1993 · FOX · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
How long does it take to watch The X-Files?
The X-Files takes about 164 hours to watch: 218 episodes across 11 seasons, 9,863 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 218
- Seasons
- 11
- Per episode
- 45 min
- Status
- Ended in 2018
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 18.3h | 24 eps | |
| Season 2 | 19.1h | 25 eps | |
| Season 3 | 18.1h | 24 eps | |
| Season 4 | 17.9h | 24 eps | |
| Season 5 | 15.3h | 20 eps | |
| Season 6 | 16.8h | 22 eps | |
| Season 7 | 16.5h | 22 eps | |
| Season 8 | 15.8h | 21 eps | |
| Season 9 | 15.0h | 20 eps | |
| Season 10 | 4.4h | 6 eps | |
| Season 11 | 7.3h | 10 eps |
Longest: season 2, 19.1 hours. Shortest: season 10, 4.4 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 218 nights, about 7 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 73 nights, about 2 months
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 11 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 6 days, 20 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 6 7.7
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 10 6.7
- The finale
- Rated 6.3 against a 7.4 series average
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2018
- Network
- FOX
- Genres
- Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime
- First aired
- 1993
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