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TV Time
Free TV series tracking service

TV Time (formerly TVShow Time) is a tracking platform and social television network for TV and movies, available in app and desktop forms. Using TheTVDB as a data source, it allows users to store information about their media consumption and leave reviews.

History

Company Timeline
2012TV Time launches as TVShow Time in Paris, France.
2016Whip Networks, a Santa Monica, CA based start-up, acquires TVShow Time.
2017TVShow Time rebrands as TV Time.
2018TV Time launches TVLytics, an insights platform for media companies.
2019TV Time acquires its online metadata source, TheTVDB.
2019TV Time adds Movies and a dark mode feature.
2019TV Time acquires Mediamorph.

Features

Every registered TV Time user has their own profile. When a user opens the app, four tabs appear at the bottom of the screen: Shows, Movies, Discover and Profile.2

Shows

  • Watch List: A list of show posters or thumbnails with episode descriptions (depending on a user's preference). Here, users can see what shows to watch next, what they haven't seen in a while, and their watch history based on which shows they've added to their Watch List. In the poster view, a yellow progress bar that illustrates the user's progression on a show. This tab also allows one to mark an episode as ‘watched.’ In the thumbnail view, users have the option to  swipe right or press the check mark next to the episode description. In the poster view, users click the check mark within the episode pages.
  • Show Pages: Once an episode is marked as watched, individual episode pages reveal comments from the TV Time community and gives the ability to rate the episode, express feelings, and vote for favorite characters. There is a no spoiler rule in place, so unless a user has marked the episode as watched, this content will remain hidden.
  • Upcoming: The ‘Upcoming’ section works as a reminder for future episodes of shows a user has followed. Users can also opt in to receive push notifications an hour before a show airs.

Movies

  • Watch List: Similar to the Shows tab, a list of movie posters appears. Here, users can movies they have added to their Watch List. This tab also allows one to mark an episode as ‘watched’ by going into the movie and selecting the check mark next to the movie description.
  • Movie Pages: Movie pages allow users to rate the film, express feelings, and vote for favorite characters. The “no spoiler rule” applies here as well if a user has not marked the movie as ‘watched,’ they won't see comments left by the TV Time community.
  • Upcoming: The ‘Upcoming’ list features movies a user has added to their Watch List that have yet to be released.

Discover

The app offers an explore feature which allows users to discover new shows according to different criterion, such as genre and popularity.

  • Search & Discover More: The search bar lets users find shows, movies, and other users within TV Time. If a user isn't sure what to watch next, they have the option of using the ‘Discover More’ feature. This section has genre filtering capabilities, show status options (ongoing or ended), and trending series (what's popular or the “most binged”).
  • Recommendations: The ‘Top Shows for You’ field displays programming that a user may want to add to their Watch List based on genres and shows that they enjoy.
  • Trending: ‘Trending Shows & Movies’ features what's currently popular in TV Time based on the number of user comments within the last 3 days while ‘Recent Activity’ displays series that a users’ in-app friends are following.3

Profile

  • Stats: The top of a user's profile features certain stats, such as how much time the user has spent watching TV a.k.a. their “TV Time.” This clock shows an estimated amount of time a user has spent watching television. The accumulated time is based on the episodes marked as watched and their duration. This is also available for movies in the “Movie Time” section. The top also features a number of episodes and movies watched by a user, which is based on the number of episodes a user has marked as watched. Another ‘Stats’ option at the bottom of the profile allows a user to dig deeper with graphs, badges, and rankings.4
  • Show & Movie Lists: A user's profile displays recent shows/films that they've tracked. A profile may also show off lists of favorite shows/films if the user has chosen to do so. Users also have the option to get creative with “custom lists” that can combine both movies and television series.
  • Badges: Another characteristic of the profile is the display of badges. Badges are rewards that every user gets when using TV Time. They are divided in two main categories: discovery badges and addiction badges. Discovery badges are given when the user makes use of the site's features for the first time. Addiction badges, on the other hand, are given to the user when he or she interacts with TV shows.

Languages

TV Time is currently available in fourteen languages: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. Users are able to filter their preferred languages in the app so they only see comments and reactions from the community in the languages they choose.

Reception

Media outlets noted interest in TV Time's service as an analytics tool in the era of streaming, which makes it difficult to prove a television series' popularity and viewership since streaming services do not necessarily make that information public. In 2018, Variety cited the website's TVLytics data as one of the reasons for Netflix to sign a $100M deal with Warner Bros. Television to maintain the American sitcom Friends on its online library until 2019.56 The same year, United Talents Agency signed a deal with TV Time that granted them access to their data, in an effort to gain a deeper understanding into the content audiences were engaging with the most and how they were consuming it. According to TV Time CEO Richard Rosenblatt this would "[allow them to] recognize what shows are potentially going to be popular, what shows people will be binging, what moments really engaged the fans."7

Some television personalities such as Álvaro Morte and Omar Sy have shown interest in TV Time's statistics on social media, the former reacting to his character on the Spanish television series Money Heist being featured in the Top 10 Most Voted Character of 2020 and the latter reacting to the French television series Lupin being number 1 on the Most Binged TV Series list on the week of its release.89

Awards

In 2021, TV Time won "Best Entertainment App" at The Webby Awards in the "People's Voice" category.[7]

Statistics

Most followed television series

As of March 9, 2023, the most followed television shows on TV Time are:10

RankChangeTitleFollowersOriginal NetworkStatusSeasonsActive YearsCountry of originRef
1Stranger Things7,070,815NetflixContinuing42016 – present USA11
2Game of Thrones5,778,874HBOEnded82011 – 2019 USA12
3The Walking Dead5,219,022AMCEnded112010 – 2022 USA13
413 Reasons Why4,699,800NetflixEnded42017 – 2020 USA14
5Riverdale4,488,872The CWEnded72017 – 2023 USA15
6Money Heist4,450,122Antena 3NetflixEnded32017 – 2021 SPA16
7Grey's Anatomy4,078,119ABCContinuing202005 – present USA17
8The 1003,935,029The CWEnded72014 – 2020 USA18
9Lucifer3,617,034FOXNetflixEnded62016 – 2021 USA19
10Sex Education3,802,484NetflixEnded42019 – 2023 UK20
11The Flash3,748,570The CWEnded92014 – 2023 USA21
12Orange Is the New Black3,329,375NetflixEnded72013 – 2019 USA22
13Elite3,299,012NetflixContinuing62018 – present SPA23
14Black Mirror3,249,918Channel 4NetflixContinuing62011 – present UK24
15You3,119,988LifetimeNetflixContinuing42018 – present USA25
16Breaking Bad3,113,540AMCEnded52008 – 2013 USA26
17Vikings3,059,751HistoryEnded62013 – 2021 CAN IRE27
18The Simpsons3,032,204FOXContinuing351989 – present USA28
19Arrow3,017,459The CWEnded82012 – 2020 USA29
20The Big Bang Theory2,942,137CBSEnded122007 – 2019 USA30

Most followed films

As of January 23, 2024, the most followed films on TV Time are:31

RankChangeTitleFollowersGenreDirectorYearCountry of originRef
1Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets4.9 millionFantasy dramaChris Columbus2002 UK USA32
2Titanic4.8 millionEpic romance and disasterJames Cameron1997 USA33
3Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban4.4 millionFantasy dramaAlfonso Cuarón2004 UK USA34
4Avengers: Endgame4.2 millionSuperheroRusso brothers2019 USA35
5Frozen4.2 millionAnimated fantasy musicalChris BuckJennifer Lee2013 USA36
6Deadpool4.0 millionSuperheroTim Miller2016 USA37
7The Lion King3.6 millionMusical dramaJon Favreau2019 USA38
8Joker3.3 millionPsychological thrillerTodd Phillips2019 USA39
9Black Panther3.2 millionSuperheroRyan Coogler2018 USA40
10Spider-Man: Homecoming3.1 millionSuperheroJon Watts2017 USA41

Binge Reports

TV Time offers weekly reports of the "most binged" TV series on their platform which are made public on the app's social medias. For the series to be considered as "binged" by a user, 4 episodes of it must have been watched in a row in the same day. The website calls this a "binge session."42 Since 2018, TV Time publishes the top 10 most binged series during the year. In 2019, Lucifer was reported to be the number 1 series for the longest in the report's history, with 8 consecutive weeks.

The following chart shows the "most binged" series of every year as reported by TV Time.

YearTV SeriesShare
2018Friends43442.36%
2019Lucifer452.45%
2020Friends461.66%

Streaming Originals

On September 21, 2021, TV Time announced its new Streaming Originals report. Similar to The Binge Report, the Streaming Originals report shows a list of the most tracked series every week, but only the ones whose provider is a streaming service.

Database

TV Time uses TheTVDB's database as a source of information for all shows and movies in its library. Initially an independent website, The TVDB was acquired by TV Time in 2019. Users can edit information about TV series such as characters, airing dates, networks and more on this database if they have a registered account.

User privacy

The app developer provides information on the data that may be collected by the TV Time app and/or shared with third parties on the app listings in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

On the Google Play Store, it is declared that the TV Time app may collect and/or share approximate location data, email addresses, user identifiers, app interactions, diagnostics data, and device identifiers.47

The Apple App Store listing of the app states that it may collect and/or share contact info, diagnostics, usage data, identifiers, and user content.48

See also

  • Tvtag, a similar website also dedicated to television, now shut down.

Further reading

References

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  2. Perez, Sarah (March 12, 2018). "TV Time, the TV tracking app with over a million daily users, can now find your next binge – TechCrunch". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/12/tv-time-the-tv-tracking-app-with-over-a-million-daily-users-can-now-find-your-next-binge/

  3. Perez, Sarah (March 12, 2018). "TV Time, the TV tracking app with over a million daily users, can now find your next binge – TechCrunch". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/12/tv-time-the-tv-tracking-app-with-over-a-million-daily-users-can-now-find-your-next-binge/

  4. Perez, Sarah (March 12, 2018). "TV Time, the TV tracking app with over a million daily users, can now find your next binge – TechCrunch". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/12/tv-time-the-tv-tracking-app-with-over-a-million-daily-users-can-now-find-your-next-binge/

  5. "'Friends,' 'Grey's Anatomy' Most Binge-Watched TV Shows of 2018: Study". Variety. December 20, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/friends-greys-anatomy-most-binge-watched-2018-1203094184/

  6. Spangler, Todd (December 3, 2018). "'Friends' to Remain on Netflix Through End of 2019". Variety. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/friends-netflix-streaming-2019-renewal-1203078707/

  7. "UTA Taps Into TV Time's Analytics For Viewer Insights – Deadline". Deadline – Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News. November 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://deadline.com/2018/11/uta-taps-tv-time-analytics-viewer-insights-1202493209/

  8. "Alvaro Morte on Twitter: "Wow!! THANK YOU!!" Retrieved on June 17, 2021. https://twitter.com/AlvaroMorte/status/1339989260095655937

  9. "Omar Sy on Twitter: @netflix" Retrieved on June 17, 2021. https://twitter.com/OmarSy/status/1404879096144793601

  10. "Most followed shows of all time on TV Time app". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/en/discover?sort=mostFollowed

  11. "Stranger Things on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved on Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/305288

  12. "Game of Thrones on TV Time Archived December 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine". TV Time. Retrieved on Retrieved on March 9, 2023. http://www.tvshowtime.com/en/show/121361

  13. "The Walking Dead on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved on Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/153021

  14. "13 Reasons Why on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved on Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/it/show/323168

  15. "Riverdale on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/fr/show/311954

  16. "Money Heist on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/327417

  17. "Grey's Anatomy on TV Time Archived December 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. http://www.tvshowtime.com/en/show/73762

  18. "The 100 on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/268592

  19. "Lucifer on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/295685

  20. "Sex Education on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/356317

  21. "The Flash on TV Time Archived December 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. http://www.tvshowtime.com/en/show/279121

  22. "Orange Is the New Black on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/264586

  23. "Elite on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/346328

  24. "Black Mirror on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/253463

  25. "You on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/336924

  26. "Breaking Bad on TV Time Archived December 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine". TV Time. Retrieved on June 10, 2021. http://www.tvshowtime.com/en/show/81189

  27. "Vikings on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/it/show/260449

  28. "The Simpsons on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. https://www.tvtime.com/fr/show/71663

  29. "Arrow on TV Time Archived December 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. http://www.tvshowtime.com/en/show/257655

  30. "The Big Bang Theory on TV Time Archived December 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine". TV Time. Retrieved on March 9, 2023. http://www.tvshowtime.com/en/show/80379

  31. "Most followed movies of all time on TV Time app". TV Time. Retrieved on January 23, 2024. https://www.tvtime.com/discover/movies/most-added=mostFollowed

  32. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://www.tvtime.com/en/movie/5a432bdc-e493-410b-bee8-af93095c6fcf

  33. "Titanic on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://www.tvtime.com/en/movie/050ea6f8-fb27-46d3-b78b-4da4b6b76783

  34. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://www.tvtime.com/en/movie/dfe92d1c-0125-4f6d-a9d3-35443b5a9aac

  35. "Avengers: Endgame on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://www.tvtime.com/en/movie/08c1f0a2-581f-476c-bbd8-643a7426635f

  36. "Frozen on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://www.tvtime.com/en/movie/919bfa79-f34f-470d-9472-d04016613b23

  37. "Deadpool on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved January 23, 2024. https://www.tvtime.com/movie/3067f4f8-c34d-4a10-a869-6c08557e869c

  38. "The Lion King on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved January 23, 2024. https://www.tvtime.com/movie/b493c854-4b80-45fb-81ab-78dd92486883

  39. "Joker on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved January 23, 2024. https://www.tvtime.com/movie/78a0d677-5e7e-423d-a0ab-b669754885f1

  40. "Black Panther on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved January 23, 2024. https://www.tvtime.com/movie/a3f59c5f-15ff-4990-804a-3a3d98c8d609

  41. "Spider-Man on TV Time". TV Time. Retrieved January 23, 2024. https://www.tvtime.com/movie/d3ff6d88-18ba-4c55-9d6e-e00b4d3f956e

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  43. Choe, Brandon (December 20, 2018). "TV Time's Top Ten Most-Binged Shows Of 2018". Deadline. Retrieved June 18, 2021. https://deadline.com/gallery/tv-times-binge-report-looks-at-years-most-addictive-shows/

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  45. "2019 BINGE REPORT: A Year In Bingeing". TV Time. January 1, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2021. http://www.tvtime.com/article/2019-binge-report-year-end

  46. "2020 BINGE REPORT: A Year In Bingeing". TV Time. January 1, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2021. http://www.tvtime.com/article/binge-report-year-in-bingeing-2020

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