What Statistics Does iWatched Track for Your Watch History?

iWatched tracks four core counters — movies, shows, seasons, and episodes — plus total watch time, and layers rewatches, streaks, and taste patterns on top as your library grows. You get these stats by logging titles with ratings and notes; the numbers build automatically from what you record. The site's own running totals give a sense of the scale: 2,842 movies, 615 shows, 1,357 seasons, and 25,255 episodes tracked, adding up to 47,418 hours of watch time across all users.

The four tracking counters

Every title you log feeds one of these buckets, which is what makes the totals comparable across movies and series:

Because seasons and episodes are counted separately from shows, a long-running series adds far more to your episode total than to your show total. That's why the site-wide numbers skew so heavily toward episodes (25,255) relative to shows (615).

Watch time and how it's calculated

Total watch time is expressed in hours and is the stat most likely to surprise you. iWatched builds it from the runtime of each title you mark watched, which is also why curated lists display a runtime total before you start — the Stargate list on the site shows 267h 21m across 8 items, and a single entry like Stargate SG-1 carries 157h 16m on its own.

The practical implication: your hours figure is only as accurate as your logging. If you mark a whole show watched without episode-level detail, expect the total to reflect whatever runtime the title carries rather than a precise sum of what you actually sat through.

Stats that emerge as your library grows

Beyond the raw counters, iWatched surfaces:

• Rewatches — repeat viewings tracked separately from first watches
• Streaks — consecutive viewing activity
• Taste patterns — the genres, eras, or types you gravitate toward, derived from your logged history
• Hours watched — the cumulative time figure above

These are described as growing with your library, so a handful of logged titles won't produce meaningful patterns. The more consistently you log, the more the taste and streak data reflects real habits rather than noise.

Where these stats show up

Your numbers aren't confined to a private dashboard. They feed into:

• Your profile, where favourites, badges, review stats, and recent activity appear as showcases
• Curated lists, which show item counts, movie/show breakdowns, and total runtime
• Comparisons with friends, since shared stats are what make taste comparison possible

If you want your stats to be shareable, note that profile visibility and list visibility (private, unlisted link, or public) are separate settings — a private list still counts toward your totals but won't appear to others.

Getting accurate stats: what to watch for

1. Log at the level you care about. Episode-level logging gives the most precise episode and hour counts; marking a show watched in one action is faster but coarser.
2. Add ratings and notes as you go. The site ties stats to logged entries with ratings and personal notes, so retroactive bulk-logging tends to lose the detail that makes taste patterns useful.
3. Use lists for planned viewing. A curated list's runtime total tells you the commitment before you start, and marking titles watched from within a list keeps progress and stats in sync.
4. Expect a lag in pattern stats. Streaks and taste analysis need volume; don't judge them after your first week.

One limitation worth knowing: the site publishes aggregate totals but doesn't document exactly how rewatch hours are weighted or how streaks reset. Treat those figures as directional rather than audit-grade.