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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 (1,201,820 votes)
Seasons
11
Streaming (US)
Netflix · AMC+ · YouTube TV · Philo · Pluto TV
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Jul 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 · 39,978 votesEp 2: 8.6 · 23,944 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 21,972 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 21,446 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 20,672 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 22,453 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Days Gone Bye9.239,978
2Guts8.623,944
3Tell It to the Frogs8.221,972
4Vatos8.521,446
5Wildfire8.120,672
6TS-198.722,453

Season 2 (2011)

8.38 avg 13 episodes 8.5 → 9.2 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 19,828 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 18,326 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 18,058 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 17,588 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 17,634 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 17,229 votesEp 7: 9.3 · 25,089 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 17,486 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 16,900 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 17,457 votesEp 11: 8.6 · 17,911 votesEp 12: 9.1 · 22,045 votesEp 13: 9.2 · 23,348 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1What Lies Ahead8.519,828
2Bloodletting7.918,326
3Save the Last One8.318,058
4Cherokee Rose7.517,588
5Chupacabra8.017,634
6Secrets7.717,229
7Pretty Much Dead Already9.325,089
8Nebraska8.217,486
9Triggerfinger8.216,900
1018 Miles Out8.417,457
11Judge, Jury, Executioner8.617,911
12Better Angels9.122,045
13Beside the Dying Fire9.223,348

Season 3 (2012)

8.35 avg 16 episodes 8.8 → 8.2 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 19,656 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 17,049 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 16,424 votesEp 4: 9.3 · 23,166 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 15,550 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 15,354 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 15,725 votesEp 8: 9.0 · 17,697 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 15,570 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 16,439 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 15,247 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 17,586 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 15,563 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 15,474 votesEp 15: 8.8 · 17,394 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 17,452 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Seed8.819,656
2Sick8.517,049
3Walk with Me8.016,424
4Killer Within9.323,166
5Say the Word8.015,550
6Hounded8.115,354
7When the Dead Come Knocking8.515,725
8Made to Suffer9.017,697
9The Suicide King8.015,570
10Home8.616,439
11I Ain't a Judas7.615,247
12Clear8.717,586
13Arrow on the Doorpost7.715,563
14Prey7.815,474
15This Sorrowful Life8.817,394
16Welcome to the Tombs8.217,452

Season 4 (2013)

8.26 avg 16 episodes 8.1 → 9.2 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 17,640 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 15,743 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 15,096 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 15,109 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 17,606 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 15,865 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 15,279 votesEp 8: 9.6 · 35,719 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 16,271 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 15,191 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 14,933 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 18,755 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 15,208 votesEp 14: 9.2 · 23,236 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 15,192 votesEp 16: 9.2 · 22,685 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
130 Days Without an Accident8.117,640
2Infected8.315,743
3Isolation7.915,096
4Indifference7.915,109
5Internment8.817,606
6Live Bait7.715,865
7Dead Weight7.715,279
8Too Far Gone9.635,719
9After8.016,271
10Inmates8.015,191
11Claimed8.114,933
12Still7.418,755
13Alone7.815,208
14The Grove9.223,236
15Us8.415,192
16A9.222,685

Season 5 (2014)

8.38 avg 16 episodes 9.6 → 9.3 44 min avg

Ep 1: 9.6 · 38,518 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 17,053 votesEp 3: 9.0 · 19,748 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 16,764 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 15,448 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 15,158 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 14,514 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 18,673 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 17,922 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 15,656 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 14,921 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 15,292 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 14,105 votesEp 14: 8.9 · 16,978 votesEp 15: 8.5 · 15,627 votesEp 16: 9.3 · 22,631 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1No Sanctuary9.638,518
2Strangers8.517,053
3Four Walls and a Roof9.019,748
4Slabtown7.416,764
5Self Help7.915,448
6Consumed7.915,158
7Crossed7.814,514
8Coda8.818,673
9What Happened and What's Going On8.017,922
10Them7.615,656
11The Distance8.414,921
12Remember8.615,292
13Forget7.814,105
14Spend8.916,978
15Try8.515,627
16Conquer9.322,631

Season 6 (2015)

8.31 avg 16 episodes 8.6 → 7.2 47 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 20,064 votesEp 2: 9.2 · 20,950 votesEp 3: 9.2 · 22,078 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 18,945 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 14,827 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 14,307 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 14,228 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 15,149 votesEp 9: 9.7 · 39,251 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 15,485 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 13,919 votesEp 12: 9.0 · 17,264 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 15,753 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 13,878 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 14,067 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 38,983 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1First Time Again8.620,064
2JSS9.220,950
3Thank You9.222,078
4Here's Not Here8.218,945
5Now7.214,827
6Always Accountable7.614,307
7Heads Up8.014,228
8Start to Finish8.115,149
9No Way Out9.739,251
10The Next World8.315,485
11Knots Untie8.113,919
12Not Tomorrow Yet9.017,264
13The Same Boat8.615,753
14Twice as Far8.013,878
15East7.914,067
16Last Day on Earth7.238,983

Season 7 (2016)

7.48 avg 16 episodes 9.3 → 7.8 50 min avg

Ep 1: 9.3 · 52,364 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 17,487 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 15,943 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 15,904 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 14,767 votesEp 6: 5.7 · 18,265 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 14,988 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 17,455 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 13,828 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 13,023 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 12,954 votesEp 12: 7.0 · 13,263 votesEp 13: 7.6 · 13,012 votesEp 14: 6.6 · 12,718 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 12,183 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 19,307 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Day Will Come When You Won't Be9.352,364
2The Well7.117,487
3The Cell7.515,943
4Service7.615,904
5Go Getters6.814,767
6Swear5.718,265
7Sing Me a Song7.914,988
8Hearts Still Beating8.717,455
9Rock in the Road8.013,828
10New Best Friends7.313,023
11Hostiles and Calamities7.312,954
12Say Yes7.013,263
13Bury Me Here7.613,012
14The Other Side6.612,718
15Something They Need7.512,183
16The First Day of the Rest of Your Life7.819,307

Season 8 (2017)

7.14 avg 16 episodes 7.1 → 7.8 48 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 16,899 votesEp 2: 6.8 · 14,343 votesEp 3: 6.5 · 13,595 votesEp 4: 6.9 · 13,533 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 12,465 votesEp 6: 6.2 · 11,988 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 11,590 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 14,624 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 13,590 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 11,382 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 10,518 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 12,002 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 10,992 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 10,642 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 10,743 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 14,626 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Mercy7.116,899
2The Damned6.814,343
3Monsters6.513,595
4Some Guy6.913,533
5The Big Scary U7.312,465
6The King, the Widow and Rick6.211,988
7Time for After6.511,590
8How It's Gotta Be6.914,624
9Honor7.113,590
10The Lost and the Plunderers7.711,382
11Dead or Alive Or6.910,518
12The Key8.112,002
13Do Not Send Us Astray7.310,992
14Still Gotta Mean Something7.310,642
15Worth7.810,743
16Wrath7.814,626

Season 9 (2018)

8.00 avg 16 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 47 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 12,673 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 11,240 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 10,896 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 11,225 votesEp 5: 9.3 · 22,720 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 11,094 votesEp 7: 7.2 · 10,285 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 13,439 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 9,868 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 9,809 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 9,672 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 9,388 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 10,123 votesEp 14: 7.9 · 10,390 votesEp 15: 9.3 · 18,200 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 10,767 votes
Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A New Beginning7.412,673
2The Bridge7.711,240
3Warning Signs7.710,896
4The Obliged8.011,225
5What Comes After9.322,720
6Who Are You Now?7.811,094
7Stradivarius7.210,285
8Evolution8.813,439
9Adaptation7.99,868
10Omega7.89,809
11Bounty7.79,672
12Guardians7.79,388
13Chokepoint8.210,123
14Scars7.910,390
15The Calm Before9.318,200
16The Storm7.610,767

Season 10 (2019)

7.38 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 9.2 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 10,375 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 10,048 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 9,369 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 9,069 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 9,701 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 8,877 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 8,986 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 8,726 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 9,020 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 9,213 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 9,598 votesEp 12: 9.0 · 12,728 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 10,323 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 8,696 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 8,628 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 11,467 votesEp 17: 7.1 · 9,845 votesEp 18: 6.2 · 10,320 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 10,300 votesEp 20: 5.2 · 11,554 votesEp 21: 4.1 · 13,451 votesEp 22: 9.2 · 18,822 votes
Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lines We Cross7.410,375
2We Are the End of the World6.910,048
3Ghosts7.59,369
4Silence the Whisperers7.19,069
5What It Always Is8.09,701
6Bonds7.78,877
7Open Your Eyes7.78,986
8The World Before7.18,726
9Squeeze7.49,020
10Stalker8.09,213
11Morning Star8.39,598
12Walk with Us9.012,728
13What We Become7.710,323
14Look at the Flowers7.88,696
15The Tower7.48,628
16A Certain Doom8.311,467
17Home Sweet Home7.19,845
18Find Me6.210,320
19One More7.310,300
20Splinter5.211,554
21Diverged4.113,451
22Here's Negan9.218,822

Season 11 (2021)

7.73 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 8.4 46 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 11,805 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 10,746 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 9,607 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 9,441 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 8,726 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 11,197 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 8,428 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 9,233 votesEp 9: 8.7 · 11,165 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 8,390 votesEp 11: 6.6 · 8,423 votesEp 12: 7.0 · 7,661 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 8,316 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 7,993 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 7,310 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 8,034 votesEp 17: 7.4 · 7,587 votesEp 18: 7.4 · 7,409 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 6,996 votesEp 20: 7.3 · 7,114 votesEp 21: 7.2 · 7,044 votesEp 22: 7.8 · 7,653 votesEp 23: 8.5 · 9,638 votesEp 24: 8.4 · 15,676 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Acheron: Part I8.211,805
2Acheron: Part II8.410,746
3Hunted7.69,607
4Rendition7.19,441
5Out of the Ashes7.48,726
6On the Inside8.611,197
7Promises Broken7.68,428
8For Blood8.29,233
9No Other Way8.711,165
10New Haunts7.38,390
11Rogue Element6.68,423
12The Lucky Ones7.07,661
13Warlords8.28,316
14The Rotten Core8.27,993
15Trust7.47,310
16Acts of God7.78,034
17Lockdown7.47,587
18A New Deal7.47,409
19Variant7.26,996
20What's Been Lost7.37,114
21Outpost 227.27,044
22Faith7.87,653
23Family8.59,638
24Rest in Peace8.415,676
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