2011 · HBO · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
How long does it take to watch Game of Thrones?
Game of Thrones takes about 71 hours to watch: 73 episodes across 8 seasons, 4,232 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 73
- Seasons
- 8
- Per episode
- 58 min
- Status
- Ended in 2019
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 9.5h | 10 eps | |
| Season 2 | 9.2h | 10 eps | |
| Season 3 | 9.4h | 10 eps | |
| Season 4 | 9.2h | 10 eps | |
| Season 5 | 9.4h | 10 eps | |
| Season 6 | 9.4h | 10 eps | |
| Season 7 | 7.3h | 7 eps | |
| Season 8 | 7.3h | 6 eps |
Longest: season 1, 9.5 hours. Shortest: season 8, 7.3 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 73 nights, about 2 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 25 nights, about 4 weeks
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 5 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 2 days, 22 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 4 8.5
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 8 6.1
- The finale
- Rated 4.5 against a 8.2 series average
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2019
- Network
- HBO
- Genres
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
- First aired
- 2011
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