Picks for August 20, 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 20, 2026

1
Young Sheldon
2017 · TV show
- Demand 46, building.
- Score up 19.5 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
39/100
+19.5 today
2
Seinfeld
1989 · TV show
- Demand 46, building.
- Score up 17.5 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
38/100
+17.5 today
3
Canada's Drag Race: All Stars
2026 · TV show
- Demand 42, building.
- Score up 16.1 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
35/100
+16.1 today
4
Fake or Fortune?
2011 · TV show
- Demand 47, building.
- Score up 15.5 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
37/100
+15.5 today
5
Hijack
2023 · TV show
- Demand 71, building.
- Score up 14.3 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
46/100
+14.3 today
6
The Odyssey
2026 · Movie
- Demand 61, building.
- Score up 11.8 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
40/100
+11.8 today
7
Arthur the King
2024 · Movie
- Demand 58, building.
- Score up 11.2 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
42/100
+11.2 today
8
Parasite
2019 · Movie
- Demand 62, building.
- Score up 9.6 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
39/100
+9.6 today
9
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026 · Movie
- Demand 74, building.
- Score up 9.3 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
41/100
+9.3 today
10
The Sheep Detectives
2026 · Movie
- Demand 59, building.
- Score up 8.8 today.
- On no Top 10 in South Africa.
No chart in 14 days
36/100
+8.8 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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