How Many Seasons of Alone Are There?

The short answer depends on what you count as "Alone." If you mean the flagship US show, there are 13 seasons, with the newest currently airing. Add the Australian version and the two spin-offs and the total climbs higher. Here is the full accounting, drawn from our season guides.

The count, by branch of the franchise

Branch	Seasons	Status
Alone (US)	13	Seasons 1 to 12 complete, season 13 airing
Alone Australia	4	Seasons 1 to 3 complete, season 4 announced
Alone: Frozen	1	Complete (2022 spin-off)
Alone: The Skills Challenge	1	Complete (2022 spin-off)

Counted strictly, that is 13 numbered US seasons plus 4 Australian seasons plus 2 spin-offs, for 19 season-length releases in the normalized data, spanning 187 contestants once you add up every cast. Of those, the US show is the backbone: season 13, subtitled the World Championship, is on the air as I write this, so I am making no claims about its outcome here.

The reason "how many seasons" trips people up is the mix of numbered and un-numbered entries. The 13 US seasons and 4 Australian seasons carry numbers; the two spin-offs do not, because they are one-off events rather than a continuing series. So a viewer who has watched "every season" of the US show has still not seen Frozen or the Skills Challenge, and someone who counts only numbered seasons lands on 17 rather than 19. Both answers are defensible, which is exactly why the question keeps coming up.

The two spin-offs

The spin-offs are easy to overlook because neither is a numbered season. Alone: Frozen (2022) brought back six past US contestants for a winter run on Labrador with a fixed 50-day cap. Alone: The Skills Challenge (also 2022) is a 12-episode head-to-head bushcraft competition among seven alumni, with no survival-duration element and no cash prize. Both are part of the franchise, but neither follows the standard last-person-standing structure, which is why they sit outside the numbered seasons.

Alone Australia

The Australian version is a full separate series, not a spin-off. Three seasons have finished and a fourth has been announced, set in Sápmi inside the Arctic Circle in Finland. One quirk: season 2 was filmed in Fiordland, New Zealand, despite the Australian branding, so "Australia" describes the production, not always the location.

Where to watch each one

Availability shifts by region and over time, so I keep the current details on our where-to-watch page rather than freezing them here. In broad strokes, as of mid-2026: the US seasons air on History (History Channel) and stream through History's own platforms and the usual digital storefronts; Alone Australia airs on SBS in Australia and reaches other markets through streaming partners; and the two spin-offs sit alongside the US seasons on History's platforms. Because rights and catalog placement change, treat any specific service as a starting point and confirm on where to watch for your region.

If you are deciding where to start rather than what is streaming, the numbered US seasons are the natural entry point, and each season page has the cast, location, and outcome. For the champions across every branch of the franchise, our winners page has the complete list.