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Insights and Trends

The Streaming Iceberg: Why 88% of Movies Aren’t on Netflix, Disney+, or HBO Max

If you’re an executive at a major streaming service, here’s a stat that should make you rethink your content strategy:  Only about 12% of movies in active distribution are available…
November 21, 2025 · 5 min read
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Solution Capabilities

Where Was That Title Last Year? Why Historical Streaming Availability Data Is a Strategic Necessity

Key Takeaways Historical streaming TV & movie availability data provides the context that licensing teams, rights managers, and analysts need…
Feb 24, 2026 · 7 min read
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Insights and Trends

Most Streaming Catalogs Are Shallow. These Three Platforms Are the Exception

Key Takeaways Most streaming catalogs are shallow. Across almost all major platforms, 72% to 89% of TV shows ran for…
Feb 10, 2026 · 4 min read
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Technology

The Data Whisperer: Reelgood’s ML Algorithm for Flawless Content Matching

For major streaming services and consumer tech platforms, achieving an accurate, real-time picture of global video content is the ultimate…
Nov 10, 2025 · 8 min read
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Reelgood Streaming Top 10 chart for July 23 to July 29, 2026, ranking ten movies and TV shows: Masters of the Universe on Prime Video at #1, Obsession on Peacock at #2, Ride or Die on Prime Video at #3, 72 Hours on Netflix at #4, The Hawk on Netflix at #5, House of the Dragon on HBO Max at #6, Project Hail Mary on Prime Video at #7, The Devil Wears Prada 2 on Disney+ at #8, The Dink on Apple TV at #9, and Troy on Philo at #10.
Rankings

Reelgood Streaming Top 10: Masters of the Universe Debuts at #1 Despite a Box Office Miss as Four New Releases Reset the Chart

Here’s your Reelgood Streaming Top 10 (movies & TV) snapshot for July 23–29, 2026, 2026: Masters of the Universe takes #1 on Prime Video…
Jul 31, 2026
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Graphic titled "Where the Spider-Man Universe Has Streamed" showing posters for ten Spider-Man films in release order, each labeled with the number of US and UK streaming services that have carried it. Spider-Man (2002), US 14 and UK 8. Spider-Man 2 (2004), US 11 and UK 8. Spider-Man 3 (2007), US 15 and UK 6. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), US 8 and UK 8. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), US 7 and UK 6. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), US 9 and UK 5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), US 2 and UK 5. Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), US 2 and UK 5. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), US 2 and UK 4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), US 3 and UK 3. Source: Reelgood streaming availability data, July 2026.
Insights and Trends

All 10 Spider-Man Films Are Streaming Right Now. In the US, That’s a First.

Key Takeaways All 10 films in the Spider-Man universe are streaming on subscription (SVOD) or free services (AVOD) right now, in both the US…
Jul 31, 2026
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Bar chart titled The thriller correction happened on TV, not in movies, comparing thriller genre appearances in H1 2025 versus H1 2026. Thriller shows on the weekly shows Top 10 fall from 122 appearances to 56, labeled minus 54 percent. Thriller movies on the weekly movies Top 10 hold at 131 versus 132, labeled flat. Source: Reelgood Weekly Streaming Top 10, US.
Insights and Trends

The TV Thriller Correction: Thriller Shows Lost Half Their Top 10 Presence in a Year

Thriller appearances on Reelgood’s weekly TV shows Top 10 fell from 122 in H1 2025 to 56 in H1 2026, a 54% decline. Movie…
Jul 27, 2026
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Bar chart comparing gaining Top 10 tag appearances in H1 2025 versus H1 2026. Relationships rises from 41 spots to 61, workplace from 24 to 37, secluded-locations from 21 to 33, small-town from 4 to 20, friendship from 9 to 18, and doctor from 4 to 16. Source: Reelgood Weekly Streaming Top 10, US.
Insights and Trends

Doctors, Small Towns, and Relationships: What’s Winning Streaming’s Top 10 in 2026

The relationships tag rose from 41 to 61 of the 260 spots in Reelgood’s weekly overall Top 10 year over year, spread across 26…
Jul 20, 2026
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Bar chart comparing declining Top 10 tag appearances in H1 2025 versus H1 2026. Government-and-politics falls from 41 spots to 18, detectives-and-investigation from 44 to 27, identity-and-growth from 33 to 10, wealth-and-privilege from 26 to 15, social-inequality from 18 to 0, and technology from 14 to 4. Source: Reelgood Weekly Streaming Top 10, US.
Insights and Trends

Politics Fell Out of Streaming’s Top 10: The Biggest Thematic Decline of 2026

Titles tagged government-and-politics held 41 of the 260 spots in Reelgood’s weekly overall Top 10 in the first half of 2025. In the first…
Jul 16, 2026
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Graphic titled "This is the depth behind a single title," showing one complete Reelgood title record for Snowpiercer (2020 Series): poster artwork, descriptive facts (type, released date, status, runtime, rating, language, markets), a synopsis, creator/director/composer credits, genres, ML taxonomy tags, cast (67 billed), production companies, episode-level metadata (4 seasons, 40 episodes, with each episode carrying season, episode, title, synopsis and air date), and cross-system identifiers (Reelgood, IMDb, EIDR, and Wikidata, with ID values shortened). Footer notes the catalog covers 4M+ titles across 300+ services and 25+ countries, cleaned and normalized, refreshed twice daily.
Insights and Trends

FAST Viewing Grew 55%. Metadata Quality Now Decides What Gets Discovered

FAST viewing grew 55% year over year.  The systems that decide which of those titles anyone actually finds are choking on bad metadata.  Both…
Jul 14, 2026
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