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The Vampire Diaries (2009)

Drama · Fantasy · Horror

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.

IMDb rating
7.7 (387,569 votes)
Seasons
8
Streaming (US)
HBO Max · Peacock · YouTube TV
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2009)

8.20 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 9.2 42 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 5,313 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 3,738 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 3,369 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 3,149 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 3,101 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 3,152 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 2,953 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 2,967 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 2,838 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 2,843 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 2,851 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 2,712 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 2,715 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 2,778 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 2,609 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 2,577 votesEp 17: 8.6 · 2,698 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 2,593 votesEp 19: 8.3 · 2,821 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 2,634 votesEp 21: 8.4 · 2,693 votesEp 22: 9.2 · 3,881 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot7.85,313
2The Night of the Comet7.53,738
3Friday Night Bites7.93,369
4Family Ties7.93,149
5You're Undead to Me8.23,101
6Lost Girls8.43,152
7Haunted8.22,953
8162 Candles8.32,967
9History Repeating8.12,838
10The Turning Point8.32,843
11Bloodlines8.22,851
12Unpleasantville8.12,712
13Children of the Damned8.32,715
14Fool Me Once8.62,778
15A Few Good Men8.02,609
16There Goes the Neighborhood7.82,577
17Let the Right One In8.62,698
18Under Control8.12,593
19Miss Mystic Falls8.32,821
20Blood Brothers8.22,634
21Isobel8.42,693
22Founder's Day9.23,881

Season 2 (2010)

8.53 avg 22 episodes 8.9 → 8.9 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.9 · 3,261 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 2,529 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 2,470 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 2,435 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 2,449 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 2,443 votesEp 7: 9.0 · 2,946 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 2,768 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,462 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 2,259 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 2,327 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 2,476 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 2,223 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 2,252 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 2,239 votesEp 16: 8.5 · 2,234 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 2,241 votesEp 18: 8.7 · 2,380 votesEp 19: 8.8 · 2,578 votesEp 20: 8.7 · 2,362 votesEp 21: 9.1 · 2,837 votesEp 22: 8.9 · 2,882 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Return8.93,261
2Brave New World8.42,529
3Bad Moon Rising8.32,470
4Memory Lane8.12,435
5Kill or Be Killed8.62,449
6Plan B8.62,443
7Masquerade9.02,946
8Rose8.82,768
9Katerina8.52,462
10The Sacrifice8.32,259
11By the Light of the Moon8.42,327
12The Descent8.42,476
13Daddy Issues8.12,223
14Crying Wolf8.02,252
15The Dinner Party8.32,239
16The House Guest8.52,234
17Know Thy Enemy8.32,241
18The Last Dance8.72,380
19Klaus8.82,578
20The Last Day8.72,362
21The Sun Also Rises9.12,837
22As I Lay Dying8.92,882

Season 3 (2011)

8.48 avg 22 episodes 8.5 → 9.4 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 3,043 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 2,452 votesEp 3: 8.7 · 2,589 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 2,243 votesEp 5: 9.1 · 2,865 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 2,287 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 2,319 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 2,359 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 2,626 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 2,259 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 2,131 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 2,155 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 2,286 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 2,328 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 2,215 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 2,076 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 2,019 votesEp 18: 8.4 · 2,137 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 2,615 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 2,188 votesEp 21: 8.6 · 2,158 votesEp 22: 9.4 · 4,787 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Birthday8.53,043
2The Hybrid8.42,452
3The End of the Affair8.72,589
4Disturbing Behavior8.22,243
5The Reckoning9.12,865
6Smells Like Teen Spirit8.42,287
7Ghost World8.52,319
8Ordinary People8.72,359
9Homecoming8.92,626
10The New Deal8.32,259
11Our Town8.22,131
12The Ties That Bind8.22,155
13Bringing Out the Dead8.62,286
14Dangerous Liaisons8.62,328
15All My Children8.32,215
1619127.72,076
17Break on Through7.92,019
18The Murder of One8.42,137
19Heart of Darkness8.62,615
20Do Not Go Gentle8.42,188
21Before Sunset8.62,158
22The Departed9.44,787

Season 4 (2012)

8.37 avg 23 episodes 8.7 → 9.1 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.7 · 3,488 votesEp 2: 8.7 · 2,563 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 2,188 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 2,177 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 2,012 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 2,131 votesEp 7: 8.7 · 2,702 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 2,124 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,169 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 2,111 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 1,911 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 1,993 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 1,919 votesEp 14: 8.5 · 1,999 votesEp 15: 8.7 · 2,181 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 1,941 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 1,805 votesEp 18: 8.4 · 1,932 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 1,899 votesEp 20: 8.6 · 2,452 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 1,856 votesEp 22: 8.6 · 2,046 votesEp 23: 9.1 · 3,060 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Growing Pains8.73,488
2Memorial8.72,563
3The Rager8.32,188
4The Five8.32,177
5The Killer8.22,012
6We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes8.22,131
7My Brother's Keeper8.72,702
8We'll Always Have Bourbon Street8.32,124
9O Come, All Ye Faithful8.52,169
10After School Special8.32,111
11Catch Me If You Can7.91,911
12A View to a Kill8.51,993
13Into the Wild8.01,919
14Down the Rabbit Hole8.51,999
15Stand by Me8.72,181
16Bring It On7.61,941
17Because the Night8.01,805
18American Gothic8.41,932
19Pictures of You8.21,899
20The Originals8.62,452
21She's Come Undone8.31,856
22The Walking Dead8.62,046
23Graduation9.13,060

Season 5 (2013)

8.01 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 8.9 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 2,743 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 1,899 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 1,956 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 1,870 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 1,766 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 1,738 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 1,735 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 1,691 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 1,720 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 1,703 votesEp 11: 8.6 · 2,276 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 1,683 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 1,619 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 1,595 votesEp 15: 8.6 · 1,889 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 1,619 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 1,550 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 1,624 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 1,516 votesEp 20: 7.6 · 1,510 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 1,824 votesEp 22: 8.9 · 2,682 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1I Know What You Did Last Summer8.22,743
2True Lies7.81,899
3Original Sin8.21,956
4For Whom the Bell Tolls8.11,870
5Monster's Ball7.81,766
6Handle with Care7.91,738
7Death and the Maiden8.01,735
8Dead Man on Campus7.71,691
9The Cell8.11,720
10Fifty Shades of Grayson7.81,703
11500 Years of Solitude8.62,276
12The Devil Inside7.81,683
13Total Eclipse of the Heart7.71,619
14No Exit7.81,595
15Gone Girl8.61,889
16While You Were Sleeping7.71,619
17Rescue Me7.91,550
18Resident Evil7.81,624
19Man on Fire7.81,516
20What Lies Beneath7.61,510
21Promised Land8.51,824
22Home8.92,682

Season 6 (2014)

8.12 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.8 42 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 2,006 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 1,837 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 1,661 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 1,597 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 1,876 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 1,610 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 1,691 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 1,549 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 1,467 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 1,499 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 1,507 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 1,470 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 1,463 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 1,646 votesEp 15: 8.7 · 1,844 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 1,760 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 1,460 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 1,414 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 1,398 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 1,425 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 1,667 votesEp 22: 8.8 · 2,283 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1I'll Remember7.72,006
2Yellow Ledbetter8.31,837
3Welcome to Paradise7.81,661
4Black Hole Sun7.91,597
5The World Has Turned and Left Me Here8.61,876
6The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get7.91,610
7Do You Remember the First Time?8.11,691
8Fade Into You8.21,549
9I Alone8.01,467
10Christmas Through Your Eyes7.91,499
11Woke Up with a Monster7.91,507
12Prayer for the Dying8.11,470
13The Day I Tried to Live8.01,463
14Stay8.31,646
15Let Her Go8.71,844
16The Downward Spiral8.41,760
17A Bird in a Gilded Cage8.01,460
18I Could Never Love Like That7.71,414
19Because7.91,398
20I'd Leave My Happy Home for You7.91,425
21I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime8.51,667
22I'm Thinking of You All the While8.82,283

Season 7 (2015)

8.04 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.1 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 1,768 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 1,440 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 1,390 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 1,392 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 1,348 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 1,332 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 1,307 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 1,336 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 1,369 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 1,814 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 1,282 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 1,259 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 1,300 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 1,472 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 1,252 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 1,342 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 1,289 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 1,165 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 1,176 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 1,160 votesEp 21: 8.0 · 1,216 votesEp 22: 8.1 · 1,399 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take8.11,768
2Never Let Me Go7.91,440
3Age of Innocence7.91,390
4I Carry Your Heart with Me8.01,392
5Live Through This8.11,348
6Best Served Cold8.11,332
7Mommie Dearest8.11,307
8Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me8.11,336
9Cold as Ice8.11,369
10Hell Is Other People8.71,814
11Things We Lost in the Fire7.71,282
12Postcards from the Edge7.91,259
13This Woman's Work8.31,300
14Moonlight on the Bayou8.61,472
15I Would for You8.21,252
16Days of Future Past7.81,342
17I Went to the Woods8.11,289
18One Way or Another7.71,165
19Somebody That I Used to Know7.61,176
20Kill 'Em All7.71,160
21Requiem for a Dream8.01,216
22Gods and Monsters8.11,399

Season 8 (2016)

8.17 avg 16 episodes 8.2 → 9.3 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 1,895 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 1,393 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 1,331 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 1,301 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 1,248 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 1,257 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 1,252 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 1,253 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 1,211 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 1,473 votesEp 11: 8.9 · 1,838 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 1,277 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 1,253 votesEp 14: 8.7 · 1,576 votesEp 15: 8.7 · 1,616 votesEp 16: 9.3 · 4,903 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Hello, Brother8.21,895
2Today Will Be Different7.81,393
3You Decided That I Was Worth Saving7.91,331
4An Eternity of Misery7.91,301
5Coming Home Was a Mistake7.71,248
6Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell7.91,257
7The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You7.81,252
8We Have History Together7.51,253
9The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch7.81,211
10Nostalgia's a Bitch8.51,473
11You Made a Choice to Be Good8.91,838
12What Are You?8.11,277
13The Lies Will Catch Up to You8.01,253
14It's Been a Hell of a Ride8.71,576
15We're Planning a June Wedding8.71,616
16I Was Feeling Epic9.34,903

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