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The Walking Dead (2010)

Drama · Horror · Thriller

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

IMDb rating
8.1 (1,216,567 votes)
Episode average
7.9 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons
11
Streaming (US)
Netflix
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 11 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2010)

8.55 avg 6 episodes 9.2 → 8.7 49 min avg

Ep 1: 9.2 · 41,369 votesEp 2: 8.6 · 24,840 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 22,806 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 22,257 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 21,458 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 23,262 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Days Gone Bye9.241,369
2Guts8.624,840
3Tell It to the Frogs8.222,806
4Vatos8.522,257
5Wildfire8.121,458
6TS-198.723,262

Season 2 (2011)

8.39 avg 13 episodes 8.5 → 9.2 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 20,553 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 18,999 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 18,729 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 18,240 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 18,272 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 17,860 votesEp 7: 9.3 · 25,917 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 18,127 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 17,520 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 18,092 votesEp 11: 8.6 · 18,562 votesEp 12: 9.2 · 22,840 votesEp 13: 9.2 · 24,120 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1What Lies Ahead8.520,553
2Bloodletting8.018,999
3Save the Last One8.318,729
4Cherokee Rose7.518,240
5Chupacabra8.018,272
6Secrets7.717,860
7Pretty Much Dead Already9.325,917
8Nebraska8.218,127
9Triggerfinger8.217,520
1018 Miles Out8.418,092
11Judge, Jury, Executioner8.618,562
12Better Angels9.222,840
13Beside the Dying Fire9.224,120

Season 3 (2012)

8.36 avg 16 episodes 8.8 → 8.3 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 20,257 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 17,611 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 16,986 votesEp 4: 9.3 · 23,908 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 16,084 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 15,886 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 16,270 votesEp 8: 9.0 · 18,296 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 16,078 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 16,961 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 15,760 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 18,127 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 16,082 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 16,003 votesEp 15: 8.8 · 17,960 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 17,986 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Seed8.820,257
2Sick8.517,611
3Walk with Me8.016,986
4Killer Within9.323,908
5Say the Word8.016,084
6Hounded8.115,886
7When the Dead Come Knocking8.516,270
8Made to Suffer9.018,296
9The Suicide King8.016,078
10Home8.616,961
11I Ain't a Judas7.615,760
12Clear8.718,127
13Arrow on the Doorpost7.716,082
14Prey7.816,003
15This Sorrowful Life8.817,960
16Welcome to the Tombs8.317,986

Season 4 (2013)

8.26 avg 16 episodes 8.1 → 9.2 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 18,156 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 16,229 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 15,574 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 15,578 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 18,110 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 16,353 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 15,754 votesEp 8: 9.6 · 36,509 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 16,734 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 15,644 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 15,389 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 19,243 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 15,648 votesEp 14: 9.2 · 23,841 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 15,656 votesEp 16: 9.2 · 23,312 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
130 Days Without an Accident8.118,156
2Infected8.316,229
3Isolation7.915,574
4Indifference7.915,578
5Internment8.818,110
6Live Bait7.716,353
7Dead Weight7.715,754
8Too Far Gone9.636,509
9After8.016,734
10Inmates8.015,644
11Claimed8.115,389
12Still7.419,243
13Alone7.815,648
14The Grove9.223,841
15Us8.415,656
16A9.223,312

Season 5 (2014)

8.38 avg 16 episodes 9.6 → 9.3 44 min avg

Ep 1: 9.6 · 39,427 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 17,530 votesEp 3: 9.0 · 20,296 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 17,244 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 15,895 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 15,602 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 14,969 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 19,187 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 18,417 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 16,120 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 15,377 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 15,740 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 14,552 votesEp 14: 8.9 · 17,465 votesEp 15: 8.6 · 16,119 votesEp 16: 9.3 · 23,216 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1No Sanctuary9.639,427
2Strangers8.517,530
3Four Walls and a Roof9.020,296
4Slabtown7.417,244
5Self Help7.915,895
6Consumed7.915,602
7Crossed7.814,969
8Coda8.819,187
9What Happened and What's Going On8.018,417
10Them7.616,120
11The Distance8.415,377
12Remember8.615,740
13Forget7.814,552
14Spend8.917,465
15Try8.616,119
16Conquer9.323,216

Season 6 (2015)

8.31 avg 16 episodes 8.6 → 7.3 47 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 20,532 votesEp 2: 9.2 · 21,470 votesEp 3: 9.2 · 22,593 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 19,427 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 15,256 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 14,726 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 14,648 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 15,583 votesEp 9: 9.7 · 40,182 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 15,924 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 14,343 votesEp 12: 9.0 · 17,744 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 16,197 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 14,295 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 14,483 votesEp 16: 7.3 · 39,619 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1First Time Again8.620,532
2JSS9.221,470
3Thank You9.222,593
4Here's Not Here8.219,427
5Now7.215,256
6Always Accountable7.614,726
7Heads Up8.014,648
8Start to Finish8.115,583
9No Way Out9.740,182
10The Next World8.315,924
11Knots Untie8.114,343
12Not Tomorrow Yet9.017,744
13The Same Boat8.616,197
14Twice as Far8.014,295
15East7.914,483
16Last Day on Earth7.339,619

Season 7 (2016)

7.49 avg 16 episodes 9.3 → 7.9 50 min avg

Ep 1: 9.3 · 53,361 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 17,897 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 16,350 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 16,314 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 15,142 votesEp 6: 5.7 · 18,679 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 15,386 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 17,902 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 14,200 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 13,389 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 13,328 votesEp 12: 7.0 · 13,631 votesEp 13: 7.6 · 13,400 votesEp 14: 6.6 · 13,083 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 12,554 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 19,778 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Day Will Come When You Won't Be9.353,361
2The Well7.117,897
3The Cell7.516,350
4Service7.616,314
5Go Getters6.815,142
6Swear5.718,679
7Sing Me a Song7.915,386
8Hearts Still Beating8.717,902
9Rock in the Road8.014,200
10New Best Friends7.313,389
11Hostiles and Calamities7.313,328
12Say Yes7.013,631
13Bury Me Here7.613,400
14The Other Side6.613,083
15Something They Need7.512,554
16The First Day of the Rest of Your Life7.919,778

Season 8 (2017)

7.14 avg 16 episodes 7.1 → 7.8 48 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 17,299 votesEp 2: 6.8 · 14,718 votesEp 3: 6.5 · 13,965 votesEp 4: 6.9 · 13,893 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 12,828 votesEp 6: 6.2 · 12,340 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 11,930 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 15,005 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 13,989 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 11,736 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 10,849 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 12,375 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 11,323 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 10,983 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 11,095 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 15,106 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Mercy7.117,299
2The Damned6.814,718
3Monsters6.513,965
4Some Guy6.913,893
5The Big Scary U7.312,828
6The King, the Widow and Rick6.212,340
7Time for After6.511,930
8How It's Gotta Be6.915,005
9Honor7.113,989
10The Lost and the Plunderers7.711,736
11Dead or Alive Or6.910,849
12The Key8.112,375
13Do Not Send Us Astray7.311,323
14Still Gotta Mean Something7.310,983
15Worth7.811,095
16Wrath7.815,106

Season 9 (2018)

8.00 avg 16 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 47 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 13,021 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 11,575 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 11,226 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 11,560 votesEp 5: 9.3 · 23,311 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 11,411 votesEp 7: 7.2 · 10,596 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 13,802 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 10,174 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 10,112 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 9,973 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 9,692 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 10,434 votesEp 14: 7.9 · 10,707 votesEp 15: 9.3 · 18,676 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 11,084 votes
Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A New Beginning7.413,021
2The Bridge7.711,575
3Warning Signs7.711,226
4The Obliged8.011,560
5What Comes After9.323,311
6Who Are You Now?7.811,411
7Stradivarius7.210,596
8Evolution8.813,802
9Adaptation7.910,174
10Omega7.810,112
11Bounty7.79,973
12Guardians7.79,692
13Chokepoint8.210,434
14Scars7.910,707
15The Calm Before9.318,676
16The Storm7.611,084

Season 10 (2019)

7.38 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 9.2 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 10,666 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 10,329 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 9,645 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 9,338 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 9,975 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 9,139 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 9,258 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 8,993 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 9,285 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 9,478 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 9,880 votesEp 12: 9.0 · 13,059 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 10,618 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 8,961 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 8,900 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 11,797 votesEp 17: 7.1 · 10,122 votesEp 18: 6.2 · 10,604 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 10,591 votesEp 20: 5.2 · 11,866 votesEp 21: 4.1 · 13,804 votesEp 22: 9.2 · 19,283 votes
Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lines We Cross7.410,666
2We Are the End of the World6.910,329
3Ghosts7.59,645
4Silence the Whisperers7.19,338
5What It Always Is8.09,975
6Bonds7.79,139
7Open Your Eyes7.69,258
8The World Before7.18,993
9Squeeze7.49,285
10Stalker8.09,478
11Morning Star8.39,880
12Walk with Us9.013,059
13What We Become7.710,618
14Look at the Flowers7.88,961
15The Tower7.48,900
16A Certain Doom8.411,797
17Home Sweet Home7.110,122
18Find Me6.210,604
19One More7.310,591
20Splinter5.211,866
21Diverged4.113,804
22Here's Negan9.219,283

Season 11 (2021)

7.73 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 8.4 46 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 12,101 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 11,035 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 9,887 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 9,712 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 8,988 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 11,489 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 8,700 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 9,513 votesEp 9: 8.7 · 11,474 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 8,654 votesEp 11: 6.6 · 8,689 votesEp 12: 7.0 · 7,914 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 8,585 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 8,256 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 7,567 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 8,300 votesEp 17: 7.4 · 7,846 votesEp 18: 7.4 · 7,673 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 7,246 votesEp 20: 7.3 · 7,371 votesEp 21: 7.2 · 7,296 votesEp 22: 7.8 · 7,916 votesEp 23: 8.5 · 9,930 votesEp 24: 8.4 · 16,058 votes
Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Acheron: Part I8.212,101
2Acheron: Part II8.411,035
3Hunted7.69,887
4Rendition7.19,712
5Out of the Ashes7.48,988
6On the Inside8.611,489
7Promises Broken7.68,700
8For Blood8.29,513
9No Other Way8.711,474
10New Haunts7.38,654
11Rogue Element6.68,689
12The Lucky Ones7.07,914
13Warlords8.28,585
14The Rotten Core8.28,256
15Trust7.47,567
16Acts of God7.78,300
17Lockdown7.47,846
18A New Deal7.47,673
19Variant7.27,246
20What's Been Lost7.37,371
21Outpost 227.27,296
22Faith7.87,916
23Family8.59,930
24Rest in Peace8.416,058
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