1997 · TV Tokyo · Animation, Action & Adventure
How long does it take to watch Pokémon?
Pokémon takes about 474 hours to watch: 1,235 episodes across 25 seasons, 28,428 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 1,235
- Seasons
- 25
- Per episode
- 23 min
- Status
- Ended in 2023
Join Ash accompanied by his partner Pikachu, as he travels through many regions, meets new friends and faces new challenges on his quest to become a Pokémon Master.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 31h | 82 eps | |
| Season 2 | 13.8h | 36 eps | |
| Season 3 | 15.7h | 41 eps | |
| Season 4 | 19.9h | 52 eps | |
| Season 5 | 25h | 65 eps | |
| Season 6 | 15.3h | 40 eps | |
| Season 7 | 19.9h | 52 eps | |
| Season 8 | 20h | 53 eps | |
| Season 9 | 18.0h | 46 eps | |
| Season 10 | 19.9h | 52 eps | |
| Season 11 | 19.9h | 52 eps | |
| Season 12 | 20h | 53 eps | |
| Season 13 | 13.0h | 34 eps | |
| Season 14 | 18.4h | 48 eps | |
| Season 15 | 18.8h | 49 eps | |
| Season 16 | 17.3h | 45 eps | |
| Season 17 | 18.4h | 48 eps | |
| Season 18 | 17.3h | 45 eps | |
| Season 19 | 18.8h | 49 eps | |
| Season 20 | 16.5h | 43 eps | |
| Season 21 | 18.8h | 49 eps | |
| Season 22 | 21h | 54 eps | |
| Season 23 | 18.4h | 48 eps | |
| Season 24 | 16.1h | 42 eps | |
| Season 25 | 22h | 57 eps |
Longest: season 1, 31 hours. Shortest: season 13, 13.0 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 1,235 nights, about 3.4 years
- 3 episodes a night
- 412 nights, about 14 months
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 30 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 19 days, 17 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 19 7.7
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 14 5.9
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2023
- Networks
- TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TVQ
- Genres
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- First aired
- 1997
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