Picks for August 19, 2026
Heating up. Not charting yet.
Ten titles a day with demand behind them and no spot on a Top 10 in South Africa.
Picks for August 19, 2026
- 1
The Outsider
2020 · TV show
- Demand 63, building.
- Score up 23.5 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
43/100
+23.5 today
- 2
MasterChef
2010 · TV show
- Demand 41, building.
- Score up 14.9 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
35/100
+14.9 today
- 3
The Sopranos
1999 · TV show
- Demand 59, building.
- Score up 14.5 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
39/100
+14.5 today
- 4
Tehran
2020 · TV show
- Demand 55, building.
- Score up 14.3 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
38/100
+14.3 today
- 5
The Wire
2002 · TV show
- Demand 46, building.
- Score up 13.3 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
37/100
+13.3 today
- 6
Arthur the King
2024 · Movie
- Demand 44, building.
- Score up 9.6 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
31/100
+9.6 today
- 7
Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear
2026 · Movie
- Demand 44, building.
- Score up 9.6 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
31/100
+9.6 today
- 8
Dune
2021 · Movie
- Demand 54, building.
- Score up 9.4 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
34/100
+9.4 today
- 9
Moana
2026 · Movie
- Demand 57, building.
- Score up 7.4 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
37/100
+7.4 today
- 10
Motor City
2026 · Movie
- Demand 44, building.
- Score up 7.4 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
30/100
+7.4 today
Track record
| Charted in 14 days | In 30 days | Median lead | All eligible, 14 days | All eligible, 30 days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All picks | 2% 4 of 200 | 5% 2 of 40 | 3 days | 1.7% 56 of 3366 | 4% 12 of 297 |
| TV shows | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 20 | n/a | 0.2% 4 of 2427 | 1% 2 of 206 |
| Movies | 4% 4 of 100 | 10% 2 of 20 | 3 days | 5.5% 52 of 939 | 11% 10 of 91 |
| Random from pool | 2% 4 of 200 | 2.5% 1 of 40 | 2 days | 1.7% 56 of 3366 | 4% 12 of 297 |
Picks from August 15, 2026 to September 3, 2026, 14-day windows closed. The 30-day columns cover the older picks whose 30-day window has closed too. Two baselines: ten random titles a day from the same pool, and the whole pool. We have to beat both. Movies chart weeks after people start looking, so judge TV and movies apart.
How a title gets here
A pick is on zero Top 10 charts here, has demand of 40 or more from at least two feeds (or one feed plus attention), has been on the list more than a day, and has been off the charts for 30 days. Every eligible title is measured the same way, so the pool column is a fair baseline. A title that is already out on none of the services we track, with nothing scheduled, is left out. Titles landing on a service within 14 days come first. Then shows rank by demand level and movies by score change, fading titles last, and we hold five slots each for movies and shows. Every pick is logged the day we make it, along with ten random titles from the same pool as a control. If a pick charts within 30 days, the chart and date show up next to it. The 14-day rate is the headline. The 30-day rate is for movies, which land on a service weeks after people start looking.
By market
| Market | Picks | Charted in 14 days | Random from pool | Whole pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | 200 | 29.5% | 11.5% | 17.8% |
| Australia | 200 | 22% | 6% | 8.1% |
| Canada | 200 | 22% | 4% | 9.4% |
| Germany | 200 | 25.5% | 7% | 8.9% |
| Spain | 200 | 8.5% | 1.5% | 3.7% |
| France | 200 | 23% | 6% | 9.1% |
| United Kingdom | 200 | 27.5% | 7% | 8.9% |
| Italy | 200 | 11% | 7% | 5.4% |
| South Korea | 200 | 0.5% | 0% | 1.1% |
| Mexico | 200 | 10% | 2.5% | 4.6% |
| Netherlands | 200 | 11.5% | 5.5% | 5.1% |
| Turkey | 200 | 0% | 0% | 0.3% |
| United States | 200 | 32% | 8% | 11.5% |
| South Africa | 200 | 2% | 2% | 1.7% |
Closed windows only. Markets with no closed picks are not listed.
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