2009 · The CW · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
How long does it take to watch The Vampire Diaries?
The Vampire Diaries takes about 122 hours to watch: 171 episodes across 8 seasons, 7,306 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 171
- Seasons
- 8
- Per episode
- 43 min
- Status
- Ended in 2017
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 15.6h | 22 eps | |
| Season 2 | 15.6h | 22 eps | |
| Season 3 | 15.6h | 22 eps | |
| Season 4 | 16.4h | 23 eps | |
| Season 5 | 15.7h | 22 eps | |
| Season 6 | 15.8h | 22 eps | |
| Season 7 | 15.7h | 22 eps | |
| Season 8 | 11.4h | 16 eps |
Longest: season 4, 16.4 hours. Shortest: season 8, 11.4 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 171 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
- 5 days, 1 hour
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 8.0
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 7 6.7
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2017
- Network
- The CW
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- First aired
- 2009
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