2011 · FX · Drama, Mystery
How long does it take to watch American Horror Story?
American Horror Story runs about 102 hours so far: 138 episodes aired, across 13 seasons.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 138
- Seasons
- 13
- Per episode
- 44 min
- Status
- Airing now
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8.8h | 12 eps | |
| Season 2 | 9.3h | 13 eps | |
| Season 3 | 10.1h | 13 eps | |
| Season 4 | 11.0h | 13 eps | |
| Season 5 | 10.5h | 12 eps | |
| Season 6 | 6.8h | 10 eps | |
| Season 7 | 8.7h | 11 eps | |
| Season 8 | 7.3h | 10 eps | |
| Season 9 | 6.4h | 9 eps | |
| Season 10 | 7.8h | 10 eps | |
| Season 11 | 6.7h | 10 eps | |
| Season 12 | 5.9h | 9 eps | |
| Season 13 | 2.8h | 6 eps |
Longest: season 4, 11.0 hours. Shortest: season 13, 2.8 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 138 nights, about 5 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 46 nights, about 7 weeks
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 7 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 4 days, 6 hours
Counts aired regular-season episodes only; specials are excluded. Runtimes come from TMDB, so totals can differ from other sources.
How it holds up
- Best-rated season
- Season 13 8.9
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 12 6.6
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Airing now. Next up: season 13, episode 7.
- Network
- FX
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- First aired
- 2011
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