Episodes
40
5 seasons
40 episodes · 5 seasons · 28.0 hours to binge
40
5 seasons
28.0 h
1d 4h
1 days
non-stop
8.4/10
11,579 votes
The Boys runs to 40 episodes across 5 seasons, at roughly 42 minutes each. Watching every episode back to back is 28.0 hours of pure run time — that's 1 days and 4 hours without a single break.
More realistically, at two episodes a night you'll finish in about 20 days. That's 3.5 full 8-hour work days of screen time. Use the planner below to pick your own pace and get an exact finish date.
28.0 h
Pure run time
20 days
At 2 episodes/day
42 min
Per episode
Day 20: 100% done (40 of 40 episodes)
8.0
on average
5.6 h
on average
1,680
1 days non-stop
At 28.0 hours, The Boys is longer than 55% of every series tracked here — making it a solid commitment. Within the Sci-Fi & Fantasy genre the average is 36.5 hours, so The Boys sits below that.
The Boys is very well rated at 8.4/10 from 11,579 votes. With 28.0 hours of total run time it's a few weeks of viewing — plan accordingly before you press play.
All 40 episodes of The Boys add up to 28.0 hours of pure run time — that's 1 days and 4 hours non-stop.
The Boys has 40 episodes across 5 seasons, averaging about 42 minutes per episode.
At 1 episode a day it takes 40 days, at 2 episodes a day 20 days, and at a marathon pace of 8 a day just 5 days.
The Boys is rated 8.4/10 from 11,579 votes. Budget 28.0 hours if you want to watch the whole thing.
Episodes, seasons and rating come from TMDB (as of 2/12/2026). The Boys had no official per-episode runtime on file, so the 42 minutes shown are a genre-based estimate.
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