How groups actually pick a film
Anonymous figures from real rounds: how many films a group is shown before it agrees on one, how long that takes, and how group size changes both.
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Group size changes the answer
Median films shown before a group's first agreement, by how many people were deciding. Sizes with fewer than 20 recorded rounds are left out.
| People | Rounds | Median films shown |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 343 | 10 |
What groups agree on
Genres of the films groups settled on. A film usually carries more than one, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
| Genre | Share of agreed films |
|---|---|
| Adventure | 39% |
| Comedy | 38% |
| Action | 30% |
| Drama | 28% |
| Science Fiction | 26% |
| Family | 23% |
| Animation | 22% |
| Thriller | 18% |
| Fantasy | 18% |
| Crime | 13% |
| Romance | 12% |
| Mystery | 9% |
| Horror | 7% |
Method and limits
Every figure comes from a row written when a group agrees on a film. The row records the shape of the decision — region, providers, group size, films shown, seconds elapsed, the film's genres — and nothing that identifies a person, a device or a round. Headline figures use each round's first agreement only, since later ones start from an already-warmed deck. Medians rather than averages, so one abandoned tab cannot move the number.
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