Season one featured the most nude scenes (11), with a declining trend across seasons two (9), three (7) and four (6).Now, what happens if we compare the number of nude scenes per season to official HBO viewership figures (discussed in our last GoT data blog, Data Visualization reveals most popular Game of Thrones episode)? Using Business intelligence software, we can immediately see that the number of nude scenes per season has been declining since its peak of 11 (from just 10 episodes) in season one. So is regular nudity really the formula to the series’ success? Or does it, and we, have a little more substance?Ī correlation between viewership figures and incidents of nudity? The four seasons have combined for a cumulative total of 30:19 minutes worth of nude scenes – that’s longer than an episode of The Simpsons! This means the 33 nude scenes contained in the GoT saga have run for an average of 1:05 minutes each.
The often full-frontal nature of the series has been well documented, with nudity portrayed in 31 out of the 40 episodes to date. There have been 33 nude scenes, at an average of just over 1-minute eachĮxposing the naked truth behind Game of ThronesĪs the above data visualization depicts, GoT doesn’t hold anything back – or keep much on – when it comes to nudity.The first four seasons of GoT contained a total of 30 minutes of nude scenes.A staggering 77.5% of episodes (31 of 40) have featured a nude scene.Do we simply watch HBO’s smash hit Game of Thrones (GoT) for the nudity? With the season five premiere of GoT just around the corner (April 12th), it’s worth considering your motivations for watching (because let’s face it, it does consume a decent portion of your life!). By Eshan Wickrema, Steve Sorbello and Lachlan James
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