Ink Master

Ink Master is an American reality competition television series that premiered on Paramount Network (formerly called Spike) on January 17, 2012.

Each season features tattoo artists who compete in various challenges assessing their tattooing and related artistic skills. They are judged by renowned tattoo artists and enthusiasts, with one or more contestants eliminated each episode.

The last contestant standing in Seasons 1-13 received a $100,000 prize, the title of Ink Master, and a feature in Inked magazine. Starting in Season 14, the monetary prize rose to $250,000.

The series is produced by Original Media, which also produced the reality show Miami Ink. Current seasons air on the Paramount+ Streaming service, and 24/7 on the Pluto TV app, which has a channel dedicated entirely to the show.

Four spin-off shows, titled Ink Shrinks, Ink Master: Redemption, Ink Master: Angels and Ink Master: Grudge Match, have also been released. The series has also released a number of special standalone episodes themed around upcoming events or holidays, such as Halloween.

On September 22, 2020, Paramount Network cancelled the series, as part of the network's then-planned shift to movies. On December 1, 2020, the first two seasons were made available to stream on Netflix in the United States. They were later removed on December 1, 2021, and replaced with seasons three and four. On February 24, 2021, it was announced that the series would be revived by Paramount+. On August 5, 2022, it was announced that the revival would premiere on September 7, 2022. A fifteenth season premiered on November 1, 2023. The sixteenth season, titled OGs vs Young Guns, premiered on October 23, 2024.