New data suggests Pluribus is Apple TV's "biggest series till date", details revealed

It's a good week for fans of Pluribus as the show continues to keep winning with their stellar cast and all the recognitions. After Rhea Seehorn's Golden Globe win, the show has now become a cornerstone of success for the streaming site Apple TV as it helped drive much engagement and success to the site.

Eddy Cue from Apple, who is the SVP of services for the platform, named the show as Apple TV's “biggest series to date.” He went on to report that Pluribus helped surge a rise in engagement in December 2025, numerically 36%, as the show became one of the most watched programs on the site.

The show received widespread acclaim right after it first premiered, with a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and critics who applauded the show's writing, pacing and it's stellar cast, particularly Rhea Seehorn. Vince Gilligan's direction received major acclaim, and Pluribus broke Apple TV viewership records, becoming the platform’s most watched series ever.

After the critics' verdict came the accolades, as the show went on to win two Golden Globe Awards and one Critics Choice Award. It became one of the most talked about shows of the year, and has been renewed for a second season.

What is Pluribus about?

Pluribus asks a very important but unsettling question: What if the end of the world is actually peaceful? Created by Vince Gilligan, the series follows Carol Sturka, a successful novelist living in Albuquerque who becomes one of just thirteen people immune to a global event called the Joining. An alien signal rewrites human biology, transforming nearly everyone on Earth into a calm, content hive of mind known as the Others. Violence disappears, conflict evaporates, loneliness ends. But the cost is individuality and Carol refuses to accept that trade.

The show's official logline reads,

In a world overtaken by a mysterious wave of forced happiness, Carol Sturka, one of the immune few, must uncover what's really going on - and save humanity from its artificial bliss.

The tension in the show comes from how it portrays the villains. The Others are kind instead of the cruel antagonist you may expect. They accommodate Carol’s wishes, they rebuild cities, feed the hungry, and promise harmony. They also admit that one day, they will assimilate her. Carol’s fight is against that very inevitability.

At its core, the show is about grief, autonomy and whether peace is worth the erasure of ourselves. More than being about surviving the end of the world, it is about deciding whether the world that replaces it is worth living in.

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Pluribus is available to watch on Apple TV.

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