Dragon Ball Super: TV Ratings Discussion Thread

[MajinMan]

Yeah DB will be cancelled tomorrow.

It was fun... but it's over

If we all gather in a circle, hold hands, and sing "Welcome Super," it might just come back.

[Kishido]

Yeah DB will be cancelled tomorrow.

It was fun... but it's over

If we all gather in a circle, hold hands, and sing "Welcome Super," it might just come back.

[precita]

I do imagine though the general decline of ratings is because the show is now 2 years old. When Super first started it was a shock because it was the first all new Dragonball show in 18 years. People watched it out of the initial freshness and hype, even if the whole first two arcs were just shitty movie re-tellings.

Now that we're 2 years in, even if it's all new material, the initial shock of a new Dragonball series has worn off. So less people watch it regularly, even if the big fans continually watch. A lot also forget majority of ratings come from kids. Kids are very fickle, sometimes they love shows sometimes they move on. I know when I was a kid I was never able to catch every episode of my favorite cartoons when they were new.

[Bullza]

Well it might not be that, One Piece has also gone down a lot too. I'm looking at some old ratings now and I see some of these ratings for One Piece.

Jul 2015 - 8.1%
Sep 2015 - 9.2%
Nov 2015 - 7.9%
Feb 2016 - 9.6%
April 2016 - 9.0%

Then cue to today and it's usually in the 6% range most of the time now. With a 6.2% this week it ain't far off from going into the 5% range. One Piece now seems to get the ratings Super got before.

[precita]

The weirdest part of it all is if the current ratings trend keeps up, the Universal Survival arc will turn out to be the lowest rated arc in Super's history to date.

[FortuneSSJ]

That's not good at all.

That's the lowest rated episode to date. Not just that but it's also the first time we've had back to back 4% ratings (which only happened a few times as it is).

The ratings for the actual Tournament have been worse than the preparation for it and people weren't too impressed by those ratings and were saying they'd pick up when the Tournament started.

On top of all that this saga now has the lowest ratings on average.

Battle of Gods - 5.89%
Resurrection F - 5.61%
Universe 6 - 6.0%
Future Trunks - 6.28%
Universe Survival - 5.56%

You can't ignore this arc is longer than all the others and that will be a double edged sword when it comes to its average.

[RedHeat]

When does the ratings come out? I'm very interested to where ep 100 places.

[IM21]

When does the ratings come out? I'm very interested to where ep 100 places.

most of the time on wednesday.

[BlueBasilisk]

Well it might not be that, One Piece has also gone down a lot too. I'm looking at some old ratings now and I see some of these ratings for One Piece.

Jul 2015 - 8.1%
Sep 2015 - 9.2%
Nov 2015 - 7.9%
Feb 2016 - 9.6%
April 2016 - 9.0%

Then cue to today and it's usually in the 6% range most of the time now. With a 6.2% this week it ain't far off from going into the 5% range. One Piece now seems to get the ratings Super got before.

Sazae-san used to get ratings in the 15% range but it's been as low as 9. It looks like overall viewership is down across most programs. I'm curious why that is. Ratings don't factor in online distribution so I'm sure that has something to do with it.

[Chuquita]

That's not good at all.

That's the lowest rated episode to date. Not just that but it's also the first time we've had back to back 4% ratings (which only happened a few times as it is).

The ratings for the actual Tournament have been worse than the preparation for it and people weren't too impressed by those ratings and were saying they'd pick up when the Tournament started.

On top of all that this saga now has the lowest ratings on average.

Battle of Gods - 5.89%
Resurrection F - 5.61%
Universe 6 - 6.0%
Future Trunks - 6.28%
Universe Survival - 5.56%

You can't ignore this arc is longer than all the others and that will be a double edged sword when it comes to its average.

I want to hope this means the next arc will have a villain again. It's part of what I like about Z.

[RedHeat]

Well it might not be that, One Piece has also gone down a lot too. I'm looking at some old ratings now and I see some of these ratings for One Piece.

Jul 2015 - 8.1%
Sep 2015 - 9.2%
Nov 2015 - 7.9%
Feb 2016 - 9.6%
April 2016 - 9.0%

Then cue to today and it's usually in the 6% range most of the time now. With a 6.2% this week it ain't far off from going into the 5% range. One Piece now seems to get the ratings Super got before.

Sazae-san used to get ratings in the 15% range but it's been as low as 9. It looks like overall viewership is down across most programs. I'm curious why that is. Ratings don't factor in online distribution so I'm sure that has something to do with it.

Might be because the Japanese audience is shifting over to streaming and such or just lost interest. We need to ask someone who actually lives there or an expert for a better opinion.

[Slaythe]

The weirdest part of it all is if the current ratings trend keeps up, the Universal Survival arc will turn out to be the lowest rated arc in Super's history to date.

Well the thing is, the show is still in the same spot in the top 10.

Which means basically everything is not doing that great.

[Dai-Saiyajin]

Ratings for the week 17-23 of July:

1st Sazae - 10,6 %
2nd Chibi Maruko-chan - 7,0 %
3rd One Piece 6,7 %
4th Dragon Ball Super (#100) - 5,7 %
5th Detective Conan - 5,6 %
6th Curious George - 3,8 %
7th Shaun the Sheep - 3,4 %
7th PreCure - 3,4 %
9th Pokemon - 3,0 %
10th My Hero Academy - 2,8 %

[RedHeat]

Ratings for the week 17-23 of July:

1st Sazae - 10,6 %
2nd Chibi Maruko-chan - 7,0 %
3rd One Piece 6,7 %
4th Dragon Ball Super (#100) - 5,7 %
5th Detective Conan - 5,6 %
6th Curious George - 3,8 %
7th Shaun the Sheep - 3,4 %
7th PreCure - 3,4 %
9th Pokemon - 3,0 %
10th My Hero Academy - 2,8 %

So this means people don't particularly enjoy the episodes that don't have the primary focus on the the main-main cast/Kale/Frieza. It's understandable, but I I wonder if Toei is gonna capitalize on that as much as possible moving forward.

[precita]

So Super was the 4th most watched anime in all of Japan that week, and One Piece is the only show that does better than it not counting those family shows airing for decades.

And people keep trying to say Super is doing poorly.

[SansrivaaL]

Been a while since Super beat Conan, awesome.

[LuckyCat]

Yeah, not bad! It will be interesting to see if episode 101 can catch up with last year's rating of 6.7%.

[Lord Beerus]

That's good. A nice bump up from last week and even better, we went one place and beat Conan. That doesn't happen often.

[perucho1990]

Ratings for the week 17-23 of July:

1st Sazae - 10,6 %
2nd Chibi Maruko-chan - 7,0 %
3rd One Piece 6,7 %
4th Dragon Ball Super (#100) - 5,7 %
5th Detective Conan - 5,6 %
6th Curious George - 3,8 %
7th Shaun the Sheep - 3,4 %
7th PreCure - 3,4 %
9th Pokemon - 3,0 %
10th My Hero Academy - 2,8 %

So this means people don't particularly enjoy the episodes that don't have the primary focus on the the main-main cast/Kale/Frieza. It's understandable, but I I wonder if Toei is gonna capitalize on that as much as possible moving forward.

I get this means more Kale and Caulifla, I'm sure their haters wont be happy about it.

Sucks BNHA rating decreased compared to last week

[BlueBasilisk]

So this means people don't particularly enjoy the episodes that don't have the primary focus on the the main-main cast/Kale/Frieza. It's understandable, but I I wonder if Toei is gonna capitalize on that as much as possible moving forward.

Kale brings all the viewers to the yard. But really, Kale and Caulifla are proving to be hugely popular and they're even getting their own banner on Dokkan Battle with some pretty OP cards. I think they'll be sticking around for a while. Wouldn't be surprised if Frieza becomes a recurring character in some capacity too.