Gold Rush (formerly Gold Rush Alaska) is a reality television series that airs on Discovery Channel, with reruns also airing on TLC. The show's ninth season began airing on October 12, 2018. As of May 4, 2018, a total of 176 episodes of Gold Rush have been aired, including 16 specials and two mini-series.
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Average rating (millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | ||||
| 1 | 10 | 3.32 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 4.59 | |||
| 3 | 16 | 4.57 | |||
| South America | 6 | 2.15 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 3.96 | |||
| 5 | 25 | 4.15 | |||
| 6 | 22 | 3.83 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 3.36 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 2.99 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 2.80 | |||
| 10 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | 22 | ||||
| Winter's Fortune 2021 | 8 | ||||
| 12 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | 26 | ||||
| 14 | 23 | ||||
During season 1, the series was named Gold Rush: Alaska, and the mining occurred at Porcupine Creek, on the Alaskan panhandle.
For season 2, the series was retitled Gold Rush. The show followed groups of miners at locations in both the panhandle of Alaska, USA, and in the Klondike of the Yukon, Canada.