The Trump-skewering season 27 opener draws nearly 6 million viewers on Comedy Central and Paramount+ over three days.

The premiere went viral on social media as well, with Paramount claiming it's the "#1 most social episode ever for South Park ." # SouthPark trended on X for over 12 hours (five of which were spent in the top spot), and at the time of writing this, the Trump deepfake PSA has raked in 4.4 million views on YouTube.

“ South Park ” scored big viewership with its highly-anticipated Season 27 premiere. According to Paramount, the new episode has brought in 5.9 million viewers across Paramount+ and Comedy Central in its first three days of availability. Total viewers in this case is defined as total global watch time divided by run time from July 24-26.