Amazon Studios' The Boys shows no signs of dropping in popularity, as Season 2 of the series is reporting a huge growth in viewership from its first season.
According to Variety, viewership for The Boys Season 2 is a staggering 89% higher than that of Season 1, almost doubling its audience. The Boys also currently holds the title of "most-watched global launch of an Amazon original series ever."
The Boys has garnered such popularity that, not only has a third season already been announced but a series spinoff is also on the way. The spinoff, which will be written by The Boys executive producer Craig Rosenberg, is set to showcase a younger group of heroes that attend Vought International's "superhero college."
Season 2 of The Boys features Billy Butcher and his team during their ongoing quest to take down the Supes. In this new season, it was shown that Vought International is experimenting on people to create a version of Compound V that can be used on adults.
The even more intense, more insane season two finds The Boys on the run from the law, hunted by the Supes, and desperately trying to regroup and fight back against Vought. In hiding, Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Frenchie (Tomer Capon) and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) try to adjust to a new normal, with Butcher (Karl Urban) nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Starlight (Erin Moriarty) must navigate her place in The Seven as Homelander (Antony Starr) sets his sights on taking complete control. His power is threatened with the addition of Stormfront (Aya Cash), a social-media-savvy new Supe, who has an agenda of her own. On top of that, the Supervillain threat takes center stage and makes waves as Vought seeks to capitalize on the nation’s paranoia.
Amazon Studios' The Boys stars Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Jack Quaid as Hughie, Laz Alonso as Mother's Milk, Tomer Kapon as Frenchie, Karen Fukuhara as the Female, Erin Moriarty as Annie January, Chace Crawford as the Deep, Antony Starr as Homelander, Aya Cash as Stormfront and Simon Pegg as Hughie's dad. New episodes of Season 2 release Fridays on Amazon Prime Video.