According to Deadline, since its premiere, Fallout has made huge impact for Amazon. Although only airing earlier this month, the series has generated overwhelming viewership. A total of 65 million viewers made the series the second most-watched title on Prime Video. The streamer has stated that the series has done very well with the 18-34 demographic for only being out for 16 days.
According to Deadline, the series is the most-watched title on the streamer since the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Fallout is currently the top series globally on the streamer. The series have done so well globally that a total of 60% of the audience for the series have been outside the United States. The series was renewed for a second season just one week after airing on Prime Video.
Fallout is based on a video game franchise from Bethesda Game Studios owned by Microsoft. The series is its own stand-alone story but with many parts from the video games incorporated into the world. The series is set 200 years after an atomic war created an apocalyptic wasteland. The series follows the story of Lucy, a vault dweller, Cooper, a ghoul, and Maximus, a member of the Brotherhood of Steel.
The cast of the series includes Ella Purnell (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) as Lucy MacLean, Walton Goggins (Invincible) as Cooper Howard, Aaron Moten (Father Stu) as Maximus, Kyle MacLachlan (Dune) as Overseer Hank MacLean, Moisés Arias (The Kings of Summer) as Norm MacLean, Sarita Choudhury (The Green Knight) as Lee Moldaver, Michael Emerson (Arrow) as Wilzig, Leslie Uggams (Deadpool) as Betty Pearson, Frances Turner (The Boys) as Barb Howard, Dave Register (The Witch Files) as Chet, Zach Cherry (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) as Woody Thomas, Johnny Pemberton (In the Loop) as Thaddeus, Rodrigo Luzzi (Dead Ringers) as Reg McPhee, Annabel O’Hagan (Rent Free) as Stephanie Harper, Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows) as Mr. Hardy, and Xelia Mendes-Jones (The Wheel of Time) as Dane.
Fallout is available to stream on Prime Video.