The Traitors S2 OTT Verdict: Karan Johar's Show Beats Lifetime Viewership Of Season 1 By A Huge Margin
The Traitors S2 OTT Verdict: Beats Season 1 By A Huge Margin! (Photo Credit – Instagram)

The game of deception, psychological warfare, and high-stakes strategy has paid off big time! Master host Karan Johar’s unscripted reality series, The Traitors S2, has won big with its three-week streaming, bringing a huge viewership, surpassing the total views of the first season. And the audience response has been nothing short of phenomenal.

Driven by sharper gameplay, a high-profile celebrity ensemble, and intense social media chatter, season 2 has delivered a stellar performance across digital platforms. With Krystle DSouza and Rida Tharana winning the show this season, a lot of chatter has been around Parul Gulati’s cheating!

The Traitors S2 OTT Verdict

In a rare non-fiction feat, the second chapter has managed to outshine the complete lifetime viewership tally of Season 1 by a massive margin, comfortably securing a spot among the Top 10 most-viewed OTT properties! As per Ormax, Traitors S2 garnered a viewership of 13.1 million views in its three-week streaming on Prime Video.

To put this streaming number into context, the inaugural season of the show was a certified hit in its own right. As per the official data published in Ormax’s Annual List Of 2025 (listing the top 50 most-viewed digital properties), Season 1 accumulated a solid lifetime viewership of 9.3 million views, finishing as the 7th most-viewed reality show of 2025.

The Traitors S2 has not only bridged that gap in quick time, but it has completely surpassed that 9.3 million benchmark, setting a new benchmark for high-concept unscripted content in India! Ironically, The Traitors S2 is also the seventh most-viewed reality show of 2026.

Check out the top 10 most-viewed unscripted shows of 2026 on OTT.

  1. India’s Got Latent S2: 74.6 Million | YouTube/Netflix
  2. Laughter Chefs S3: 35.7 Million | JioHotstar
  3. Khatron Ke Khiladi S15: 34 Million | JioHotstar
  4. Lock Upp S2: 27.5 Million | Netflix
  5. KBC S18: 15.5 Million | SonyLiv
  6. The 50: 13.3 Million | JioHotstar
  7. The Traitors S2: 13.1 Million | Prime Video
  8. The Great Indian Kapil Show S4: 10.4 Million | Netflix
  9. Splitsvilla S6: 9.9 Million | JioHotstar
  10. Indian Idol S16: 9.8 Million | SonyLiv

Note: The debut week viewership numbers are the official numbers given by Netflix/Ormax for all the films that arrived on the platform, irrespective of the day they arrived in a week. Some arrived on the fourth day of the week, some on the 5th, and so on, but the debut numbers are calculated by Ormax/Netflix weekly, not day-wise.

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