2019 · Prime Video · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
How long does it take to watch The Boys?
The Boys takes about 42 hours to watch: 40 episodes across 5 seasons, 2,546 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 40
- Seasons
- 5
- Per episode
- 64 min
- Status
- Ended in 2026
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 7.9h | 8 eps | |
| Season 2 | 8.5h | 8 eps | |
| Season 3 | 8.5h | 8 eps | |
| Season 4 | 8.8h | 8 eps | |
| Season 5 | 8.9h | 8 eps |
Longest: season 5, 8.9 hours. Shortest: season 1, 7.9 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 40 nights, about 6 weeks
- 3 episodes a night
- 14 nights, about 2 weeks
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 3 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 1 day, 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 1 8.2
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 5 6.5
- The finale
- Rated 5.9 against a 7.6 series average
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2026
- Network
- Prime Video
- Genres
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
- First aired
- 2019
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