How (and Where) to Watch the Entire Walking Dead Franchise in Order

The Walking Dead first zombie-shuffled its way off the pages of Robert Kirkman’s graphic novels onto television screens in 2010. Adopting the comic’s grizzly mix of horror and serial drama against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse, it's no surprise the series succeeded in captivating audiences for over a decade and went on to spawn a whopping six spinoff series. But with the main series starring Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, Norman Reedus, and Lauren Cohan lasting 11 seasons, alongside six spinoffs in the mix, it can be confusing to figure out how to watch the entire Walking Dead franchise in order of release, or in chronological order.

Check out our guide to stream both options below, and keep reading to see how you can watch all the Walking Dead series online!

Here are all seven series included in the Walking Dead franchise:

• The Walking Dead - 11 seasons (2010–2022)

• Fear The Walking Dead - 8 Seasons (2015–2023)

• The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020–2021)

• Tales of the Walking Dead (2022)

• The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023) 

• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023)

• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024)

How to Watch the Walking Dead Franchise in Order of Release

While there are several ways to watch The Walking Dead in order, one of the more straightforward is in order of release. Given that many of the spinoff series began before the end of the main series, the following list breaks down the release timeline by year and season of each series.

Some of the Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead seasons are divided also by episode, because during the mid-season breaks, a season from its sister series would be released to ensure there was never a dead moment.

• The Walking Dead Seasons 1–5 (Oct 2010–March 2015)

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 1 (Aug–Oct 2015)

• The Walking Dead Season 6 (Oct 2015–April 2016)

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 2 (April–Oct 2016)

• The Walking Dead Season 7 (Oct 2016–April 2017)

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 3 (June–Oct 2017)

• The Walking Dead Season 8 (Oct 2017–April 2018)

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 4 (April–Sept 2018)

• The Walking Dead Season 9 (Oct 2018–March 2019)

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 (June–Sept 2019)

• The Walking Dead Season 10, Episodes 1–15 (Oct 2019–April 2020)

• The Walking Dead: World Beyond Season 1 (Oct–Nov 2020)

• The Walking Dead Season 10, Episodes 16–22 (Oct 2020–April 2021)

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 (Oct 2020–June 2021)

• The Walking Dead Season 11, Episodes 1–8 (Aug–Oct 2021) 

• The Walking Dead: World Beyond Season 2 (Oct–Dec 2021)

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 7, Episodes 1–8 (Oct–Dec 2021)

• The Walking Dead Season 11, Episodes 9–16 (Feb–April 2022)

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 7, Episodes 9–16 (April–June 2022)

• Tales of the Walking Dead (Aug–Sept 2022)

• The Walking Dead season 11, episodes 17–24 (Oct–Nov 2022)

• Fear the Walking Dead season 8, episodes 1–6 (May–June 2023)

• The Walking Dead: Dead City (June–July 2023)

• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (Sept–Oct 2023)

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 8, Episodes 7–12 (Oct–Nov 2023)

• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (Feb–March 2024)

How to Watch the Walking Dead Franchise in Chronological Order

If you’re most curious to see how the Walking Dead storylines progressed chronologically, you’ll need to start with the prequel series before it catches up with the main series. As the new spinoff series like Dead City, Daryl Dixon, and The Ones Who Live (or the anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead) began to be released, they also infiltrated the timeline.

Check out the full timeline below to see how to watch the Walking Dead franchise in chronological order:

• Fear the Walking Dead Seasons 1–3

• The Walking Dead Seasons 1–8

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 4

• Tales of the Walking Dead

• The Walking Dead Season 9

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 5

• The Walking Dead Season 10

• The Walking Dead: The World Beyond Seasons 1–2

• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

• Fear the Walking Dead Seasons 6–7

• The Walking Dead Season 11

• Fear the Walking Dead Season 8

• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

• The Walking Dead: Dead City

Where can I watch the Walking Dead franchise online?

Find out how (and where) to watch all of the Walking Dead franchise by scrolling through the list below. The series and seasons are all available to stream across a variety of platforms, including Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, ITVX, and more!