The steady week-over-week growth resulted in an 88% jump from premiere (2.7 million) to finale (5 million). You can see the viewership numbers episode by episode below. By Episode 303, The Gilded Age had matched the previous multi-platform series high posted by the Season 2 finale, setting a string of new high marks since.

The Season 3 finale of 'The Gilded Age' reached the series' fifth consecutive viewership high: 5 million viewers in three days across HBO and HBO Max.

Reactions to "The Gilded Age" Season 3 finale flooded social media Sunday night, inspiring a level of FOMO for non-viewers and water-cooler conversation typically reserved for tentpole HBO shows like "The White Lotus" or "The Last of Us.