From April 22 to April 28, the TV series adaptation of the post-apocalyptic game collected 1.5 billion minutes of views, which means that “Fallout”  was the most viewed show even in the third week after the debut (in case we consider the data of all U.S. streaming services).

“Fallout” is the only Prime Video series to hit the top spot three times in Nielsen’s streaming ratings. Second and third are the animated series “Bluey” running on Disney+ and the medical series “Grey’s Anatomy” airing on Hulu / Netflix, respectively.

The first season of “Fallout” was released on Amazon Prime Video on April 10 and attracted 65 million viewers in its first 16 days, the second-highest total in the platform’s history (only “The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power,” which was released in 2022 and with its second season debuting as early as August 29, can boast more).

“Fallout” also received high ratings and positive feedback from critics, with a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. On the back of the show’s success, interest in the game series has also increased: according to Yahoo with a reference to Bethesda, 5 million people have played Fallout in a day, including a million in Fallout 76, which was called doomed due to low attendance 6 years ago by the media.

The Fallout series is based on the video game franchise of the same name and, according to the official synopsis, is about humanity’s survival in a post-apocalyptic future in the year 2296 – 219 years after a nuclear war. The plot is part of the canon of the game series, but tells an independent story built around three key characters: a young girl Lucy, a resident of Warehouse 33, her father and Warehouse keeper Hank, as well as a mercenary goon Cooper.