# American Horror Story Season 13 Sets New All-Time Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Record

> American Horror Story season 13 drops to 40% on Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter, the lowest audience score in the show's history.
- Title: American Horror Story Season 13 Sets New All-Time Rotten…
- Summary: American Horror Story season 13 drops to 40% on Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter, the lowest audience score in the show's history. American Horror Story season…
- Keywords: american horror story, season 13, rotten tomatoes, audience score, popcornmeter, ryan murphy, jessica lange, sarah paulson, evan peters, billie loud, thirteen, entertainment
- Source: ScreenRant — https://screenrant.com/american-horror-story-season-13-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-drop
- Author: Jeff Dodge
- Published: 2026-10-09T21:16:56+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: american horror story, season 13, rotten tomatoes, audience score, popcornmeter, ryan murphy, jessica lange, sarah paulson, evan peters, billie loud, thirteen, entertainment
## American Horror Story Season 13
American Horror Story season 13 has dropped two percentage points on Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter since the season began, from 42% to 40%.
## Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score
This marks the lowest audience score in American Horror Story history, with season 11 (NYC) at 42% as the second-lowest.
## Fan Reaction
Viewers have called season 13 a disappointment, terrible, boring, incoherent, and disjointed with poor writing and terrible pacing.
## Season 13 Cast
The cast includes Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Billie Lourd, Emma Roberts, Gabourey Sidibe, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Leslie Grossman, Frances Conroy, Joey Pollari, John Waters, John Carroll Lynch, and Jamie Brewer.
## Ryan Murphy's Approach
Ryan Murphy described season 13 as an Avengers-type crossover, bringing together characters from the show's 12 previous seasons for the first time.
## Season 13's Unique Format
Episodes now run about half an hour, and multiple episodes air every week, which is why eight episodes have already aired two weeks after the premiere.
## Thirteenth Season Significance
Pollari plays a hospice caretaker named Ben DeSoto who has triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number 13, which plays a major role in the storyline and subtitle.
## Historical Audience Scores
Season 1 (Murder House) has the highest audience score at 85%, followed by season 2 (Asylum) at 90%.
## Critic Scores
Critics have given season 13 a 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, in line with past seasons like Murder House (72%), Freak Show (77%), and Roanoke (74%).
## Season 13's Release Schedule
American Horror Story season 13 airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. EDT on FX and the next day on Hulu.
## Ryan Murphy's Career
Murphy has directed the season premiere and co-written the script with co-creator Brad Falchuk, and is also working on The Beauty, Love Story, The Shards, and Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story.
## Season 13's Audience Score
The audience score for season 13 is 40%, the lowest in American Horror Story history, with season 11 (NYC) at 42% as the second-lowest.
## Season 13's Audience Reaction
Viewers have called season 13 a disappointment, terrible, boring, incoherent, and disjointed with poor writing and terrible pacing.
## Season 13's Historical Context
Season 13 is the thirteenth season of American Horror Story, following the show's 12 previous seasons.
## Season 13's Audience Score Comparison
The audience score for season 13 is 40%, the lowest in American Horror Story history, with season 11 (NYC) at 42% as the second-lowest.
## Key takeaway

American Horror Story season 13 has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes audience score in its history at 40%.