Portlandia (IFC): Ratings Recap

UPDATED 2018: IFC's 'Portlandia' premiered on January 21, 2011 to 263,000 viewers and concluded its inaugural season to 209,000. The series aired for a total of eight seasons, hitting a series-high 379,000 in viewers in its third season, and a series-low 84,000 viewers in its eighth season. A special episode aired in the summer of 2012 and only garnered 34,000 viewers and a 0.02 rating. A final season of the show premiered in 2018 to a 0.05 adults 18-49 rating with 152,000 viewers, and hovered just above 100,000 viewers, concluding with a 0.03 rating and 136,000 viewers. 

Portlandia Season 1 Ratings (2011)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jan. 21, 2011	0.263	-
Jan. 28, 2011	0.186	-
Feb. 4, 2011	0.178	-
Feb. 11, 2011	0.138	0.07
Feb. 18, 2011	0.147	0.05
Feb. 25, 2011	0.209	0.08
Average	0.187	0.07

Portlandia Season 2 Ratings (2012)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jan. 6, 2012	0.255	0.14
Jan. 13, 2012	0.315	0.17
Jan. 20, 2012	0.326	0.15
Jan. 27, 2012	0.322	0.19
Feb. 3, 2012	0.229	0.13
Feb. 10, 2012	0.159	0.09
Feb. 17, 2012	0.228	0.12
Feb. 24, 2012	0.140	0.08
Mar. 2, 2012	0.155	0.07
Mar. 9, 2012	0.179	0.09
Jul. 20, 2012	0.034	0.02
Average	0.213	0.11

Portlandia Season 3 Ratings (2012-13)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Dec. 14, 2012	0.179	0.09
Jan. 4, 2013	0.379	0.18
Jan. 4, 2013	0.313	0.15
Jan. 11, 2013	0.163	0.08
Jan. 18, 2013	0.285	0.13
Jan. 25, 2013	0.175	0.10
Feb. 1, 2013	0.211	0.10
Feb. 8, 2013	0.268	0.15
Feb. 15, 2013	0.153	0.09
Feb. 22, 2013	0.231	0.12
Mar. 1, 2013	0.191	0.11
Average	0.232	0.12

Portlandia Season 4 Ratings (2014)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Feb. 27, 2014	0.314	0.14
Mar. 6, 2014	0.209	0.12
Mar. 13, 2014	0.246	0.15
Mar. 20, 2014	0.220	0.12
Mar. 27, 2014	0.229	0.10
Apr. 3, 2014	0.186	0.12
Apr. 10, 2014	0.231	-
Apr. 17, 2014	0.168	0.07
Apr. 24, 2014	0.181	0.08
May 1, 2014	0.191	0.09
Average	0.218	0.11

Portlandia Season 5 Ratings (2015)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jan. 8, 2015	0.218	0.11
Jan. 15, 2015	0.223	0.11
Jan. 22, 2015	0.230	0.10
Jan. 29, 2015	0.184	0.11
Feb. 5, 2015	0.159	0.09
Feb. 12, 2015	0.140	0.09
Feb. 19, 2015	0.194	0.11
Feb. 26, 2015	0.169	0.09
Mar. 5, 2015	0.218	0.11
Mar. 12, 2015	0.248	0.12
Average	0.198	0.10

Portlandia Season 6 Ratings (2016)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jan. 21, 2016	0.207	0.11
Jan. 28, 2016	0.159	0.07
Feb. 4, 2016	0.152	0.07
Feb. 11, 2016	0.163	0.08
Feb. 18, 2016	0.165	0.07
Feb. 25, 2016	0.116	0.05
Mar. 3, 2016	0.136	0.06
Mar. 10, 2016	0.127	0.06
Mar. 17, 2016	0.131	0.06
Mar. 24, 2016	0.120	0.05
Average	0.148	0.07

Portlandia Season 7 Ratings (2017)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jan. 5, 2017	0.161	0.07
Jan. 12, 2017	0.134	0.04
Jan. 19, 2017	0.121	0.06
Jan. 26, 2017	0.126	0.07
Feb. 2, 2017	0.175	0.09
Feb. 9, 2017	0.122	0.05
Feb. 16, 2017	0.145	0.06
Feb. 23, 2017	0.115	0.06
Mar. 2, 2017	0.109	0.05
Mar. 9, 2017	0.126	0.04
Average	0.133	0.06

Portlandia Season 8 Ratings (2018)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jan. 18, 2018	0.152	0.05
Jan. 25, 2018	0.104	0.03
Feb. 1, 2018	0.100	0.02
Feb. 8, 2018	0.130	0.05
Feb. 15, 2018	0.124	0.03
Feb. 22, 2018	0.100	0.04
Mar. 1, 2018	0.100	0.03
Mar. 8, 2018	0.108	0.03
Mar. 15, 2018	0.084	0.03
Mar. 22, 2018	0.136	0.03
Average	0.114	0.03

Source: Nielsen Media Research