The seventh and final season of the show was released on Netflix at the end of July.

And it seems Orange Is The New Black has gone out on a high, as Variety reported on Tuesday that the show's swan song saw 72 million US viewers tuning in.

According to the publication, and exclusive data they commissioned from Parrot Analytics, 24 per cent more viewers watched the final season's premiere in the USA compared to the sixth, following its first day of release.

Farewell: Orange Is The New Black goes out on a high as it was reported on Tuesday that the seventh season 'draws in 72 MILLION viewers in the US following its release'

They also reported that interest in the Netflix show was strongest in the States, and it was 26 per cent more popular there than it was in the U.K.

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While Variety clarified that they were unable to procure viewership data for the first or second season, they claimed it was unlikely the ratings would have been higher as the video-on-demand service has 46 per cent more subscribers than before.

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Variety's data also suggested that viewership ratings in the US for the final outing were 73 per cent higher than they were for the show's third season.

Success: According to the publication, and data they commissioned from Parrot Analytics , 24 per cent more viewers tuned into the show in the USA than the sixth season's premiere

The show tells the story of some ladies who make their way through the corrections system and adjust to life behind bars, making friends along the way.

Since it premiered in 2013 and has gone on to win multiple awards, and has been praised for its brutally honest depiction of prison life.

Based on Piper Kerman's 2010 memoir of the same name, which recounted her year in prison after she was convicted on decade-old charges of money laundering and drug trafficking in 2004.

And the seventh season explores Piper's next steps as she adjusts to life outside prison while her wife Alex Vause is still behind bars.

In 2014, OITNB won the Satellite Award for Best Television Series as well as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series.

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Season one to seven of Orange Is the New Black is available to stream on Netflix.