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0 / 31 watchedSeasons in order, with each film and TV movie sitting at the point it was released. Nothing here needs reordering.
- 1 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 1 Premiered May 1, 1999.
- 2 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 2
- 3 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 October 5, 2001 to October 11, 2004.
- 4 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Released November 19, 2004, in the gap between seasons 3 and 4.
- 5 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 4 May 6, 2005 to July 24, 2007.
- 6 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 5 February 19, 2007 to July 19, 2009.
- 7 Atlantis SquarePantis TV movie, premiered November 12, 2007, during season 5.
- 8 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 6 March 3, 2008 to July 5, 2010.
- 9 Truth or Square Tenth anniversary TV movie, November 6, 2009, during season 6.
- 10 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 7 July 19, 2009 to June 11, 2011.
- 11 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 8 March 26, 2011 to December 6, 2012.
- 12 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 9 July 21, 2012 to February 20, 2017.
- 13 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Released February 6, 2015, during season 9.
- 14 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 10 May 15, 2016 to November 29, 2017.
- 15 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 11 June 24, 2017 to November 25, 2018.
- 16 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 12 26 episodes, November 11, 2018 to April 29, 2022. Seasons overlap from here on.
- 17 SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout Twentieth anniversary TV movie, July 12, 2019, during season 12.
- 18 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run In Canadian theaters August 14, 2020, then Paramount+ on March 4, 2021.
- 19 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 13 26 episodes, October 22, 2020 to November 1, 2023.
- 20 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 14 13 episodes, November 2, 2023 to December 2, 2024.
- 21 Kreepaway Kamp TV movie, October 10, 2024, during season 14.
- 22 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 15 13 episodes, July 24, 2024 to June 20, 2025.
- 23 Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie Netflix, August 2, 2024.
- 24 Plankton: The Movie Netflix, March 7, 2025.
- 25 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 16 13 episodes, June 27, 2025 to June 5, 2026.
- 26 SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up Opened season 16 on June 27, 2025.
- 27 The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants In theaters December 19, 2025, on Paramount+ February 17, 2026.
- 28 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 17 10 episodes, June 12 to August 28, 2026. The newest material.
- 29 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 18 Renewed June 9, 2026, premiering in the fourth quarter of 2026.
- 30 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 19 Announced for 2027 alongside season 18, 26 half-hours between them.
- 31 Untitled SpongeBob spin-off film Third character spin-off film for Netflix, in development with no title or date.
About SpongeBob SquarePants
The series premiered on Nickelodeon on May 1, 1999 and has now run for 17 seasons. The 342nd episode aired on August 28, 2026, which closed out the current season 17 batch. The 2004 theatrical film slots cleanly between seasons 3 and 4, in the year-long gap before season 4 started. After that the seasons begin overlapping each other, some running two years at a time, so the later films can only be placed by release date.
Six films have been released: the 2004 original, Sponge Out of Water in 2015, Sponge on the Run in 2020, Saving Bikini Bottom in 2024, Plankton: The Movie in 2025 and Search for SquarePants in 2025. Four TV movies air inside the seasons themselves, listed below where each one falls.
Good to know
Season 17 finished its ten episodes on August 28, 2026, and September has only reruns, so there is a wait before season 18. Nickelodeon renewed the show for seasons 18 and 19 on June 9, 2026, set for the fourth quarter of 2026 and for 2027, neither with a date yet. The spin-offs Kamp Koral and The Patrick Star Show are optional side stories set in the same town.
