entire Tyrell clan along with several other people being sucked by the wildfire and Cersei erasing the ancient structure from the skyline of King’s Landing will be etched in our memories forever. Also, who can forget the haunting background music and the silent suicide of Tommen that gave us the chills.

Mother’s Mercy  (Season 5 Finale) 8.11 million views

Seeing Cersei do the walk of shame is one GoT moment that will go down in history. Never have nudity been so brutal on screen. Every fan who understands the character of Cersei could only imagine how earth-shatteringly terrible the outcome of Cersei’s ultimate humiliation is going to be.

Dragon And The Wolf (Season 7 Finale) 16.5 million views

There were a lot of things happening in the episode, but everything paled in comparison when Daenerys came face to face with Cersei for the first time. The excitement of seeing all the main characters together for the first time and the palpable tension of the episode could be felt by every fan of the show. Also, who can forget that this is the episode where we discovered that Jon Snow is really a Targaryen.

Winterfell  (Season8 Premiere) 17.4 million views

After a painful wait of two years, fans literally lapped up the first episode of season 8. From emotional reunions that made us teary eyes to the whole tense build-up of the Great War, this is the most watched premiere episode in the history of Game of Thrones.

The Long Night  (Season 8 Episode 3) 17.8 million views

And now the episode that made our adrenaline reach a pathological level. The greatest war episode ever shot in the show, this episode was everything Game of Thrones fans were waiting for. From the exhausting war sequence to the dread-filled scene where the entire Dothraki clan was wiped out of existence, it was an episode that is difficult to define. Finally, the moment where Arya Stark becomes the slayer of Night King would go down in the history of the most heart-stopping on-screen moments.