![[OC] How many movies, TV shows, and short films does a critic watch in a year?](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mybedm09zrag1-1024x744.png "[OC] How many movies, TV shows, and short films does a critic watch in a year?")
I've been a published film and TV critic since 2015 and only started keeping track of my yearly watches since 2018. I think on the spectrum of the volume of critics' yearly watches, I'm on the low to medium end, since some critic friends of mine regularly clock 300–500 films a year, but I thought the data would still be interesting for non-critics to get an idea of what the profession entails.
Posted by whenuleavethestoveon
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Tool: Google Sheets
Source: I log my watches with IMDb and audit them every year to pick out the shorts and shows. The full breakdown is:
|**Year**|**Movies**|**New Releases**|**Series**|**Shorts**|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|2018|226|76|9|30|
|2019|200|90|3|142|
|2020|266|41|12|37|
|2021|305|40|10|60|
|2022|213|37|8|53|
|2023|206|41|3|67|
|2024|242|57|9|20|
|2025|251|66|9|62|
How do you actually get a job where you are getting payed to watch essentially?
For the shows/new releases, do you only watch the first 2 episodes or the whole series?
I’m confused, what differentiates a new release from a regular movie or show?
What’s the worst movie (overall and new release) that stands out to you this past year?
What if you also did one for hours spent watching?
Series is just a hard one if you always watch the full thing. They take so much time, their bar will always be low in comparison to movies or shorts.
Should probably be in minutes or hours.