Adults Find It Nearly Impossible To Get Through Their List of TV Shows And Movies

The average person has 13 TV shows and 16 movies on their watch list to get through — averaging 104 total hours — enough content to last for a globe-trotting flight around the world twice over.

According to a survey of 2,000 adults, 68% of adults have a TV show and movie watch list so long, that it’s “nearly impossible” for them to get through it.

About 75% of people have a list of shows and films they’ve been meaning to watch, yet only 58% of them have made it through their entire list.

So what are we trying to watch?

Millennials like true crime shows
Gen-Z Like sitcoms
Gen X and baby boomers both prefer full-hour procedurals content

Top 15 Shows On People's Watch List

Stranger Things - 24%

Game of Thrones - 21%

The Walking Dead - 21%

Breaking Bad - 19%

Squid Game - 19%

The Crown - 18%

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - 18%

Euphoria - 18%

The Mandalorian - 18%

Better Call Saul - 18%

Friends - 17%

Avatar: The Last Airbender - 17%

Sherlock - 16%

Succession - 16%

Ted Lasso - 15%