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'Love Island USA' Season 8 Sets Peacock Record with 824 Million Minutes Watched in First Three Days

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Selome Hailu

4d ago· 2 min readenNews

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Season 8 of 'Love Island USA' has become Peacock's most-watched original series debut ever, with 824 million minutes streamed in its first three days, Variety reported. That figure marks a 74% increase over Season 7's debut in 2025, according to NBCUniversal first-party data cited by both Variety and Deadline. Deadline further noted that 23% of the audience watched on phones and tablets, the highest mobile viewership for any Peacock original during its launch period.

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Season 8 of 'Love Island USA' has become Peacock's most-watched original series debut ever, reaching 824 million minutes watched in its first three days — a 74% increase over Season 7's debut in 2025. The season premiered on June 2 and has released three episodes so far, according to NBCUniversal first-party data.

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Season 8 of 'Love Island USA' has achieved the most-watched debut for an original season of television ever on Peacock.
The season, which premiered on June 2 and has released three episodes so far, has reached a total of 824 million minutes watched.
That's a 74% increase compared to the initial three-day total of Season 7 — which aired in 2025 and was itself a big viewership draw for Peacock — and outpaces the three-day viewership of any series Peacock has ever debuted.
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'Love Island USA' Season 8 hit 824 million minutes watched in three days, marking the biggest debut ever for a Peacock original series.

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