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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  1. 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|

  2. How do you actually get a job where you are getting payed to watch essentially?

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