They only added HBO Max to Nielsen's US weekly streaming rankings a few weeks ago because their market share was historically too low compared to competitors like Netflix. Now, the Nielsen report of the 22-28 Augustus period has a lot of good news.
Game of Thrones was the #1 Streaming Acquired Progam with 909m minutes (3rd overall) and House of Dragon the #3 Acquired Program with 741m minutes (6th overall) watched during this period.
An important note here is that HOTD numbers here include a full week of availability for episode 1, but only the first three hours for episode 2. This is due to when Nielsen reporting closes for the week. Episode one also grabbed 327m minutes in the first three hours last week. Those aren't included in this report.
Game of Thrones scoring higher might seem odd at first, but Nielson's measurement here is minutes viewed. With 73 episodes, there are a lot more minutes of GOT to watch obviously. Same with the vast majority of shows in this overview. Shows that can be binged typically score higher here.
This report next week is where things will get really interesting though. Maybe I'll write a really long post about it again. It could happen.