IMPDB by the numbers

1,471,763
hours of people talking about movies; tap to reframe
1,415,346
episodes about movies
99,402
movies covered
50,251
podcasts indexed
41,804
directors discussed
4,122
film franchises covered
23
years old, the average movie under discussion
64m
average episode length
11,863
movie episodes aired in the last 30 days
5,017
podcasts active in the last 30 days
122
registered accounts

Episodes by movie release year

peak: the 2020s · 410,879 eps; scrub the chart
Episodes by movie release decade
DecadeEpisodes
1900s196
1910s592
1920s4,084
1930s12,782
1940s17,787
1950s26,155
1960s39,324
1970s80,964
1980s184,500
1990s206,822
2000s199,812
2010s360,054
2020s410,879
19002026

Bookends: Joan of Arc (1900) → Motor City (2026)

Most-covered movies

  1. The Batman — 3361 episodes
  2. Spider-Man: No Way Home — 3156 episodes
  3. Dune — 2631 episodes
  4. Thor: Love and Thunder — 2087 episodes
  5. Top Gun: Maverick — 1933 episodes
  6. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — 1918 episodes
  7. Everything Everywhere All at Once — 1868 episodes
  8. Barbie — 1866 episodes
  9. The Suicide Squad — 1824 episodes
  10. Oppenheimer — 1807 episodes

The nostalgia gap

How old is a movie when a podcast covers it? Episode air date minus release year.

34% within a year · 40% are 20+ years old; scrub the chart
Episodes by movie age at time of episode
Movie ageEpisodes
0–9 years710,094
10–19 years187,092
20–29 years211,636
30–39 years191,288
40–49 years106,157
50–59 years48,526
60–69 years29,640
70–79 years18,957
80–89 years1,960
new release80 yrs

How long is a movie episode?

under 30m
257,762
30m – 1h
413,335
1 – 2h
605,384
over 2h
99,720

Most podcast-loved movies

  1. The Batman (2022) — 2961 different podcasts
  2. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) — 2570 different podcasts
  3. Dune (2021) — 2323 different podcasts
  4. Halloween (1978) — 2232 different podcasts
  5. Avengers: Endgame (2019) — 2166 different podcasts
  6. Alien (1979) — 2138 different podcasts
  7. Jaws (1975) — 2117 different podcasts
  8. Joker (2019) — 2101 different podcasts
  9. Jurassic Park (1993) — 2007 different podcasts
  10. Scream (1996) — 2005 different podcasts

Most-covered directors

  1. Steven Spielberg — 17,198 episodes across 40 films
  2. Christopher Nolan — 10,888 episodes across 13 films
  3. Ridley Scott — 10,134 episodes across 31 films
  4. John Carpenter — 9,545 episodes across 23 films
  5. James Cameron — 8,262 episodes across 13 films
  6. Joe Russo — 7,615 episodes across 10 films
  7. Anthony Russo — 7,615 episodes across 10 films
  8. James Gunn — 7,565 episodes across 9 films
  9. Sam Raimi — 7,559 episodes across 16 films
  10. Zack Snyder — 7,308 episodes across 13 films

Most-covered franchises

  1. Star Wars Collection — 11,930 episodes across 9 films
  2. James Bond Collection — 8,212 episodes across 26 films
  3. Halloween Collection — 8,168 episodes across 11 films
  4. The Avengers Collection — 6,098 episodes across 4 films
  5. Spider-Man (MCU) Collection — 5,549 episodes across 3 films
  6. Scream Collection — 5,539 episodes across 7 films
  7. Jurassic Park Collection — 5,492 episodes across 7 films
  8. Friday the 13th Collection — 5,062 episodes across 11 films
  9. Thor Collection — 4,548 episodes across 4 films
  10. Predator Collection — 4,154 episodes across 6 films

Famous, yet undiscussed

Big movies the database knows about that no podcast has covered yet.

No Place to Be Single
No Place to Be Single
2026
Anjo Loiro
Anjo Loiro
1973
Red Bikini
Red Bikini
2017
Thick as Thieves
Thick as Thieves
2009
Jackie & Ryan
Jackie & Ryan
2014
Ayla: The Daughter of War
Ayla: The Daughter of War
2017
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Caged Women
Caged Women
1980

Trending in the last 90 days

What podcasts have been talking about most recently.

The Odyssey936 eps
The Odyssey
2026
Disclosure Day655 eps
Disclosure Day
2026
Toy Story 5483 eps
Toy Story 5
2026
Supergirl473 eps
Supergirl
2026
Evil Dead Burn362 eps
Evil Dead Burn
2026
The End of Oak Street356 eps
The End of Oak Street
2026
Obsession308 eps
Obsession
2026
Backrooms247 eps
Backrooms
2026
Supergirl195 eps
Supergirl
1984
Masters of the Universe182 eps
Masters of the Universe
2026
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma161 eps
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
2026
The Dog Stars136 eps
The Dog Stars
2026