Episodes
73
6 seasons
73 episodes · 6 seasons · 54.8 hours to binge
73
6 seasons
54.8 h
2d 6h
2 days
non-stop
8.0/10
3,055 votes
House of Cards runs to 73 episodes across 6 seasons, at roughly 45 minutes each. Watching every episode back to back is 54.8 hours of pure run time — that's 2 days and 6 hours without a single break.
More realistically, at two episodes a night you'll finish in about 37 days. That's 6.8 full 8-hour work days of screen time. Use the planner below to pick your own pace and get an exact finish date.
54.8 h
Pure run time
37 days
At 2 episodes/day
45 min
Per episode
Day 37: 100% done (73 of 73 episodes)
12.2
on average
9.1 h
on average
3,285
2 days non-stop
At 54.8 hours, House of Cards is longer than 74% of every series tracked here — making it a solid commitment. Within the Drama genre the average is 48.5 hours, so House of Cards sits above that.
House of Cards is very well rated at 8.0/10 from 3,055 votes. With 54.8 hours of total run time it's a serious commitment — plan accordingly before you press play.
All 73 episodes of House of Cards add up to 54.8 hours of pure run time — that's 2 days and 6 hours non-stop.
House of Cards has 73 episodes across 6 seasons, averaging about 45 minutes per episode.
At 1 episode a day it takes 73 days, at 2 episodes a day 37 days, and at a marathon pace of 8 a day just 10 days.
House of Cards is rated 8.0/10 from 3,055 votes. Budget 54.8 hours if you want to watch the whole thing.
Episodes, seasons and rating come from TMDB (as of 2/12/2026). House of Cards had no official per-episode runtime on file, so the 45 minutes shown are a genre-based estimate.
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