Not surprised here, but there are so many other awesome HBO shows, why cancel?
From Cinema Blend:
Game of Thrones is finished for now at HBO, and it appears that with its death came the death of a chunk of people’s subscriptions. The days after the finale didn’t just bring a bunch of hot takes to the internet, but also a spike in Google searches from those looking to cancel their HBO subscriptions. According to Google Trends, the amount of searches for “cancel HBO” skyrocketed after the finale, and resulted in the highest spike in show history.
The search score for “cancel HBO” capped out on Google Trends on Monday, May 20, with a score of 100. Comparatively, if one looks at how many people searched that term throughout the history of the series, the next highest surge was after the Season 7 finale, which had a score of 47. That’s a huge spike between seasons, which may indicate a lot of people were simply holding onto their HBO subscriptions for Game of Thrones.
HBO President Casey Bloys told Deadline that dips in subscribers following the end of big shows on the platform is normal. That being said, such a steep drop off could result in some at HBO suggesting the network push through development on the planned Game of Thrones prequel in order to get some of those subscribers back. Shortly after the finale, Bloys maintained HBO’s stance was to let the finale sit for a while before offering something new to fans.
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