About Television Stats

The gap in TV data

Traditional TV networks and streaming services rarely share detailed performance data, so it's hard to know how their shows are really performing. When they do, it's usually for their best content or the data is released months later.

Television Stats uses a different approach. By analyzing online engagement and activity every day, we offer a fresh perspective on what people are watching, talking about, and generally engaging with. The data makes it easy to compare shows and movies no matter their distribution.

Why online engagement

Online engagement is one of the best ways to tell if people care about a show. Viewers go online for different reasons: to learn about a cast, check release dates, discuss a show with other fans, track their favorites, leave reviews, and more. Every one of those behaviors is a measurable signal of attention.

For industry professionals, that means a fast, independent read on what is and isn't working, with years of history. In today's streaming landscape, audience engagement is one of the most important factors driving subscriptions and retention.

For fans, it's a way to understand when your favorite show is, or isn't, getting the attention it deserves, and to find new shows to watch and talk about.

The Attention Score

The Attention Score is Television Stats' daily measure of popularity. It combines a weighted blend of online engagement signals into a single number you can use to compare any titles side by side. A score of 100 is the typical daily top-of-chart title. Most titles sit well below that.

The full breakdown of the Attention Score is documented on the methodology page.

Founder

Television Stats was founded by David Mancherje, an entrepreneur and software developer with years of experience in tech and media. Married to a TV writer and frustrated by the lack of transparent data in the industry, he started the site to track what audiences were actually paying attention to. He is also the founder of Shomp, a daily tracker of sales at thousands of stores. Find him at @davidmancherje.

Follow along

See daily rankings to always know what's trending. Television Stats is on X, Instagram, Bluesky, and Threads as @televisionstats.

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Using Television Stats data

Journalists and others are encouraged to reference Attention Scores and Television Stats in their work. The only ask: please link back to televisionstats.com, or to the specific page being cited. If you need anything or have questions, get in touch.