2012 · The CW · Crime, Drama
How long does it take to watch Arrow?
Arrow takes about 119 hours to watch: 170 episodes across 8 seasons, 7,150 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 170
- Seasons
- 8
- Per episode
- 42 min
- Status
- Ended in 2020
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 16.2h | 23 eps | |
| Season 2 | 16.1h | 23 eps | |
| Season 3 | 16.3h | 23 eps | |
| Season 4 | 16.0h | 23 eps | |
| Season 5 | 16.1h | 23 eps | |
| Season 6 | 16.1h | 23 eps | |
| Season 7 | 15.4h | 22 eps | |
| Season 8 | 7.0h | 10 eps |
Longest: season 3, 16.3 hours. Shortest: season 8, 7.0 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 170 nights, about 6 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 57 nights, about 8 weeks
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 8 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 4 days, 23 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 2 7.9
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 4 7.2
- The finale
- Rated 8.5 against a 7.5 series average
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2020
- Network
- The CW
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
- First aired
- 2012
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