The Bachelor

2002– · Game-Show, Reality-TV, Romance · IMDb

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Your rating

Best season rating

8.6

Season 28 (2024)

Worst season rating

3.9

Season 1 (2002)

First to last season

+4.0

S1 3.9 → S29 7.9

Series rating on IMDb

3.3

8K votes

Average episode rating per season

The best season of The Bachelor is season 28, with an average episode rating of 8.6 on IMDb, and the worst is season 1, at 3.9. It got better after a slower start: every season after season 1 is rated higher. Its seasons average 5.5, and the series as a whole is rated 3.3 on IMDb, from 8K votes. Seasons 3 and 30 aren't ranked, since fewer than half of their episodes have been rated yet.

Season by season

Season	Aired	Rated episodes	Rating	Change
1Worst	2002	9/9	3.9
2	2002	10/10	4.1	+0.2
3Partial	2003	2/9	4.2	+0.1
4	2003	10/10	4.1	−0.1
5	2004	9/9	4.2	+0.1
6	2004	10/10	4.1	±0.0
7	2005	9/9	4.7	+0.5
8	2006	8/8	4.6	−0.1
9	2006	8/8	4.7	+0.1
10	2007	9/9	4.6	−0.1
11	2007	10/10	4.7	+0.1
12	2008	10/10	4.8	+0.1
13	2009	11/11	5.4	+0.7
14	2010	11/11	5.2	−0.2
15	2011	12/12	4.9	−0.3
16	2012	12/12	4.8	−0.1
17	2013	13/13	6.5	+1.7
18	2014	13/13	4.7	−1.8
19	2015	13/13	6.5	+1.8
20	2016	12/12	6.2	−0.3
21	2017	14/14	6.5	+0.2
22	2017	13/13	7.1	+0.6
23	2019	12/12	7.0	±0.0
24	2020	12/12	6.0	−1.1
25	2021	12/12	6.0	±0.0
26	2022	12/12	6.2	+0.2
27	2023	11/11	7.8	+1.6
28Best	2024	11/11	8.6	+0.8
29	2025	9/9	7.9	−0.7
30	2025	0/1	–

The Bachelor

Average episode rating per season

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