TVI exists to help people spend their attention on entertainment that helps them grow.
Every film and show, scored across three dimensions of intelligence. Cognitive depth. Educational value. Entertainment quality. One number that tells you what you're really watching.
Not a test of your intelligence, a measure of what the show demands of it. How we score →
Type a show, get its IQ Score in one tap.
What's generating buzz right now, and what our IQ scores say about it.
Critics rate quality. We measure intelligence. See where our IQ scores diverge most from Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and IMDb, and why.
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Highest C dimension
Curated viewing plans built around what you want to learn, develop, or explore.
Five playlists matched to the state you are actually in. Curated by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH, surgeon, Navy veteran.
You finished a long shift. Your cortisol spiked and crashed. Your patience is spent.
Open playlist →The pitch shipped. The paper submitted. The launch went live. The pressure is gone, but the wiring has not caught up.
Open playlist →Jet lag. Hotel bed. Time zone eight hours off the one your body still believes in.
Open playlist →Sunday evening. Monday is circling. The week needs a soft landing, not a screen full of noise.
Open playlist →You are sick, or running on three hours of sleep, or simply hollow. Plot is too much. Dialogue is too much. Watch this instead.
Open playlist →Type two titles. See the dimension-by-dimension breakdown, side by side. Your gut already knows, the rubric says it out loud.
Three dimensions, published methodology, built on cognitive science.
About the scale: TV IQ is a proprietary 0–200 score, not a psychometric IQ test. It measures the intellectual demand a title places on its audience across three weighted dimensions. A score of 160+ (Masterclass) means peak cognitive engagement, not that you need a 160 IQ to watch it. The scale is purpose-built for media comparison, not human intelligence measurement.
Every Saturday: 3 new IQ scores, 1 Brain Diet playlist, and the thinking behind what's worth watching. Free.
First look at every new title added to the database. Be the first to know when your favourites get their IQ.
Curated playlists built around what you're trying to get from your screen time. Think, learn, or unwind.
Deep-dives into how we scored trending titles. The three-dimensional analysis behind the number.
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