EXCLUSIVE: Below Deck Mediterranean recently shored up the franchise’s best audience in years.

Season 11 averaged 2.8 million total viewers across platforms after seven days of viewing, making it the most-watched season of the Below Deck franchise in five years, per a combination of Nielsen data and internal numbers from NBCUniversal.

The season was up 37% on Peacock and 36% on Bravo linear in the seven-day window. On streaming, it finished as a Top 3 Bravo season of all time in terms of weekly viewership, and it was the top cable entertainment reality series among adults 18-49 on linear.

Per NBCU, there’s been a 68% increase in the 18-34 audience on Peacock.

This tracks, given the franchise is getting buzzier online. Season 11 of Below Deck Mediterranean generated 174 million total impressions — a record for the franchise.

Below Deck Mediterranean returns for Season 12 next year. The new season of the flagship series is currently airing Mondays on Bravo.

Below Deck Mediterranean is produced by 51 Minds Entertainment, a Banijay Americas company. Ryan Braun, Mark Cronin, Tania Hamidi, Julie Pizzi, Zachary Klein and Farnaz Farjam executive produce.