What is the average number of deaths per episode?

Question

While watching Game of Thrones and seeing people being killed left and right, I began to wonder:

Just how many people die per episode (not just major characters but the minor characters as well)?

I'm just wondering about an average, but a list that mentions the number of deaths for each episode would be good too.

Valorum · Accepted Answer

Digg has produced a montage showing every single death in GoT.

The [body] count comes to an unbelievable 5,179 — or over 172 deaths per
  episode.

This obviously factors in the 5000(ish) soldiers killed at the start of the Battle of King's Landing

Vulture.com uses a different methodology to convey the level of death in each episode of the first season, counting only murders and personal kills occurring on-screen.

Cinderhaze · Answer

There is an amazing bit of journalism done over at the Washington Post, and it has been updated as the seasons have gone on.
As of this time, the page is updated for all of Season 8, last updated May 21st.
6,887 Total Deaths across 73 episodes, for an average of 94.3 deaths per episode.

Season
Deaths
Episodes
Deaths per Episode

1
59
10
5.9

2
130
10
13.0

3
87
10
8.7

4
181
10
18.1

5
246
10
24.6

6
540
10
54.0

7
1096
7
156.6

8
4548
6
758

Total
6887
73
94.3

Methodology
A death is counted only if:

The character is killed on-screen.

The character dies off-screen, but the death is confirmed or assumed due to imminent death while on screen.

Only prominent off-screen deaths are listed. (Prominence is determined mainly by importance to the plot.)

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Season	Deaths	Episodes	Deaths per Episode
1	59	10	5.9
2	130	10	13.0
3	87	10	8.7
4	181	10	18.1
5	246	10	24.6
6	540	10	54.0
7	1096	7	156.6
8	4548	6	758
Total	6887	73	94.3