The Challenge seasons
42 seasons · MTV42 seasons · MTV
Season 36 is the biggest. Season 42 started 8% higher than season 41, after a wait of 8 months.Season 36 is the biggest. Season 42 started 8% higher than season 41, after a wait of 8 months.
The Challenge seasons
Through Nov 6Season Attention Score is a season's average Attention Score in its first 30 days. Learn more
SeasonSeason Attention ScoreChange
- Season 1Apr 1998 · 5 episodes
- 6 months after season 1Season 2Nov 1998 · 6 episodes
- 1 year, 1 month after season 2Season 3Jan 2000 · 11 episodes
- 9 months after season 3Season 4Jan 2001 · 19 episodes
- 8 months after season 4Season 5Feb 2002 · 17 episodes
- 7 months after season 5Season 6Jan 2003 · 21 episodes
- 5 months after season 6Season 7Sep 2003 · 18 episodes
- 2 weeks after season 7Season 8Feb 2004 · 20 episodes
- 4 months after season 8Season 9Oct 2004 · 19 episodes
- 5 weeks after season 9Season 10Mar 2005 · 17 episodes
- 5 months after season 10Season 11Dec 2005 · 17 episodes
- 2 months after season 11Season 12May 2006 · 17 episodes
- 4 weeks after season 12Season 13Oct 2006 · 17 episodes
- 2 months after season 13Season 14Apr 2007 · 17 episodes
- 6 months after season 14Season 15Jan 2008 · 10 episodes
- 6 months after season 15Season 16Sep 2008 · 9 episodes
- 5 months after season 16Season 17Apr 2009 · 10 episodes
- 4 months after season 17Season 18Sep 2009 · 12 episodes
- 3 months after season 18Season 19Apr 2010 · 10 episodes
- 4 months after season 19Season 20Oct 2010 · 12 episodes
- 6 months after season 20Season 21Jun 2011 · 12 episodes
- 5 months after season 21Season 22Jan 2012 · 12 episodes
- 6 months after season 22Season 23Sep 2012 · 12 episodes
- 7 months after season 23Season 24Jul 2013 · 13 episodes
- 6 months after season 24Season 25Apr 2014 · 13 episodes
- 6 months after season 25Season 26Jan 2015 · 14 episodes
- 8 months after season 26Season 27Dec 2015 · 15 episodes
- 3 months after season 27Season 28May 2016 · 15 episodes39%
- 6 months after season 28Season 29Feb 2017 · 16 episodes54%
- 2 months after season 29Season 30Jul 2017 · 20 episodes39%
- 5 weeks after season 30Season 31Jan 2018 · 16 episodes38%
- 3 months after season 31Season 32Jul 2018 · 24 episodes22%
- 7 weeks after season 32Season 33Feb 2019 · 18 episodes9%
- 3 months after season 33Season 34Aug 2019 · 18 episodes4%
- 3 months after season 34Season 35Apr 2020 · 18 episodes115%
- 4 months after season 35Season 36Dec 2020 · 21 episodes73%
- 3 months after season 36Season 37Aug 2021 · 21 episodes56%
- 10 months after season 37Season 38Oct 2022 · 21 episodes28%
- 8 months after season 38Season 39Oct 2023 · 21 episodes7%
- 5 months after season 39Season 40Aug 2024 · 21 episodes3%
- 6 months after season 40Season 41Jul 2025 · 21 episodes39%
- 8 months after season 41Season 42Aug 2026 · 14 episodes8%
First 30 days of each The Challenge season
Through Nov 6Attention Score on each day after a season came out
Day 1 is the premiere. Each mark on the bottom line is a day with a new episode of season 42.
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Time between The Challenge seasons
Through Nov 6Usually 5 months between seasons. The longest wait was 1 year, 1 month, before season 3.
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