Ted Lassos Global Stampede

“Just ahead of Apple’s upcoming earnings report, season two of the Jason Sudeikis-fronted comedy debuted as one of the most in-demand TV shows in the US and around the world over the weekend,” the research firm said overnight.

As of Saturday, Ted Lasso was the eighth most in-demand overall show, generating 41.2x more audience demand than the average show in the US. It was also the second most in-demand digital original in the US, just behind Disney+’s Loki (42.8x).

Globally, Ted Lasso (44.9x) was the 18th most in-demand overall show, and the 7th most in-demand digital original.

“Audience demand for the show’s debut has grown exponentially season over season, and Ted Lasso been a key driver of Apple TV+’s demand share growth in the US and worldwide over the last year,” Parrot Analytics says.

“With Ted Lasso’s weekly release schedule – a strategy proven to build audience demand over time – we expect to see these already impressive numbers to grow further over the coming weeks.”

US Time Shift Analysis

• Season two debuted to 38.7x the demand of the average show in the US – a full 20 times more demand than the series’ season one debut, which got 1.9x the demand of the average show in the US.
• Season one of Ted Lasso – released on a weekly schedule – steadily grew in demand during its first season, as audiences sought a positive refuge in the face of lockdown life and daily COVID news, topping out at 30.0x average demand the day after its season one finale.
• Season two’s debut demand was 29% higher than the peak demand during season one with American audiences, indicating new audiences kept discovering the show between seasons.

Global Time Shift Analysis

• Globally, Ted Lasso is performing even better. Season two debuted to 41.4x demand of average show worldwide, while season one debuted to just .5x the demand of the average show globally.
• Global audience demand during season one of Ted Lasso peaked at 32.9x.
• Global demand for Ted Lasso’s season two debut was already 25.8% higher than its peak demand during season one, showing new global audiences also discovered the show in between seasons.

Apple TV+ Demand Share

The demand share for Apple TV+’s digital originals – a key leading indicator of subscriber growth – has grown significantly since Ted Lasso debuted in August 2020, a trend the show is likely going to help push forward in Q3 2021.

Global Digital Original Demand Share

• In Q2 2021, Apple TV+ had 5.4% of the global demand share for all digital originals.
• This was fifth best of the major streamers, just behind Hulu (5.6%) and ahead of HBO Max (4.8%).
• This represented a 54.3% improvement over Q3 2020, when Ted Lasso debuted, and when Apple TV+ was at 3.5% global demand share.

• In Q2 2021 Apple TV+ had 5.3% demand share of US digital originals.
• This was sixth best of the major streamers, behind HBO Max (5.8%) and well ahead of Paramount+ (3.4%).
• This was a 26.2% improvement over Q3 2020, when US demand share was 4.2%.