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American Horror Story (2011)

Drama · Horror · Sci-Fi

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

IMDb rating
7.9 (362,167 votes)
Seasons
12
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video · Hulu
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

8.00 avg 12 episodes 7.9 → 7.9 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 9,674 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 7,406 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 7,284 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 6,825 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 6,640 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 6,443 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 6,384 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 6,081 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 6,001 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 6,390 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 6,227 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 6,450 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot7.99,674
2Home Invasion7.97,406
3Murder House8.07,284
4Halloween: Part 18.16,825
5Halloween: Part 28.16,640
6Piggy Piggy7.96,443
7Open House7.86,384
8Rubber Man7.96,081
9Spooky Little Girl7.86,001
10Smoldering Children8.46,390
11Birth8.36,227
12Afterbirth7.96,450

Season 2 (2012)

8.32 avg 13 episodes 8.2 → 8.7 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 7,173 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 6,013 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 5,692 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 5,579 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 6,196 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 5,273 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 5,249 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 5,613 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 5,191 votesEp 10: 8.8 · 6,962 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 5,345 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 5,300 votesEp 13: 8.7 · 6,582 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Welcome to Briarcliff8.27,173
2Tricks and Treats8.36,013
3Nor'easter8.25,692
4I Am Anne Frank: Part 18.25,579
5I Am Anne Frank: Part 28.76,196
6The Origins of Monstrosity8.15,273
7Dark Cousin8.25,249
8Unholy Night8.45,613
9The Coat Hanger8.25,191
10The Name Game8.86,962
11Spilt Milk8.35,345
12Continuum7.85,300
13Madness Ends8.76,582

Season 3 (2013)

7.97 avg 13 episodes 8.3 → 7.7 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 7,291 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 5,438 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 5,306 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 5,137 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 5,123 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 4,806 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 4,716 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 4,622 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 5,185 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 4,777 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 4,580 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 4,686 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 5,556 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Bitchcraft8.37,291
2Boy Parts7.95,438
3The Replacements8.15,306
4Fearful Pranks Ensue8.25,137
5Burn, Witch. Burn!8.25,123
6The Axeman Cometh7.84,806
7The Dead7.84,716
8The Sacred Taking7.84,622
9Head8.35,185
10The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks7.74,777
11Protect the Coven7.74,580
12Go to Hell8.14,686
13The Seven Wonders7.75,556

Season 4 (2014)

7.95 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 8.0 50 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.1 · 6,844 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 4,785 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 4,649 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 5,102 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 4,209 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 4,132 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 4,044 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 4,006 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 3,872 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 5,290 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 3,868 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 4,063 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 4,512 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Monsters Among Us8.16,844
2Massacres and Matinees7.84,785
3Edward Mordrake: Part 18.04,649
4Edward Mordrake: Part 28.65,102
5Pink Cupcakes7.74,209
6Bullseye7.44,132
7Test of Strength7.64,044
8Blood Bath7.84,006
9Tupperware Party Massacre7.73,872
10Orphans8.75,290
11Magical Thinking7.83,868
12Show Stoppers8.14,063
13Curtain Call8.04,512

Season 5 (2015)

7.78 avg 12 episodes 7.9 → 7.7 53 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 6,857 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 4,637 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 3,964 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 4,231 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 3,856 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 3,619 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 3,701 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 3,515 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 3,275 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 3,425 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 3,315 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 3,759 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Checking In7.96,857
2Chutes and Ladders7.84,637
3Mommy7.53,964
4Devil's Night8.04,231
5Room Service7.83,856
6Room 337.63,619
7Flicker7.93,701
8The Ten Commandments Killer7.83,515
9She Wants Revenge7.53,275
10She Gets Revenge7.93,425
11Battle Royale8.03,315
12Be Our Guest7.73,759

Season 6 (2016)

7.66 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 6.4 41 min avg

  • Bad finale
Ep 1: 7.7 · 5,407 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 3,976 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 3,790 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 3,733 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 3,880 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 4,411 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 3,816 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 3,377 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 3,456 votesEp 10: 6.4 · 4,066 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Chapter 17.75,407
2Chapter 27.53,976
3Chapter 37.83,790
4Chapter 47.93,733
5Chapter 58.13,880
6Chapter 68.34,411
7Chapter 78.03,816
8Chapter 87.43,377
9Chapter 97.53,456
10Chapter 106.44,066

Season 7 (2017)

7.21 avg 11 episodes 6.6 → 7.0 47 min avg

  • Rebound
  • Mid-peak
Ep 1: 6.6 · 5,844 votesEp 2: 6.8 · 3,890 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 3,561 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 3,487 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 3,348 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 3,322 votesEp 7: 5.9 · 3,820 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 2,962 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 3,056 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 2,850 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 3,233 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Election Night6.65,844
2Don't Be Afraid of the Dark6.83,890
3Neighbors from Hell7.13,561
411/97.73,487
5Holes7.83,348
6Mid-Western Assassin8.03,322
7Valerie Solanas Died for Your Sins: Scumbag5.93,820
8Winter of Our Discontent7.32,962
9Drink the Kool-Aid7.83,056
10Charles (Manson) in Charge7.32,850
11Great Again7.03,233

Season 8 (2018)

7.97 avg 10 episodes 7.8 → 7.9 44 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
  • Mid-peak
Ep 1: 7.8 · 5,313 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 4,193 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 4,381 votesEp 4: 8.7 · 4,832 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 4,231 votesEp 6: 9.2 · 6,743 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 3,555 votesEp 8: 6.6 · 3,738 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 3,258 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 4,223 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The End7.85,313
2The Morning After7.54,193
3Forbidden Fruit8.24,381
4Could It Be... Satan?8.74,832
5Boy Wonder8.44,231
6Return to Murder House9.26,743
7Traitor8.03,555
8Sojourn6.63,738
9Fire and Reign7.43,258
10Apocalypse Then7.94,223

Season 9 (2019)

7.80 avg 9 episodes 7.9 → 8.3 42 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 7.9 · 5,069 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 3,619 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 3,399 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 3,273 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 3,064 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 2,988 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 3,036 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 2,781 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 3,632 votes
Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Camp Redwood7.95,069
2Mr. Jingles7.53,619
3Slashdance7.93,399
4True Killers8.03,273
5Red Dawn7.63,064
6Episode 1007.62,988
7The Lady in White8.03,036
8Rest in Pieces7.42,781
9Final Girl8.33,632

Season 10 (2021)

6.60 avg 10 episodes 7.9 → 3.9 46 min avg

  • Front-loaded
  • Bad finale
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.9 · 4,160 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 3,609 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 3,165 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 3,114 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 3,605 votesEp 6: 4.9 · 4,268 votesEp 7: 5.6 · 3,528 votesEp 8: 6.1 · 2,836 votesEp 9: 5.3 · 2,655 votesEp 10: 3.9 · 3,558 votes
Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Cape Fear7.94,160
2Pale8.23,609
3Thirst8.03,165
4Blood Buffet7.83,114
5Gaslight8.33,605
6Winter Kills4.94,268
7Take Me to Your Leader5.63,528
8Inside6.12,836
9Blue Moon5.32,655
10The Future Perfect3.93,558

Season 11 (2022)

5.82 avg 10 episodes 5.9 → 4.8 40 min avg

  • Front-loaded
  • Bad finale
Ep 1: 5.9 · 3,143 votesEp 2: 6.1 · 2,493 votesEp 3: 6.3 · 2,131 votesEp 4: 6.2 · 2,045 votesEp 5: 6.2 · 1,899 votesEp 6: 6.4 · 1,903 votesEp 7: 6.0 · 1,801 votesEp 8: 5.3 · 1,884 votesEp 9: 5.0 · 2,232 votesEp 10: 4.8 · 2,489 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Something's Coming5.93,143
2Thank You For Your Service6.12,493
3Smoke Signals6.32,131
4Black Out6.22,045
5Bad Fortune6.21,899
6The Body6.41,903
7The Sentinel6.01,801
8Fire Island5.31,884
9Requiem 1981/1987: Part 15.02,232
10Requiem 1981/1987: Part 24.82,489

Season 12 (2023)

5.31 avg 9 episodes 5.6 → 3.3 38 min avg

  • Front-loaded
  • Bad finale
Ep 1: 5.6 · 2,928 votesEp 2: 5.8 · 2,164 votesEp 3: 5.6 · 1,941 votesEp 4: 5.7 · 1,783 votesEp 5: 5.6 · 1,708 votesEp 6: 5.4 · 1,418 votesEp 7: 5.6 · 1,430 votesEp 8: 5.2 · 1,339 votesEp 9: 3.3 · 2,098 votes
Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Multiply Thy Pain5.62,928
2Rockabye5.82,164
3When the Bough Breaks5.61,941
4Vanishing Twin5.71,783
5Preech5.61,708
6Opening Night5.41,418
7Ave Hestia5.61,430
8Little Gold Man5.21,339
9The Auteur3.32,098

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