Top 10 World Records of "Game of Thrones"

"Game of Thrones" has been a global hit for many years. As an epic American drama about the struggle for power between several families, the change of dynasties, and the love and hatred between characters, it has been broadcast for eight seasons and ended in 2019. And this year, it is even more popular. Its prequel "House of the Dragon" just ended, which also triggered another round of discussion about the cast, plots, characters, and special effects. Do you know what world records have been broken by "Game of Thrones" over the years?

1. As of the end of 2017, "Game of Thrones" was the most pirated TV series, having topped the list of most illegally downloaded TV series worldwide for six years in a row, with "The Walking Dead" in second place and "The Flash" in third.

2. In 2015, the second episode of "Game of Thrones" season 5 was broadcast simultaneously in 173 countries and territories worldwide, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous broadcast of a TV series worldwide that year.

3. It was the world's most-watched TV series of 2016, according to the statistics of the data technology company Parrot Analytics, "Game of Thrones" was watched an average of 7.19 million times a day in 2016, the ratings were amazing.

4. As the TV series with the most Emmy Awards. "Game of Thrones" became the biggest winner at the 68th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in 2016, winning 38 awards in six years, making it the TV series with the most Emmy Awards in film history, certified by Guinness World Records.

5. It has the world's tallest actor, Neil Fingleton, who plays Mag the Mighty in the TV series. He is 2.32 meters tall, a rare high-altitude actor in the world. But unfortunately, he died of heart disease in 2017.

6. It has the largest virtual entertainment world in the "Minecraft" game. As of February 4, 2015, the World of Westeros project has mapped approximately 311.4 square miles on the continent of Westeros, including Riverrun and Winterfell, covering approximately 22,000 x 59,000 blocks in the region. The aim of this project is to apply this scene to the game based on the original novel.

7. As of 2021, It was the TV series with the most single seeds shared by viewers synchronously. The record for a single seed file shared by viewers for the season 5 finale is 258,100. Obviously, season 5 is the most successful of the first five seasons.

8. It has the best beer keg-throwing actor, Hafþór Júlíus Björnssonnsson, who plays Gregor Clegane in the TV series. He broke the World Guinness Record in November 2015 when he threw a beer keg weighing 15 Kg into the air 7.5 meters high.

9. As the TV series with the most American Visual Effects Society Awards, "Game of Thrones" has won 16 awards from the VES as of 2016, breaking the Guinness World Records for the mysterious creatures created in the TV series such as the Others, the dragons, the Direwolf and the Three-eyed crow.

10. According to the statistics of the data technology company Parrot Analytics, the first episode of "Game of Thrones" season 8 was certified as the world's most in-demand TV premiere, with 17.4 million people worldwide watching the episode on its premiere day, breaking the Guinness World Records. And it is most popular in the US, UK，and France.