TelevisionStats.com uses Wikipedia pageviews to rank TV show popularity
TelevisionStats.com built its Attention Score rankings on Wikipedia pageviews, tracking how many people read a show's Wikipedia pages each day. The company says Wikipedia usage "is one of the best available measures of general-public curiosity, capturing everyone from actual searchers to fans checking facts after an episode." Scores start from a base of 100, calibrated to the typical daily No. 1 show, then get layered with additional weighted signals: new review volume, fan community and social growth, and torrent download activity, though the site does not name the sources behind those extra inputs. For the third week of July, House of the Dragon led with a score of 46.7, ahead of Netflix's I Will Find You (43.9), Peacock's Ride Or Die (40.9), Will Ferrell's The Hawk (36.5) and Apple TV+'s Widow's Bay (35.9). Founder David Mancherje also runs Shoop.com, a daily retail-sales tracker.
A ranking built on public curiosity signals gives planners a read on cultural buzz that most platforms rarely release as viewership data. Wikipedia traffic and torrent demand skew toward younger, more online audiences, so buyers evaluating a title's reach across broader demographics should pair the Attention Score with measured audience data and attribution tied to actual ad exposure.
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