The viewership drop for Percy Jackson and the Olympians continues to worsen, with newly released Nielsen data showing Episode 3 of Season 2 has lost nearly half its audience compared to Season 1.
For the week of December 15 through December 21, Percy Jackson Season 2 Episode 3 pulled in 410 million minutes viewed in the U.S.
That’s down sharply from the 700 million minutes logged by Season 1’s third episode during its comparable week — a 41% drop.
Percy Jackson Ratings Keep Falling
The episode-by-episode decline now confirms what early data suggested: Percy Jackson Season 2 is struggling to hold onto viewers.
Here’s the weekly breakdown so far:
- Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2: 572 million minutes
- Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2: 508 million minutes
- Season 1 Episode 3: 700 million minutes
- Season 2 Episode 3: 410 million minutes
While some drop-off is expected between episodes, a nearly 50% fall between seasons at the same episode point is a serious red flag, especially for a franchise that Disney once promoted as one of its most promising originals.
A sinking ship
Season 1 Episode 4 also brought in 627 million minutes, but with Season 2’s Episode 3 numbers being so low, another dip is expected.
Update: Season 2, Episode 4 brought in only 436 million minutes, a more than 30% drop.
As we’ve gone over, the Season 1 finale also brought in 575 million minutes. So the decline is real.
As previously reported, Disney+ enables Nielsen measurement by default on user accounts, meaning this viewership data reflects actual U.S. audience behavior, not selective sampling.
Season 3 Is Greenlit, But The Numbers Don’t Look Good
Although Disney preemptively renewed Percy Jackson and the Olympians for Season 3 (adapting The Titan’s Curse), the declining ratings could spell trouble for the long-term future of the series.
