1994 · NBC · Comedy
How long does it take to watch Friends?
Friends takes about 91 hours to watch: 228 episodes across 10 seasons, 5,452 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 228
- Seasons
- 10
- Per episode
- 24 min
- Status
- Ended in 2004
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 9.2h | 24 eps | |
| Season 2 | 9.2h | 24 eps | |
| Season 3 | 9.6h | 25 eps | |
| Season 4 | 9.2h | 23 eps | |
| Season 5 | 9.2h | 23 eps | |
| Season 6 | 9.3h | 23 eps | |
| Season 7 | 8.8h | 23 eps | |
| Season 8 | 8.8h | 23 eps | |
| Season 9 | 10.0h | 23 eps | |
| Season 10 | 7.6h | 17 eps |
Longest: season 9, 10.0 hours. Shortest: season 10, 7.6 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 228 nights, about 8 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 76 nights, about 3 months
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 6 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 3 days, 18 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 10 8.4
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 1 7.9
- The finale
- Rated 8.9 against a 8.2 series average
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2004
- Network
- NBC
- Genres
- Comedy
- First aired
- 1994
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