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HBO MaxUK × Germany

HBO Max
Launch Intelligence.

How did HBO Max perform across two of Europe's most competitive streaming markets?

Germany launched
13 January 2026
United Kingdom launched
26 March 2026
01 · Prediction

Which market embraced HBO Max faster?

Make your call before we reveal the data.

02 · Germany · 19-week window
🇩🇪Germany Launch Performance

Germany built momentum faster.

#5
Peak Rank
7.7%
Peak Share
5.8%
Week 19 Share

HBO Max consistently outperformed Netflix on measured CTV visibility throughout the German analysis period.

03 · United Kingdom · 9-week window
🇬🇧United Kingdom Launch Performance

The UK held a stable early run rate.

5.5%
Launch Share
£3.29M
Avg Weekly £MPV™
#8 to #9
Rank Range

Euphoria Season 3 became HBO Max's strongest UK title, reaching #3 across all streamers.

04 · The Key Insight

Two markets, one shared trajectory.

Two different markets. Two different competitive landscapes. By launch week 9, both arrived at the same share of measured CTV visibility.

🇩🇪 Germany
Opening week share0.00%
Peak weekly share0.00%
Share at launch week 90.00%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Opening week share0.00%
Peak weekly share0.00%
Share at launch week 90.00%
Same share, both markets
5.8%
Germany at launch week 9
=
5.8%
United Kingdom at launch week 9
05 · Title Performance

Which titles drove visibility?

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
🇩🇪Germany

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

#1 for 4 consecutive weeks

The clearest example of title-level dominance in the German launch window.

Game of Thrones
🇩🇪Germany

Game of Thrones

Highest cumulative title visibility

A catalogue anchor that sustained HBO Max's CTV shelf presence.

The Pitt
🇬🇧United Kingdom

The Pitt

£1.65M cumulative £MPV™

The most consistently visible HBO Max title in the UK, present every measured week.

Euphoria Season 3
🇬🇧United Kingdom

Euphoria Season 3

#3 across all UK streamers

The strongest single-week UK title result for HBO Max.

06 · Get the Report

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Access every weekly app ranking, title ranking and launch performance insight from HBO Max's first months in Germany and the United Kingdom.

  • 19 weeks of German CTV ranking data
  • 9 weeks of UK CTV ranking and £MPV™ data
  • Title-level performance breakdowns
  • Competitive context: Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+

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