Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Premiere Delivers Huge Audience Boost
The newest Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip season started with a very large audience.
About 2.5 million people watched the premiere across different platforms during its first week.
That was much higher than the audience for the previous season’s premiere.
The episode also did especially well on Bravo and Peacock.
Peacock reported that it was the franchise’s biggest streaming series performance.
The show has also received 97 million social-media impressions so far.
Seven Housewives are traveling to famous places connected to the franchise.
The season celebrates the Real Housewives franchise’s 20th anniversary.
The fifth season premiere attracted 2.5 million total viewers across platforms in its first week.
The premiere increased 112% compared with the previous season premiere, based on Nielsen and NBCUniversal streaming data.
Viewership rose 97% on Bravo and 110% on Peacock, according to the reported figures.
The episode became the Ultimate Girls Trip franchise’s highest-performing streaming series and Bravo’s sixth-biggest Peacock season premiere.
The show generated 97 million social-media impressions while featuring seven Housewives traveling to franchise landmarks.
- Who
- The cast includes Teresa Giudice, Luann de Lesseps, Kyle Richards, Vicki Gunvalson, Gizelle Bryant, Porsha Williams, and Lisa Barlow.
- What
- The premiere of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th recorded a major audience increase.
- When
- The premiere’s first-week performance was reported after seven days of viewing.
- Where
- The series is airing on Bravo and streaming on Peacock; the cast travels to Orange County, Beverly Hills, Atlanta, Miami, and New York City.
- Why
- Season 5 is part of the Real Housewives franchise’s 20th-anniversary celebration.
- First-week audience
- 2.5 million total viewers across platforms
- Increase over previous premiere
- 112%
- Bravo linear increase
- 97%, according to Nielsen
- Peacock increase
- 110%, according to NBCUniversal
- Peacock ranking
- Bravo’s No. 6 biggest season premiere on Peacock after seven days
- Social-media impressions
- 97 million to date
- Season
- Season 5, titled The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th