The New Ratings Thread

[MrMonk]

How does the ratings work? How much people is 10% watching? Is 10% the population of the people currently watching in Japan or specific region?

It'd be 10% of the people are watching that show in that show's timeslot, out of all the shows thy could be watching in that timeslot.

It's why where you place a show can be just as important as the show itself.

 

[KouAidou]

It'd be 10% of the people are watching that show in that show's timeslot, out of all the shows thy could be watching in that timeslot.

It's why where you place a show can be just as important as the show itself.

I want to double-check what you're saying here. It sounds like you're saying that Japanese ratings only use the "share" system, so that there would always be a 100% ratings "pool" to be divided among shows currently airing. But that wouldn't seem to make sense to me, given the way late night programs rate versus prime time shows, so I want to check if that's what you're saying, since otherwise my perceptions are way off...

 

[Chronotia Archzenom]

Hey! Kindly update that Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Master Ryoutarou aka Aoi Kurenai?

 

[MrMonk]

I want to double-check what you're saying here. It sounds like you're saying that Japanese ratings only use the "share" system, so that there would always be a 100% ratings "pool" to be divided among shows currently airing. But that wouldn't seem to make sense to me, given the way late night programs rate versus prime time shows, so I want to check if that's what you're saying, since otherwise my perceptions are way off...

It's entirely possible I'm off. That's just my thought based on the fact that the Japanese don't use the double number Nielson-ratings system.

Any clarification you can find is much appreciated.

 

[KouAidou]

It's entirely possible I'm off. That's just my thought based on the fact that the Japanese don't use the double number Nielson-ratings system.

Any clarification you can find is much appreciated.

Okay, cool. I checked the J-Wiki page and I do think it's the other way around; it's measuring the "points" rather than the "share", using the terminology Aoi Kurenai explained earlier. Here's the relevant portion:

「視聴率」はその時刻にテレビの電源が入っていた世帯からの割合で測るものではなく、調査対象世帯全体に対する割合である。たとえば、100世帯がテレビ視聴率計測の対象だったとして、その内1世帯がテレビをつけていたとする。しかし残りの99世帯がテレビを消していた状態の場合、つけていた1世帯が視聴していた番組の視聴率は100パーセントではなく1パーセントとなる。電源が入っていた世帯からの割合で測る場合は、それぞれの局の割合を「番組視聴占拠率」と呼ぶ。

It says Ratings ("Shichou-ritsu") represent not the portion of people currently watching TV, but the portion of the total group surveyed. For instance, if you have a survey group of 100, and only 1 of them is watching TV (with the other 99 tuned out), then the show that person he is watching would get a 1% rating, not a 100% rating. The term for the percentage of people currently tuned in is "Bangumi Shichou Senkyo-ritsu."

 

[MrMonk]

Okay, cool. I checked the J-Wiki page and I do think it's the other way around; it's measuring the "points" rather than the "share", using the terminology Aoi Kurenai explained earlier. Here's the relevant portion:



It says Ratings ("Shichou-ritsu") represent not the portion of people currently watching TV, but the portion of the total group surveyed. For instance, if you have a survey group of 100, and only 1 of them is watching TV (with the other 99 tuned out), then the show that person he is watching would get a 1% rating, not a 100% rating. The term for the percentage of people currently tuned in is "Bangumi Shichou Senkyo-ritsu."

Ah, gotcha. I was saying it's 10% of the current surveyed people watching shows in the timeslot, i.e a 7.7% means say 77 people are watching Kamen Rider Double out of 1000 surveyed in the timeslot. Without the clarification, my original explanation would always add up to 100%, while yours could add up to anything as some surveyed could not be watching anything. Slight delineation, but necessary.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Aoiblue]

So then would something like 10.0% be a million or hundred thousand people?
Confusing stuff.

 

[Tokuboy]

I'm not surprised that the second episode of Double's arc gets lower ratings than the first episode.

 

[Aoi Kurenai]

01 W Search/Two Detectives in One 2009/09/06 10.2%
02 W Search/Those Who Make the City Grieve 2009/09/13 9.8%
03 Don't Dabble with M/How to Get to Heaven 2009/09/20 8.4%
04 Don't Dabble with M/Play With a Joker 2009/09/27 7.1%
05 Girl… A/Papa is a Kamen Rider 2009/10/04 6.8%
06 Girl… A/The Price of Lying 2009/10/11 8.1%
07 Find the C/Philip Can't Stand It 2009/10/18 9.6%
08 Find the C/Dancing Hero 2009/10/25 7.2%
09 S Terror/Look at the Maid Detective! 2009/11/08 8.3%
10 S Terror/The Great Detective's Daughter 2009/11/15 8.2%
11 Vengeful V/Infected Car 2009/11/22 7.4%
12 Vengeful V/Grudge Beast 2009/11/29 8.5%
13 Radio Q/Targetted Princess 2009/12/06 7.7%
14 Radio Q/Live Catastrophe 2009/12/13 7.0%
15 F Afterglow/Burglary Rider 2009/12/20 8.0%
16 F Afterglow/Burglary Rider 2010/01/03 3.6%
17 Farewell N/Memory Kids 2010/01/10 7.0%
18 Farewell N/Friends in the Wind 2010/01/17 7.8%
19 The I Doesn't Stop/That Guy's Name is Accel 2010/01/24 7.9%
20 The I Doesn't Stop/Kamen Rider Style 2010/01/31 8.0%
21 T Returns/A Melody Not Intended for Women 2010/02/07 6.8%
22 T Returns/The Man Who Cannot Die 2010/02/14 8.7%
23 The L Lips/Singer-SongRider 2010/02/21 8.8%
24 L on the Lips/You Are a Liar 2010/02/28 8.7%
25 The P Game/The Shoplifting Doll 2010/03/07 9.7%
26 The P Game/Akiko on the Run 2010/03/14 9.4%
27 The D was Seen/The Transparent Magical Lady 2010/03/21 8.8%
28 The D was Seen/Twin Maximum Suicide 2010/03/28 7.5%
29 The Nightmarish H/The Melancholy of the Sleeping Princess 2010/04/04 8.9%
30 The Nightmarish H/Who is the Prince? 2010/04/11 9.1%
31 The B Carried on the Wind/The Beast Pursues 2010/04/18 8.2%
32 The B Carried on the Wind/Now, in the Radiance 2010/04/25 8.3%
33 Y's Tragedy/The Woman Looking For Yesterday 2010/05/02 8.6%
34 Y's Tragedy/Brother & Sister 2010/05/09 8.9%
35 Beyond R/A Monstrous Rain Approaches 2010/05/16 8.8%
36 Beyond R/Surpass Them All 2010/05/23 8.7%
37 Client X/The Bridge of Promises 2010/05/30 8.1%
38 Client X/In the Name of the Museum 2010/06/06 8.7%
39 The Likelihood of the G/Bad Cinema Paradise 2010/06/20 8.1%
40 The Likelihood of the G/You Are Unforgivable 2010/06/27 7.7%
41 The J Labyrinth/The Psychotic Villainess 2010/07/04 7.5%
42 The J Labyrinth/The Diamond is Hurt 2010/07/11 5.2%
43 The O Chain/The Aged Detective 2010/07/18 7.8%
44 The O Chain/Shroud's Confession 2010/07/25 6.5%
45 Who the K Needs/The Devil's Tail 2010/08/01 7.8%
46 Who the K Needs/The Last Supper 2010/08/08 6.7%
47 The Abandoned U/A Request From Philip 2010/08/15 7.5%
48 The Abandoned U/Eternal Partners 2010/08/22 7.7%
49 Goodbye to the E/A Bouquet of Justice in This City 2010/08/29 6.2%


Average 7.95％ (though one source states it as 8.00)
High 10.2％ #01
Low 3.6％ #16

Heisei rankings:
1. Agito - 11.7%
2. Kuuga - 9.7%
3. Ryuki - 9.4%
4. 555 - 9.3%
5. Hibiki - 8.2%
6. Decade - 8.03%
7. Double - 8.00%
8. Blade - 7.93%
9. Kabuto - 7.7%
10. Den-O - 6.9%
11. Kiva - 6.2%

 

[Tokuboy]

01 W Search/Two Detectives in One 2009/09/06 10.2%
02 W Search/Those Who Make the City Grieve 2009/09/13 9.8%
03 Don't Dabble with M/How to Get to Heaven 2009/09/20 8.4%
04 Don't Dabble with M/Play With a Joker 2009/09/27 7.1%
05 Girl… A/Papa is a Kamen Rider 2009/10/04 6.8%
06 Girl… A/The Price of Lying 2009/10/11 8.1%
07 Find the C/Philip Can't Stand It 2009/10/18 9.6%
08 Find the C/Dancing Hero 2009/10/25 7.2%
09 S Terror/Look at the Maid Detective! 2009/11/08 8.3%
10 S Terror/The Great Detective's Daughter 2009/11/15 8.2%
11 Vengeful V/Infected Car 2009/11/22 7.4%
12 Vengeful V/Grudge Beast 2009/11/29 8.5%
13 Radio Q/Targetted Princess 2009/12/06 7.7%
14 Radio Q/Live Catastrophe 2009/12/13 7.0%
15 F Afterglow/Burglary Rider 2009/12/20 8.0%
16 F Afterglow/Burglary Rider 2010/01/03 3.6%
17 Farewell N/Memory Kids 2010/01/10 7.0%
18 Farewell N/Friends in the Wind 2010/01/17 7.8%
19 The I Doesn't Stop/That Guy's Name is Accel 2010/01/24 7.9%
20 The I Doesn't Stop/Kamen Rider Style 2010/01/31 8.0%
21 T Returns/A Melody Not Intended for Women 2010/02/07 6.8%
22 T Returns/The Man Who Cannot Die 2010/02/14 8.7%
23 The L Lips/Singer-SongRider 2010/02/21 8.8%
24 L on the Lips/You Are a Liar 2010/02/28 8.7%
25 The P Game/The Shoplifting Doll 2010/03/07 9.7%
26 The P Game/Akiko on the Run 2010/03/14 9.4%
27 The D was Seen/The Transparent Magical Lady 2010/03/21 8.8%
28 The D was Seen/Twin Maximum Suicide 2010/03/28 7.5%
29 The Nightmarish H/The Melancholy of the Sleeping Princess 2010/04/04 8.9%
30 The Nightmarish H/Who is the Prince? 2010/04/11 9.1%
31 The B Carried on the Wind/The Beast Pursues 2010/04/18 8.2%
32 The B Carried on the Wind/Now, in the Radiance 2010/04/25 8.3%
33 Y's Tragedy/The Woman Looking For Yesterday 2010/05/02 8.6%
34 Y's Tragedy/Brother & Sister 2010/05/09 8.9%
35 Beyond R/A Monstrous Rain Approaches 2010/05/16 8.8%
36 Beyond R/Surpass Them All 2010/05/23 8.7%
37 Client X/The Bridge of Promises 2010/05/30 8.1%
38 Client X/In the Name of the Museum 2010/06/06 8.7%
39 The Likelihood of the G/Bad Cinema Paradise 2010/06/20 8.1%
40 The Likelihood of the G/You Are Unforgivable 2010/06/27 7.7%
41 The J Labyrinth/The Psychotic Villainess 2010/07/04 7.5%
42 The J Labyrinth/The Diamond is Hurt 2010/07/11 5.2%
43 The O Chain/The Aged Detective 2010/07/18 7.8%
44 The O Chain/Shroud's Confession 2010/07/25 6.5%
45 Who the K Needs/The Devil's Tail 2010/08/01 7.8%
46 Who the K Needs/The Last Supper 2010/08/08 6.7%
47 The Abandoned U/A Request From Philip 2010/08/15 7.5%
48 The Abandoned U/Eternal Partners 2010/08/22 7.7%
49 Goodbye to the E/A Bouquet of Justice in This City 2010/08/29 6.2%


Average 7.95％ (though one source states it as 8.00)
High 10.2％ #01
Low 3.6％ #16

Heisei rankings:
1. Agito - 11.7%
2. Kuuga - 9.7%
3. Ryuki - 9.4%
4. 555 - 9.3%
5. Hibiki - 8.2%
6. Decade - 8.03%
7. Double - 8.00%
8. Blade - 7.93%
9. Kabuto - 7.7%
10. Den-O - 6.9%
11. Kiva - 6.2%

Not bad for a series with the Internet to compete with.