11 Most Watched Simpsons Episodes of All Time

Everyone likes to watch The Simpsons, but did you ever think about which are the 11 Most Watched Simpsons Episodes of All Time? We’re here to offer the answer.

This show created by Matt Groening is one of the most recognizable and influential sitcoms of all time, and holds the title as the longest running sitcom in America. The show revolves around the Simpson family and their lives in small American town Springfield.

During its run, the show has successfully parodied American lifestyle and culture and had a satirical approach to many important events in recent world history. The show received universal acclaim and is loved in the entire world, so it shouldn’t surprise you that Homer Simpson is number one when it comes to 11 Most Loved TV Characters of All Time.

We already said that The Simpsons has had a colossal run. So far 579 episodes have aired, and The Simpsons is in its 27th season and renewed for at least two more. From those 579 which ones are 11 Most Watched Simpsons Episodes of All Time? To find that out we checked the Wikipedia page that has all the ratings for every season and every episode on its air date in America. After that we checked the ratings for each one and found out 11 Most Watched Simpsons Episodes of All Time. Of course we checked all the sources for the numbers and they cleared out, since they were based on Nielsen ratings and published in USA Today and Entertainment Weekly.

Comparing the numbers it is obvious that The Simpsons recorded a significant fall in the last few years when it comes to number of viewers per season. The last three seasons were the least watched averaging from 5.6 to 6.3 million viewers. The reason could be the lack of new ideas or maybe some people just got tired of The Simpsons. Nonetheless we hope that The Simpsons will carry on and make us laugh for more years to come.

11. Treehouse of Horror – S2 E3

This episode was known at first as “The Simpsons Halloween Special”, and it revolved around Bart, Lisa and Maggie sitting in the treehouse and telling scary stories. The Halloween episode became an annual feature.
Viewers: 27.4 million

10. Homer’s Odyssey – S1 E3

In this episode Homer gets fired from the nuclear power plant and decides to commit suicide. As his family comes to stop him, they almost get run over by a speeding truck — Homer saves them and finds a new hope for life.
Viewers: 27.5 million

9. The Call of the Simpsons – S1 E7

Homer takes his family on vacation, but they get lost in the woods. While Homer and Bart are trying to find help, Bart gets mistaken for Bigfoot and launches a huge Bigfoot hunt.
Viewers: 27.6 million

8. The Telltale Head – S1 E8

To impress some kids, Bart decides to cut the head of the statue of Springfield’s founder, Jebediah Springfield, and gets chased around by an angry group of citizens.
Viewers: 28 million

7. Lisa’s First Word – S4 E10

Only episode from 11 Most Watched Simpsons Episodes of All Time that was aired in some other season than season 1 or 2. Famous actress Elizabeth Taylor appeared as a guest star, voicing Maggie’s first words.
Viewers: 28.6 million

6. Simpson and Delilah – S2 E2

As you could figure it from the name of the episode, this has something to do with hair. Homer buys a new miraculous medicine for hair growth that turns out to be successful. His new hair gets him a lot of benefits including a promotion.
Viewers: 29.9 million

5. Homer’s Night Out – S1 E10

In this one, Bart buys a mini spy camera and uses it to take pictures around the house. One night Homer goes to his friend’s bachelor party and dances with an exotic belly dancer. Bart, who wandered there, takes a few pictures of Homer and the dancer.
Viewers: 30.3 million

4. Krusty Gets Busted – S1 E12

Krusty the Clown, Springfield’s main entertainer, gets accused for armed robbery of town’s market. Bart, who can’t deal with the fact that his hero could do such a thing, engages in investigation with Lisa to find out the truth.
Viewers: 30.4 million

3. The Crepes of Wrath – S1 E11

Bart gets into a student exchange program and ends up in France. He is harshly treated there by his host. On the other hand, an Albanian student who went in the other way gets highly interested in Homer’s work at the nuclear power plant.
Viewers: 31.2 million

2. Life on the Fast Lane – S1 E9

It is Marge’s birthday and Homer forgot to buy her a gift. While desperately searching for something, he gets his eyes on a bowling ball and buys it for her. Marge realizes Homer just intended to use the ball for himself, even having his name printed on it, so she decides to learn to bowl. Marge gets interested in her bowling instructor, which shakes up her marriage.
Viewers: 33.5 million

1. Bart Gets an “F” – S2 E1

It seems that the first season of the Simpsons was so good that people couldn’t wait for the second one and all tuned in for the first episode of the new season. That led to Bart Gets an “F” becoming the Most Watched Simpsons Episodes of All Time. In the episode Bart fails history class and gets a recommendation to repeat the fourth grade. After trying everything, Bart turns to God and prays for a miracle. The same night Springfield gets hit by a massive blizzard, causing everything to be closed for the day — Bart gets an additional day to study.
Viewers: 33.6 million