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Just How Big Is Heated Rivalry? Really Big

The numbers behind the smash-hit are incredible—and growing every day

324 million HBO streaming minutes, by the time the season one finale aired in December

Heated Rivalry isn’t only making waves in Canada. More than 10.6 million people have streamed the show on HBO Max, its American distributor.

39 million streams of Wolf Parade’s “I’ll Believe in Anything” on Spotify

“I’ll Believe in Anything” soundtracks one of the show’s most pivotal romantic moments. Wolf Parade released this song in 2005, on their album Apologies to the Queen Mary. No other song on that album has cracked 8 million streams, and most have garnered between 1 and 3 million.

3.2 million people following Hudson Williams on Instagram

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mark Carney has just 1.9 million followers on the platform. Carney can’t keep up, but Williams’s co-star can. Connor Storrie, who plays Ilya Rozanov, also has 3.2 million followers.

332,000 current saves on Spotify’s official Heated Rivalry playlist

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