The average person has 17 shows on their watchlist they haven't started. The average person also drops about half the shows they do start. We built the streak system to help with both problems.
How streaks work
Every day you mark an episode or movie as watched, your streak grows. Miss a day, it resets. It's the same mechanic that makes habit apps sticky — except here the reward is actually finishing The Wire instead of just feeling guilty about it.
Your current streak and longest streak are visible on your Stats page, along with a breakdown of your watchlist by status. Small numbers compound: a 7-day streak is seven episodes of progress, which is usually a full season of a half-hour comedy.
The binge planner
The Binge Planner tab on your Dashboard takes this further. Tell it how many hours you have, and it builds a realistic watch plan from what you're currently watching — ordered by how close you are to finishing each show, so you get the satisfaction of checking things off.
Tips for building a streak
- Mark episodes as you go, not in batches — the streak logic runs on calendar days, so logging yesterday's episodes still counts for yesterday.
- Use the Morning Brief (Settings → Emails) to get a daily episode lineup delivered at 8am — a light prompt that keeps the habit going.
- Set a realistic goal. One episode a day beats a binge followed by two weeks of nothing.
Check your current streak on the Stats page — and if you're at zero, today's a good day to start.