Too much choice can be debilitating. Yet, every day we are provided with even more options for what to watch, listen to, play, and read. How do you decide where to spend your time?
Our Media Insights Team at Agility did some of the heavy lifting for you. Using Agility Monitoring, we uncovered what’s causing the PR buzz in entertainment in the following five categories: movies, television, music, books, and video games.
Based on the information from reputable sources within the entertainment industry, we determined which artists or products have recently become top performers or have been labeled as “the best” based on a keyword search. We then measured how much media buzz (mentions in online and print media and impressions) these various artists or products attained.
Without further ado, here’s our curated list of what you should be watching, reading, playing, and listening to according to media monitoring.
Sequels aren’t always a letdown. According to IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes, “Top Gun: Maverick”, the sequel to Tom Cruises’ famous 1986 high-flying film, may indeed be better than its predecessor. Compare its 8.6 on IMDb and 96% on Rotten Tomatoes to the 6.9 and 58% of “Top Gun”.
Perhaps unsurprisingly then, “Top Gun: Maverick” is this month’s Best Reviewed New Movie and Top of Box Office by mentions and impressions. With over 100,000 mentions in both categories, it blows its competition out of the sky.
Best Reviewed New Movie |
“Downton Abbey: A New Era” 14,400+ mentions |
“Hustle” 6,800+ mentions |
Top of Box Office |
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”* 56,500+ mentions |
“Jurassic World Dominion” 29,900+ mentions |
*At the time of monitoring, Doctor Strange was still in theatres, it has since moved to Disney+ and is available to stream.
If you’re looking for a night in, the Most Streamed Films according to media monitoring are:
Most Streamed Film |
Mentions |
Streaming Platform |
IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes Rating |
| “Everything Everywhere All at Once” | 22,800+ mentions | Prime Video, VUDU | 8.3 and 95% |
| “The Northman” | 12,700+ mentions | VUDU, Peacock, Prime Video, Apple TV | 7.2 and 89% |
| “Hustle” | 6,800+ mentions | Netflix | 7.4 and 92% |
What’s your preferred review site for movies? The writer of this blog prefers IMDb. Let us know by sharing this blog on social along with your preferred review site.
We get it—with so many streaming options, you find yourself spending more time trying to decide what to watch than watching anything. Especially since it feels like a new show is being released every day. We hope to minimize your scrolling time with the following media monitoring winners.
Best New Drama Series |
“Irma Vep” (HBO) 3,800+ mentions |
“Bosch: Legacy” (Prime Video) 3,500+ mentions |
“All American: Homecoming” (The CW) 1,900+ mentions |
Best New Comedy Series |
“Modern Love: Mumbai” (Prime Video) 3,100+ mentions |
“The Kids in the Hall” (Prime Video) 2,300+ mentions |
“George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO) 1,800+ mentions |
If you’re not listening to Harry Styles, who are you listening to? It’s been a long time since 1D went on hiatus (and then never came back) and since then, Harry has been enjoying his ultra-successful solo career. Additionally, he’s a fashion icon and rising big screen star. Not to mention the Internet’s boyfriend.
Aside from his three Grammys, Harry won this month’s Best Artist, Best New Song (“As It Was”), Best New Album (Harry’s House), Most Streamed Song, and Most Streamed Album, with the greatest number of mentions and impressions in each category (between 19-70,000 mentions!).
Not a Harry stan? Why not give the following top performing artists, albums, and songs a listen:
Best Artist |
Ed Sheeran 65,000+ mentions |
Bad Bunny 29,000+ mentions |
Best New Song |
“First Class”, Jack Harlow 6,600+ mentions |
“About Damn Time”, Lizzo 6,400+ mentions |
Best New Album |
Come Home The Kids Miss You, Jack Harlow 5,800+ mentions |
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 5,100+ mentions |
Most Streamed Song |
“About Damn Time”, Lizzo 6,600+ mentions |
“First Class”, Jack Harlow 6,400+ mentions |
Most Streamed Album |
Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 6,900+ mentions |
Twelve Carat Toothache, Post Malone 5,200+ mentions |
Summer is the time for reading a good book beside the pool, lake or on the porch (or anywhere really, we’re not picky!). With over 600,000+ books published every year, there’s a lot to choose from. Let our media monitoring results help narrow down your next five star read.
Best New Fiction |
“Sparring Partners”, John Grisham 800+ mentions |
“Lessons in Chemistry”, Bonnie Garmus 600+ mentions |
“The Boardwalk Bookshop”, Susan Mallery 300+ mentions |
Best New Non-Fiction |
“Stolen Focus”, Johann Hari 100+ mentions |
“What My Bones Know”, Stephanie Foo 100+ mentions |
“Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases”, Paul Holes 80+ mentions |
Best Selling Author |
Tina Brown 4,600+ mentions |
Delia Owens* 3,200+ mentions |
Colleen Hoover 3,100+ mentions |
Best Selling Young Adult |
“I Kissed Shara Wheeler”, Casey McQuiston 400+ mentions |
“Family of Liars”, E. Lockhart 300+ mentions |
“One of Us is Lying”, Karen M. McManus 100+ mentions |
*Delia Owens’ best-selling book, “Where the Crawdads Sing”, is soon to be a major motion picture! Release date July 15, 2022.
Released earlier this year, Elden Ring is an award-winning role-playing game (RPG), created in collaboration with George R. R. Martin who wrote the game’s overarching mythos. It probably comes as no surprise then that it surpassed the other two Best Selling Video Games and Best Reviewed Games in our media monitoring results by 30,000 mentions!
Best Selling Video Game |
Elden Ring 37,200+ mentions |
Nintendo Switch Sports 5,600+ mentions |
Evil Dead: The Game 7,000+ mentions |
Best Reviewed Video Game |
Elden Ring 37,200+ mentions |
Horizon Forbidden West 6,900+ mentions |
Gran Turismo 7 5,700+ mentions |
But could Elden Ring soon be ousted from its number 1 spot? There are three video games in our Most Anticipated category that could give Elden Ring a run for its money: Final Fantasy XVI (releasing 2023), Starfield (2023), and Overwatch 2 (releasing October 22).
Definitions
Mentions: A single print or online article. A syndicated article will be counted every time it appears in a different outlet.
Impressions: The potential views of a single mention or a group of mentions. This includes unique daily visitor counts of websites for online mentions and circulation values for print.
