How Shit Works: Nielsen TV Ratings

[@jeffreyd508]

The late 60s/early 70s porno background music is a nice touch

[@NurseSnow2U]

😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@djlystics]

😂😂😂😂😂 THANKS A LOT, JEFFREY!!!! You made me spit my water out all over my keyboard 🤬 but d@mn, your comment smacked me in the eye. I wasn't even looking at it.

[@Louipyaps]

Wow so overly complicated for an inaccurate number.

[@toiletleak]

The complication adds legitimacy...

[@ZeePurpleFox]

fun fact: at the place I work, we conduct the first stage of the tv ratings process in Australia :D. Its very interesting!

[@FullChub]

hey mate, I''m in australia and very curious how this works, keen to share more details?

[@ellenwaterbor4387]

We are a Nielsen family, so much of this is not accurate in my experience. They didn’t come and assess us and install equipment, it’s been longer than two years, there’s no meter counting the people watching, once in a while a random check shows up (not participating for $ so whatever comes is fine).. we just have black boxes that have to be installed next to every tv, (which to me is a pain, one more gadget to be plugged and taking up space, dusted etc and any changes to anything are to be reported to them, who has time?) With most tvs being smart you’d think they could do something more efficient. And since people leave tvs on all the time and watch on their tablets and tv shows offered are obviously not based on our interests, who exactly are these ratings serving? Ad agencies deciding which time slot and station to invest in? Tv shows offered are trend followers, trends that are fed to us essentially. Stupid tattoo shows and Kardashians up the wazoo. Yay.

[@QSeries69]

Ellen Waterbor do you think being a Nielsen family is overall worth it?

[@queforeman4761]

@Tacoor gafruf yes you return the eq when your time is up

[@WLHS]

We had that system first but when we moved they installed a new one that required logging in and out, it was a mess. No rewards in all the years. In fact I’m not sure it was really Neilson which is what I’m trying to ascertain.

[@TaccRaccoon]

My family just has these little beeper things we wear, and antenna box plugged into a spare outlet in a room we don’t use much] We get payed for it, I don’t really care what it’s doing

[@qvg8013]

​@TaccRaccoon how much ?

[@thattimestampguy]

You Don't Volunteer 1:28 Homes are componsated Measure what you what, how you watch it, who is viewing Time of Day 3:02 Reflecting HOW PEOPLE CONSUME Television Entertainment

[@emfraridades7261]

How can i have acess to old adweek magazines

[@integribeez4114]

Thankz 4 all the personal information over the years!

[@embracinglogic1744]

It's 2020 and this inaccurate and archaic method is still being used??!!

[@queforeman4761]

@blue tiger this. Lol. There is no more truly random and non bias way.

[@NopWorks]

@blue tiger Install spyware on every device and collect all data passed through the cables directly from the ISPs/Telcos, but that would be a huge privacy concern.

[@gregonasher]

@@queforeman4761 But isn’t there, tivo used to (or still does)mine data anonymous to determine their own internal ratings that’s probably more accurate then Neilsen. I can only assume cable systems like Warner and spectrum also are able to anonymously log all this information and since it’s anonymous I don’t think people would have a problem with them selling the aggregate as an alternate system two Neilsen. It just comes down to Neilsen’s political control of the system all the lobbying they do to preserve that power with networks and advertisers. there is clearly a better mouse trap but no one’s using it for a public tracking.

[@john_avernia]

ikr. Especially now, in the streaming era, where a company like Netflix could easily obtain this kind of data only accurately, without any guess works.

[@coolmasterishaanplayz]

Thanks! I will now show this to my class.

[@lilpineapple3489]

coolmasterishaan playz please don’t lol.

[@WLHS]

It’s not very accurate. I was a Neilson home for several years with 2 systems running home tv ratings and shopping which I had to scan everything. Not enough points for a toothpaste tube squeezer after 3 years. I moved and it was reconnected at new location. I’m very concerned though as I had suspicions about it and just recently realised who my technician was/is though he was called Paul by Neilson & he had turned up at my stepsons birthday party (even more concerning). David Hicks had been captured in Afghanistan but I reported him missing in 1992 when he was 16 after escaping modern white slavery here in Australia. I had how cells worked and police took out a full cell of 4 houses but refused to stake out to get the full thing. I didn’t realise how many people are in their pockets but 1 police officer told me I’d be hiding for life. I have been running and hiding since but got Stockholm syndrome at one point. Hicks turned up not long after I spoke to the senior seargent from the police station I had gone too, I even used the main switchboard for the state to leave a trail but it’s so deep he began subtly threatening a sister of mine who was crop dusted days later. I seem like a fanatic maniac writing this but it’s only weeks since I realised who the Neilson technician was.

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

Basically it's all a big guess lol

[@CB12389]

Up watching KZbin Randomness

[@richardmark9161]

WOW!!! so this entire famous Nielsen rating system has been totally pointless. Amazing.

[@chuckydall9250]

How come a cable company like Comcast can't get data on what their customers are watching?

[@jonjon-x8u]

I was a member of neilsen tv ratings and they say you get a gift check every 3 months and with me the first check never showed in the mail and win I called my representative he had me call the 800 hundred number on the back of neilsen remote and they said that they would help then talking the same person on the line they said check came to my apartment the first gift check never but the people at mine office giving me a runaround and say check showing it arrived and they said it was showing on neilsen that the check was cashed the same person at neilsen said that my representative was telling them I did not live in apartment and the representative was telling the apartment building was a house and then was telling me the representative was saying my address was not real so I'm telling more people don't sign up for neilsen and yes neilsen use runaround tactic to get people like me who is disabled to give then their bank information so I did not fall for that and neilsen will get my bank info like they wanted and I'm from a small town named Robinson illinois and I'm disabled and proud of it and Trump 24 and neilsen midia tv ratings is a joke more a scam then anything

[@ramonestrada3886]

turn the music up, I can’t hear you yet!

[@mayafey4441]

Just got selected in the Nielsen family cause of my mom... can someone in the nielsen family tell me what it’s like

[@chloehoang7755]

I just received my 2nd cash reward. It's ok so far. Doesn't really real sus

[@WLHS]

It’s complicated, everyone has to log on and off when they enter and leave each room.

[@oscar-bq1jv]

yh that’s weird asf. cannot believe my parents agreed to this shit, now I have to have shit watching everything I do?? i don’t even get a say in it as well. im 15.

[@impulser3865]

Ngl same situation here, how’s it going for u?

[@trey_cj6544]

@@impulser3865 how much does it pay?

[@claytond6898]

You'll go blind son!

[@maurlaughter2914]

All the commercials are like a repeat of insanity and now I can't even enjoy anything on TV and apps. If I want something I get it. Stop trying to program a mind. It's not enough money for me to allow you in my world. I want thousands for my time.

[@maggiewhiteside4463]

Nielsen made 3.5 billion in 2021. They can pay us more than 35$ a month.

[@vinceremo]

I've always thought Neilsen ratings was all BS. Imagine that they tally data from thousands of supposed families and the data is the reason why we see the shows from decades of Television. And this is all dictated by a handful of people who will basically say, in closed doors... yah this show is good....this show no good. Internet and streaming services however are different because all data is dynamic. It can be manipulated...but dynamic. The people have the power to see what they want...for now. But it's slowly changing though.

[@BleedCubbieBlue]

It’s complete BS,

[@higurashianduminekoconnect1702]

There is just one problem they refuse to evolve with the times. They don't account for how some people watch live TV on streaming.

[@kendall7086]

I think Billboard has not really evolved either ..

[@thetruthexperiment]

You might think the math works out but many highly loved shows were canceled because 40k samples is not enough against 300 million. Polls don’t work. If nobody you’ve ever met has been polled, polls are meaningless and difficult if not impossible to verify. Most execs are too stupid to understand basic statistics and then Neilson people blow a bunch of smoke up everyones ass and try to justify their existence with deceptively simple arithmetic. It’s a joke. A joke that isn’t funny due to the sheer number of careers that have been destroyed. Involving race is as you might expect the definition of racism. Hey Mark, do we have enough hillbillies on the system? How about poor people? How about poor people of color? It’s non sense. It is soft science and it’s shameful. You cannot expect to get an appropriate sample with 40k of 300 million. And don’t forget, a focus group decides what Americans want based on absolutely nothing. Focus groups don’t work. People say what they think they’re supposed to say. You can never get an honest representation of anything if the people in question know they’re being monitored and judged. It just doesn’t work. The measurement of “random families” who know they’re being monitored does not reflect the public interest. Go jump in a lake.

[@spencertullis4297]

How accurate is this method?

[@TitanIsBack]

It's a survey of 45,000 people, not 350 million. It's very inaccurate in terms of what the general public watches.

[@lilpineapple3489]

TitanIsBack correct. And on top of that Nielsen actually took boxes out of 10s of thousands African American homes in 2018 and did not replace them, leaving many black skewed stations in the red and scrambling to make up ad dollars that were promised a certain viewership. Nielsen basically controls what shows work and what doesn’t, what networks/platforms go long and which ones tank. It’s pretty f*cked up.

[@donjen3]

@@lilpineapple3489 Please state your source as I can't find any information on what you claim.

[@queforeman4761]

@@lilpineapple3489 fictitious. You have no source

[@kr5289]

So this don't answer how they know how many people watch a certain show. It just shows what the people with a box watched. How can this be accurate kinda like polls

[@wwjjwjwjkwkwkwkw9342]

My last name is Nielsen but I’m samoan

[@jza80king]

So you are a palangi

[@b63726]

Jesus the trumpet in the background music though ... can't even hear the dude

[@jerryloft3008]

That's so you can't hear.

[@pete123]

😂😂

[@mth101261]

So...A bit over 46,000 homes dictate who,what,when, and why for the rest of us? Hmmm

[@braddeicide]

Don't you have phones? Replace all this hardware with an app.

[@bigmanjc6357]

Imma show this to all AEW fanboys who waste their money for fucking 4 cellphones and 10 computers

[@haappysab2677]

Lol a lot of mad people here, I’m from family guy

[@justinpeters6962]

Same

[@dalebaxter28]

Same

[@jerryloft3008]

HOW?!?!?!?

[@pejmanjamilpanah3678]

Shit not works. Shit comes from the colon!😅

[@HenkLuckyStrike]

This guy really named Führer?

[@angelabishopfoodie]

Interesting...

[@princessmilaiza622]

Why can't you tell no one about it not even the media seems fishes

[@queforeman4761]

Because then people will say "go watch this or that" and suddenly you're watching shows to artificially inflate it's ratings.

[@OscarMemo333]

im sure YT works the same.

[@teknine2586]

Nielsen" great job from the KKK.

[@mikkiminach9539]

uh

[@glenknapke6771]

You r not watching T.V. the T.V. is watching you

[@100GOD-k6j]

Rappers listen

[@andrewlyon9960]

I got selected to be a nealson family. 1/30,000 chance

[@QSeries69]

Alyon 04 cool, what’s it like?

[@brandonflake6732]

I was asked got lucky