Rebecca Ferguson in “Silo,” now streaming on Apple TV.Image via Apple TV
It isn’t very often that an Apple TV title finds a spot on the Nielsen report. Nielsen, the industry leader in tracking audience viewership across streaming and linear television, releases weekly reports, with the latest edition revealing that one Apple TV title found a spot on the overall top 10 list for streaming originals. The show returned with its third season on July 3, and drew 385 million minutes watched during the week of July 6 to July 12. The viewership increased during the week of July 13 to July 19, which was covered in the latest Nielsen report. The firm’s streaming numbers are delayed by roughly a month, which explains why the July numbers are being revealed in August.
Over the years, Apple TV has cemented itself as a hub for long-form sci-fi, with a library that includes hits such as Severance, Foundation, Invasion, and the show we’re talking about here. Created by Graham Yost and based on a series of novels by Hugh Howey, the show has received widespread acclaim over the course of its three-season run so far. It has already been renewed for a fourth and final season, which will likely be released in 2027. Headlined by Rebecca Ferguson, the series takes place in a dystopian future where environmental collapse has caused humanity to live in massive underground bunkers which have their own social hierarchies and secrets.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
The Show Drew a Larger Audience In Its Second Week Back
We’re talking, of course, about Silo. The series’ third season holds a “Certified Fresh” 98% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Silo codifies its third season as a masterful dystopian tale with expertly driven character arcs and tighter narrative strings, fulfilling its promise of science fiction excellence.” This is the highest score of the show’s run. In her review, Collider’s Tania Hussain described the third season of Silo as “essential viewing” for sci-fi fans. And it seems like word is spreading; the show raked in 392 million minutes watched in the week of July 13 to July 19, finishing seventh on Nielsen’s original series list, ahead of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender. The new season will conclude its run on September 4.
