Letterboxd Year in Review

As part of their annual Year in Review, Letterboxd publish a few KPIs that can be used to chart the platform’s growth.

Films Watched

Total films watched on Letterboxd per year, reaching 898M in 2025.

Cumulative films watched across all years, showing accelerating growth.

Films watched with compound annual growth rate (CAGR) overlay.

Year-over-year percentage change in films watched.

Year-over-year percentage changes for diary entries, ratings, reviews, lists, comments, and hours.

Absolute growth of all key platform metrics: diary entries, ratings, reviews, lists, comments, and hours.

Compound annual growth rates across all platform metrics, with lists growing fastest at 64%.

All metrics indexed to 2013 = 1x. Reviews lead at 214x growth.

Percentage of films watched that were released in the same year.

Average watch time per diary entry in minutes, calculated as total hours divided by diary entries.

Percentage of diary entries that include a written review.