Gold Rush
Lifestyle realityUnscripted lives, homes and work observed.This show: 8/10Rural & frontierCountryside, wilderness and frontier living.This show: 8/10Working classOrdinary people, ordinary money, real stakes.This show: 8/10Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Paul Christie
Starring
Paul Christie
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| S1 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S5 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S6 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 7.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S7 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S9 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 6.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S10 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S11 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S12 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S13 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 6.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S14 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 7.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S15 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S16 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
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About
"Real financial risk dressed as reality television"
Gold Rush follows small crews of everyday miners who gamble their savings and machinery on finding gold in the wilds of Alaska, the Yukon, and beyond. Each season tracks a mining season from thaw to freeze, with equipment breakdowns, weather disasters, and shifting fortunes providing constant tension. It's unpretentious, blue-collar reality TV: heavy machinery, mud, arguments over strategy, and the genuine financial stakes of striking out or striking rich. The appeal is watching ordinary people bet everything on hard, dirty, physical work rather than manufactured drama.
Watch it for
the genuine suspense of watching people risk real money against unpredictable ground and weather.
Maybe skip if
you dislike repetitive mining jargon and drawn-out equipment troubleshooting across episodes.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Alaska, Season 12010
6.7984128h 50m
Watch as Todd, his father Jack and four other unemployed greenhorns leave their homes in search for a better life. While leasing a gold claim in Alaska, Todd and company must ward off bears, build homes for their families, and keep the operation running as they take fate into their own hands with a make or break venture that will change their lives forever.
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Season 22012
6.91K2216h 48m
With a good old fashioned case of gold fever, the Gold Rush miners are back with a vengeance as they mine their way out of financially hard times. In this season, the Hoffmans and their crew will battle mother nature, and each other, while they head up north. Unforeseen circumstances threaten to jeopardize their dream of striking it rich in this rugged and frozen terrain.
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Season 32012
7.21K2015h 14m
It took two years, but the competing gold mining crews have made it to the big leagues. After battling equipment breakdowns, infighting, and Mother Nature, one of the mining teams finally hits paydirt…but which one? With new equipment, new crews, and new land to explore, the teams set out strike gold and walk away millionaires.
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Season 42013
7.41K2216h 7m
On the promise of better gold, the Hoffman crew moves their operation to the jungles of Guyana, battling searing heat, deadly creatures and tropical diseases. Parker Schnabel leaves his family behind to mine in the legendary Klondike. Meanwhile, the Dakota Boys look to move on from the glory hole, taking extreme measures to tackle a remote, uncharted mountain claim in Alaska.
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Season 52014
7.71K2418h 1m
After a million-dollar rookie season, Parker Schnabel re-invests every penny in hopes of doubling his take this season. Todd Hoffman is at square one after hitting rock bottom in the jungle; he's lost his land, his money and his crew. Meanwhile Tony Beets plans to resurrect a floating dredge that hasn't been used in 30 years. Will big risks lead to an even bigger pay out?
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Season 62015
7.71K2720h 22m
As a new mining season begins the crews push to find the most gold yet. This season it’s all hands on deck as dredging for gold becomes a family affair. Todd Hoffman will have three generations of men working on the claim. Parker Schnabel finds out that one season of gold mining has nothing to do with the next. While Tony Beets has to get a 75 year old machine to actually produce gold.
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Season 72016
7.41K2820h 33m
This season the miners will take on even greater risks in hopes of finding more gold than ever before. It’s a sad start for Parker after losing his grandfather and mentor and Parker’s leadership will be tested. Meanwhile, Todd Hoffman takes the biggest gamble of his life, moving his entire operation to Oregon.
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Season 82017
7.81K3020h 34m
Season 8 premiered on October 13, 2017. The season finds the Hoffman and Schnabel crews wagering 100 ounces of gold to the company that mines the most gold, with both vying for a 5,000-ounce season goal. Meanwhile, Tony Beets is disassembling, transporting, and reassembling another vintage dredge, resurrecting a method of placer mining that has not been in common use in Dawson City for half a century.
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Season 92018
7.61K2517h 18m
It's a season of change as Rick Ness breaks from Parker Schnabel to start a claim of his own, while Parker has everything on the line while he battles with Tony Beets over land, and Tony is singlemindedly out to double his equipment and profits.
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Season 102019
7.61K3021h 43m
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Season 112020
7.36552518h 12m
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Season 122021
7.17362918h
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Season 132022
7.26823021h
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Season 142023
7.56542617h 15m
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Season 152024
7.27063315h
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Season 162025
7.253926
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Paul Christie Narrator
Parker Schnabel Self
Tony Beets Self
Chris Doumitt Self, Self - Gold Room Operator
Rick Ness Self
Mitch Blaschke Self, Self - Gold Count Observer
Monica Beets Self, Self - Daughter
Minnie Beets Self, Self - Gold Count Observer, Self - Tony's Wife
Kevin Beets Self
Mike Beets Self, Self - Gold Count Observer, Self - Son
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