It’s no secret that The Pitt ‘ s second season was much bigger than its first —  HBO Max ‘s internal data shows the series averaging 15.4 million viewers over its first 90 days, more than 50 percent higher than the first season in 2025. The show recorded more than a billion viewing minutes in Nielsen’s streaming ratings 12 times in its first 14 weeks this season. The year-to-year growth is even more pronounced in some new data from Nielsen — which shows every week of The Pitt’ s second season outpacing its first, and sometimes more than doubling the same week from season one. The company’s regular weekly streaming totals include all episodes of a series. For example, the 1.13 billion minutes of viewing for The Pitt from April 6-12 includes time viewers spent watching episodes from season one and earlier episodes of season two, in addition to the one that premiered that week.…