South Paek Sees Big Numbers For Their Premiere

Huge numbers for the return of South Park.

South Park season 27 viewership surges with biggest season premiere share on Comedy Central since 1999, up +68% vs. last season premiere, and nearly 6M cross-platform viewers across Paramount+ and Comedy Central. In addition, the viral premiere dominated Wednesday as the #1 telecast across all cable. South Park earned its most social episode ever, while #SouthPark trended on X for over 12 hours, ranking #1 for 5 hours. Tune-in tonight, July 30^th, for an encore airing of the premiere episode, “Sermon on the ‘Mount,” with a new episode airing Wednesday, August 6 at 10 p.m. ET on Comedy Central and next day on Paramount+.

Full ratings information below:

• South Park S27 premiere scored 5.9M cross-platform viewers across Paramount+ and Comedy Central
• Earned its biggest linear season premiere share since 1999
  • Up +68% vs. S26 premiere (9.20 vs. 5.48)
• Best season premiere rating since 2022
  • Up +15% vs. S26 premiere (0.996 vs. 0.866)
• #1 telecast across all cable on Wednesday
• South Park S27 debut was a hit on social
  • #1 most social episode ever for South Park
  • #1most social program across all TV on Wednesday
  • #SouthPark trended on X for over 12 hours, ranking #1 for 5 hours

Source: Nielsen; L3/P18-49 cvg rtgs & shr, South Park– CMDY, 7/23/25 at 10p; S26 prem- 2/8/23; best shr since S3C (10/27/99), best rtg since S25 (2/2/22), full season/regular eps only; competitive rank based on 000s, all ad supported cable; Cross platform = All linear eps on 7/23 + Streaming; Streaming- Internal streaming data, Total viewers defined by Global Total Watch Time / Run Time on first 3 days, Ep 2701, 7/24-7/26/25; Social- SCR (excl. sports/news), https://trends24.in/united-states/.