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title: "How long to listen to S-Town? about 6 hours 24 minutes"
description: "S-Town takes about 6 hours 24 minutes — 7 chapters. What that assumes, how it breaks down, and how long at a realistic pace."
url: https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/s-town/
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# How long does it take to listen to S-Town?

**How long to listen to S-Town: about 6 hours 24 minutes**

7 chapters

S-Town is seven chapters and about six and a half hours, released all at once in 2017 rather than weekly — one of the first major podcasts to use a binge model. It was downloaded 40 million times in its first month. The whole thing fits inside a single working day, which is unusual for investigative audio of its scale. It is shorter than most of the audiobooks on this list and shorter than four of the films.

## The numbers

- **Total:** 6 hours 24 minutes
- **In hours:** 6.4 hours
- **Non-stop:** 0.3 days without sleeping
- **Covers:** 7 chapters
- **At a realistic pace:** an episode a day
- **That works out as:** about 7 days

## What this assumes

Seven chapters at their published durations, totalling 6 hours 23 minutes 55 seconds.

## Other podcasts and audio

| What | How long |
| --- | --- |
| Dan Carlin's Blueprint for Armageddon | about 23 hours |
| The Joe Rogan Experience | about 310 days |
| Serial season one | about 8 hours 30 minutes |

## Common questions

### How long does it take to listen to S-Town?

about 6 hours 24 minutes — 7 chapters.

### What does that assume?

Seven chapters at their published durations, totalling 6 hours 23 minutes 55 seconds.

### How long at a realistic pace?

an episode a day — about 7 days.

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## Sources

- Official vendor product documentation — At One Place (/about/)