S3 is losing viewers says Samba

[books of Robert Jordan]

Minus 6%

[LTL]

Minus 6% from what?

[Elder_Haman]

An alternative perspective:

 

Season 3 currently enjoys an 83% fresh audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. (94% with critics) [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_wheel_of_time/s03]

 

It is also scoring very well on Metacritic, earning a 9.0 audience score. [https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-wheel-of-time/season-3/]

 

It is second only to Reacher on Amazon: https://www.techradar.com/streaming/amazon-prime-video/the-wheel-of-time-season-3-is-prime-videos-2-show-here-are-3-more-fantasy-series-with-over-85-percent-on-rotten-tomatoes

 

IMDB currently rates it as the 14th most popular streaming show:

https://m.imdb.com/chart/tvmeter/?ref_=tt_ov_pop

 

So, I suspect overall viewership will increase as time goes on. 

[Elder_Haman]

Also wanted to supply this link:

 

TVstats shows Wheel of Time season 3 as the 9th most popular show (#3 on Prime / #3 sci-fi/fantasy series / #9 drama) and lists it with an online engagement score of 23.91 which qualifies as high engagement.

The Wheel of Time (TV) - Stats, Ratings, Viewership

[Pandemonium]

6% from an outside source is probably not a conclusive enough data source, and could easily fall into the statistical noise category.  I would be much more worried if I saw 20% drop or something substantial.

 

only Prime has the official numbers so it will be interesting to see if they make any press release.  This press release said that Reacher season 3 include viewership by 0.5% from season 2 and has the most viewers of any return season on Amazon.  https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/reacher-season-3-ratings-1236336510/Wheel of time could easily show an increase, like Reacher, once the final numbers are tallied.  If Amazon doesn't make a PR in the first month though, it will probably mean things aren't doing so great.  

[Agitel]

Can't believe I'm saying this, but if this season performs worse than two I hope Amazon will take into consideration the better critical reviews. Even if it starts lower I think S3 could have legs and word of mouth and really be the foundation for a true hit. 

Edited 17 hours ago by Agitel

[Sabio]

My concern is the last episode, so far, the series has been horrible when it comes to the final episode of the season.

[Mailman]

  20 hours ago, Pandemonium said:

6% from an outside source is probably not a conclusive enough data source, and could easily fall into the statistical noise category.  I would be much more worried if I saw 20% drop or something substantial.

 

only Prime has the official numbers so it will be interesting to see if they make any press release.  This press release said that Reacher season 3 include viewership by 0.5% from season 2 and has the most viewers of any return season on Amazon.  https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/reacher-season-3-ratings-1236336510/Wheel of time could easily show an increase, like Reacher, once the final numbers are tallied.  If Amazon doesn't make a PR in the first month though, it will probably mean things aren't doing so great.  

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I think expecting the studio to do anything but spin the numbers to put a positive angle on any decision is foolish. Even if they were to cancel the series they will say the numbers are good but attribute it to some other reason they are not going forward.

 

Disney has found positive things to say about all it's SW tv series despite them being wound up.

Edited 11 hours ago by Mailman

[DigificWriter]

Jon from WoT Up was given indications that any holdups in a Season 4 renewal are on Sony Pictures Television's end, not Amazon's.