Dragon Ball Super: TV Ratings Discussion Thread

[Lord Beerus]

That's the joint second lowest rating Super has ever achieved.

[Chuquita]

That's the joint second lowest rating Super has ever achieved.

Which one was the lowest rated episode?

[Lord Beerus]

That's the joint second lowest rating Super has ever achieved.

Which one was the lowest rated episode?

The lowest rated episode of Super is Episode 23 (Ressurection F retelling), which scored an 4.7. The second lowest rated episode of Super is Episode 26 (Ressurection F retelling... again), which scored an 4.9. Conversely, the highest rated episode of Super was Episode 47, which is, you guessed it, the first episode of the Future Trunks arc. It scored an 8.4.

[Chuquita]

That's the joint second lowest rating Super has ever achieved.

Which one was the lowest rated episode?

The lowest rated episode of Super is Episode 23 (Ressurection F retelling), which scored an 4.7. The second lowest rated episode of Super is Episode 26 (Ressurection F retelling... again), which scored an 4.9. Conversely, the highest rated episode Super of Super was Episode 47, which is, you guessed it, the first episode of the Future Trunks arc. It scored an 8.4.

Thank you!

The lowest being in the F arc makes sense. Super started so soon after the F movie came out people were Freeza'd out.

People are tired of waiting for the tournament to start, that's my theory. They're tuning out temporarily the same way they do One Piece when it's in filler.

It's good to know the Future Trunks arc's start has the highest score. That arc's beginning was strong and had a sense of mystery. I had a lot of fun theorizing during that arc.

[Yedis]

Anything going on in Japan that might of contributed to the widespread lower ratings?

[FortuneSSJ]

I also don't like a rating of 4.9% but some people should stop being overdramatic.
It's always the same every week, even though most shows also get lower ratings and DBS still keeps its position in top 10 for almost 2 years.

The problem is we are still basically in filler and everyone knows it.

Everyone that doesn't know what filler is maybe.

But if this keeps happening, I can see them doing some really desperate moves.

Relly desperate moves?! Like what?! DB is making more money than One Piece.

My god people are so damn stupid,if you are under 12 I could perhaps understand that you don't know how to analyse data but I will teach you people a lesson in basic math, there was a general downward trend in all anime that week. One Piece went from a 7.6 to a 6.2, that's 1.4 decrease and went down from 3rd to 5th, comparatively Dragonball Super had a 0.5 decrease going from a 5.4 to a 4.9 yet remained in it's Usual place. Sazae San the Highest rated show went from a 12.6 to a 9.9 that's a 2.7 decrease. What we can extrapolate from the data with which we are presented is that in general fewer people overall were watching TV that week, that is all, content is irrelevant and with regards to Dragonball the slight decrease as compared to other shows suggests that it isn't losing a significant amount of viewership considering that it has remained more or less in the same position in the rating for the past 2 years!!!

Stupid doesn't cover it anymore. Some people have been reaching worrying low levels of intelligence, so "stupid" just comes out as a praise when talking about them nowadays.

[Alruneia]

Anything going on in Japan that might have contributed to the widespread lower ratings?

I'd say this question is far more relevant than trying to find a cause by looking at what Super specifically is doing. As long as its regular 7th place persists, there's not that much to worry about there. And I'll ask the same thing: Was there anything going on in Japan to cause this?

[precita]

Is Dragonball officially streamed online in Japan like it is in the west with Crunchyroll or FUNi's website, etc?

[Araki]

But if this keeps happening, I can see them doing some really desperate moves.

Relly desperate moves?! Like what?! DB is making more money than One Piece.

Lol, yeah. And i'm sure they're desperate about being consistently the 5th-8th most watched anime every week for 2 years.

That and BNHA should be back in the Top 10, maybe threat DBS spot, because the upcoming BNHA episode is being heavily hyped in Japan, even Horikoshi(the mangaka) said that the episode was so amazing that he cried.

No, it won't, that's not how ratings work. A show that isn't even making the top 10 won't suddenly double its ratings in the middle of an arc because an author hyped it on twitter. BNHA is already at the limit of its popularity. Heck, Boruto was hyped as a new beginning for its franchise and we're not seeing it anywhere. I guess that, for some people, Studio Pierrot should be desperate for 5+ years already.

[Bullza]

That's the joint second lowest rating Super has ever achieved.

Which one was the lowest rated episode?

All the ratings for every episode are in the the original post of the thread. I update it every week.

Also it was episode 88 that got the worst rating at 4.4%.

[Chuquita]

That's the joint second lowest rating Super has ever achieved.

Which one was the lowest rated episode?

All the ratings for every episode are in the the original post of the thread. I update it every week.

Also it was episode 88 that got the worst rating at 4.4%.

I didn't realize the first post updated continuously (I remember the post editing time limit was changed semi-recently, I guess they changed it back.) that's very helpful to know. I'm curious to see how the ratings go for the rest of this arc.

[ArchedThunder]

The ratings will probably return to their 6+ average once the tournament starts. The ratings are still good right now and I'm sure DVR numbers are still good, it's just that some of the Super viewer base aren't tuning in live right now, potentially because things are movings slowly at the moment. It's just like how One Piece's ratings were lower than normal for awhile before picking back up recently.
Dragon Ball is not going to suddenly stop making tons of money just because the ratings are slightly lower during a build up period.

[dbgtFO]

I didn't realize the first post updated continuously (I remember the post editing time limit was changed semi-recently, I guess they changed it back.) that's very helpful to know. I'm curious to see how the ratings go for the rest of this arc.

No, the edit function has not been changed back to indefinite editing, however topic creators can change their opening posts indefinitely, because they figured it would be best that way.

[LuckyCat]

Dragon Ball Super - TV Ratings for episode 93
1. Sazae - 11.3%
2. Crayon Shin-chan - 8.7%
3. Doraemon - 7.3%
4. Chibi Maruko-chan - 7.1%
5. One Piece - 6.2%
6. Dragon Ball Super - 5.6%
7. Detective Conan - 5.2%
8. Go! Go! Chuggington - 3.3%
9. Shaun the sheep - 3.0%
10. My Hero Academia - 3.0%

[Chuquita]

Nice! Back to normal we go.

I guess Brolli's power really is maximum, even if he isn't the one wielding it.

Unless everyone's back for Freeza. Or both.

Neither does anything for me, but I can't complain; Vegeta's back after all and Gokû was pretty clever when dealing with Freeza this past weekend.

[perucho1990]

Dragon Ball Super - TV Ratings for episode 93
1. Sazae - 11.3%
2. Crayon Shin-chan - 8.7%
3. Doraemon - 7.3%
4. Chibi Maruko-chan - 7.1%
5. One Piece - 6.2%
6. Dragon Ball Super - 5.6%
7. Detective Conan - 5.2%
8. Go! Go! Chuggington - 3.3%
9. Shaun the sheep - 3.0%
10. My Hero Academia - 3.0%

How? BNHA featured probably the best fight of Anime 2017, it was one of the best animated fights in the industry since Gintoki/Takasuki, Saitama vs Boros and Meruem vs Netero.

That improvement in the DBS ratings should prove that fans were interested in Kale unlocking SSJ and Goku/Frieza conversation, those were the hooks for the episode.

[SansrivaaL]

How? BNHA featured probably the best fight of Anime 2017, it was one of the best animated fights in the industry since Gintoki/Takasuki, Saitama vs Boros and Meruem vs Netero.

That improvement in the DBS ratings should prove that fans were interested in Kale unlocking SSJ and Goku/Frieza conversation, those were the hooks for the episode.

Hey Gintoki V Kamui and Zura V Shoukaku were just as good if not better tho I'm surprised with BNHA as well, Deku V Todoroki was the most hyped up match in the tournament.... well at least it reached top 10.

[FortuneSSJ]

BNHA won't reach top 5 unless a lot of shows just don't air that week. No matter how incredible the last episode may have been, the series is not popular enough to reach top 5.
Ratings only reflect popularity. They don't make a show worse/better.

It's already surprising BNHA is raping Boruto every week and season 1 beat Naruto Shippuden a couple of times, If I recall correctly.

It seems to be a cool show. I'm just waiting for season 2 end to finally jump to that. Hopefully it proves to deserves its hype.

[kinisking]

Dragon Ball Super - TV Ratings for episode 93
1. Sazae - 11.3%
2. Crayon Shin-chan - 8.7%
3. Doraemon - 7.3%
4. Chibi Maruko-chan - 7.1%
5. One Piece - 6.2%
6. Dragon Ball Super - 5.6%
7. Detective Conan - 5.2%
8. Go! Go! Chuggington - 3.3%
9. Shaun the sheep - 3.0%
10. My Hero Academia - 3.0%

How? BNHA featured probably the best fight of Anime 2017, it was one of the best animated fights in the industry since Gintoki/Takasuki, Saitama vs Boros and Meruem vs Netero.

That improvement in the DBS ratings should prove that fans were interested in Kale unlocking SSJ and Goku/Frieza conversation, those were the hooks for the episode.

Was this todoroki versus midoriya? I mean it was animated well but the choreography was kind of eh. It's still a great fight due to its story though ! I freaking love mha. Imo it deserves to be just as popular as Dragonball and one piece.

[perucho1990]

Was this todoroki versus midoriya? I mean it was animated well but the choreography was kind of eh. It's still a great fight due to its story though ! I freaking love mha. Imo it deserves to be just as popular as Dragonball and one piece.

Yep.

The fight turned great for me the moment Deku got the offense on Todoroki, fight storytelling was very strong, my only nitpick was Endeavor ruining the momentum by wanting to cheer for his son.

Nakamura key animation was excellent as expected, he is probably the best in the industry (he also did key animation in Saitama vs Boros), even above Shida, Ootsuka imo.

Give BNHA a bit of time, and they could reach the 4s like Bleach did.

The DBS ratings are good imo if they are .5-1.0 from reaching OP ratings.