IMDb MOVIEmeter vs Wikipedia Trending live ranks

An IMDb MOVIEmeter vs Wikipedia Trending comparison on Trends MCP is two get_top_trends calls: type IMDb MOVIEmeter and type Wikipedia Trending. From the August 25, 2026 pull, both boards stamped 2026-08-25T12:01:33 UTC. IMDb filled 100 rows (offset 100 returned count 0). Wikipedia filled 50 at offset 0 and 50 at offset 50. IMDb rank 1 was The Odyssey (2026). Wikipedia rank 1 was Shelley Fabares. Spider-Man: Brand New Day sat at IMDb rank 2 and Wikipedia rank 6. google search for The Odyssey sat at 19.0 on 2026-08-22, down 26.92% over 7 days. Free tier access is 100 requests per month.

What IMDb MOVIEmeter vs Wikipedia Trending data shows right now

From the Trends MCP scan of August 25, 2026, IMDb MOVIEmeter and Wikipedia Trending both stamped 2026-08-25T12:01:33 UTC, with IMDb returning 100 rows at limit 50 plus offset 50 and Wikipedia returning 100 rows across the same two pages, so the join is a 100-versus-100 cut of two feeds that do not share a rank unit.

IMDb ranks 13 through 25 included Avengers: Doomsday at 13, Backrooms at 14, Masters of the Universe at 15, The Dog Stars at 16, Toy Story 5 at 20, and The Devil Wears Prada 2 at 28 on the next block. Wikipedia ranks 13 through 25 included Anna's Archive at 14, Natalie Harp at 16, Awarapan 2 at 18, ChatGPT at 23, and Obsession (2025 film) at 26.

Same-stamp title joins, first 100 rows:

Growth follow-ups on the same pull day used source google search and youtube (recent_date 2026-08-22, 261 weekly points) plus wikipedia (recent_date 2026-07-01, monthly points; 7D returned collapsed_range):

Awarapan 2 is the split signal. Wikipedia rank 18 sits next to IMDb rank 43 and a google search index of 100.0. For the MOVIEmeter board alone, see the IMDb MOVIEmeter API.

Exact API calls for both live boards

Two get_top_trends calls cover the snapshot: type IMDb MOVIEmeter for film ranks and type Wikipedia Trending for article ranks, each counting as one request against the monthly quota on the August 25, 2026 pull, with IMDb needing offset 50 to finish the 100-row cap and Wikipedia still paging after rank 100.

{
  "mode": "get_top_trends",
  "type": "IMDb MOVIEmeter",
  "limit": 50
}

{
  "mode": "get_top_trends",
  "type": "Wikipedia Trending",
  "limit": 50,
  "offset": 50
}

{
  "mode": "get_growth",
  "source": "google search",
  "keyword": "The Odyssey",
  "percent_growth": ["7D", "30D", "12M"]
}

Join on shortened titles, not year suffixes. "The Odyssey (2026)" on IMDb rank 1 and "The Odyssey (2026 film)" on Wikipedia rank 10 are a join. "Odyssey" on Wikipedia rank 75 is a second article, not a duplicate rank. Project Hail Mary on IMDb rank 11 had no Wikipedia Trending row in 100; Open Library Trending Books listed the novel at rank 39 on the same stamp. Offset 100 on IMDb returned count 0, so extra pages past 100 are empty on that feed.

Same-story joins that default limit 25 misses

Default limit 25 on IMDb MOVIEmeter would have stopped at Spa Weekend at rank 25 and dropped Coyote vs. Acme at 30, Toxic at 31, Awarapan 2 at 43, and Insidious (2010) at 48, which is enough to mis-label those titles as Wikipedia-only when they already sat on IMDb after page one.

Awarapan 2 is the clean miss. Wikipedia already listed it at rank 18 inside the first 25. IMDb listed it at rank 43. google search sat at 100.0 on 2026-08-22, up 20.48% over 7 days from 83.0, with a low-quality warning that the series is over 90% zeros. Quote 100.0 rather than the 2400.0% 30D print from a 4.0 baseline. A pair of limit 25 calls would have reported the title as Wikipedia-only.

Avengers: Doomsday needs paging on Wikipedia. IMDb rank 13 is inside default 25. Wikipedia rank 76 appeared only on the offset 50 page. google search sat at 51.0, down 5.56% over 7 days from 54.0 and down 49.0% over 30 days from 100.0. youtube sat at 39.0, down 4.88% over 7 days from 41.0. YouTube Trending on the same stamp listed three Doomsday trailers at ranks 2, 17, and 23. For the Wikipedia board alone, see the Wikipedia Trending API.

Growth follow-ups on overlapping titles

Growth follow-ups on the same pull used 261 weekly points ending 2026-08-22 for search and YouTube, and wikipedia page views used monthly points ending 2026-07-01, so a film can lead IMDb in August while the last wikipedia volume point is still July.

The Odyssey sat at IMDb rank 1 with google search 19.0, down 26.92% over 7 days from 26.0, down 81.0% over 30 days from 100.0, and up 850.0% over 12 months from 2.0. wikipedia sat at 100.0 with 11,613 page views on 2026-07-01, up from 8.2 / 1,001 on 2026-06-01. The 7D wikipedia window returned collapsed_range (60 total points). Quote the July volume, not a missing August week.

Insidious is the other direction. google search sat at 60.0, up 233.33% over 7 days from 18.0 and up 900.0% over 30 days from 6.0. youtube sat at 60.0, up 185.71% over 7 days from 21.0. wikipedia sat at 14.7 / 582, down 27.94% from 20.4 / 751. Google Trends listed insidious 6 at rank 17 and insidious at rank 20 on the same stamp. IMDb listed the 2026 sequel at rank 5 and the 2010 film at rank 48. Search is running ahead of Wikipedia page views. Cross-check Wikipedia Trending vs Google Trends when a title also has a query board.

Titles that sit on only one board

Wikipedia-only names in the first 12 were Shelley Fabares, Enes Kanter Freedom, Jed York, Murder of Sonya Massey, Mike Farrell, Hayden Panettiere, Lanterns (TV series), Deaths in 2026, Natasha Cloud, and Neatsville, Kentucky. IMDb-only names in that window included Mutiny, The Last House, The Invite, Don't Say Good Luck, and Project Hail Mary.

Shelley Fabares led Wikipedia and sat at Google Trends rank 5 with no IMDb row in 100. google search returned 0.0 with a low-quality warning. wikipedia growth returned no_data. Hayden Panettiere at Wikipedia rank 7 had the same no_data growth result and was absent from IMDb top 100. Lanterns (TV series) at Wikipedia rank 8 had no IMDb row in 100; YouTube Trending listed two Lanterns trailers at ranks 5 and 14.

ChatGPT at Wikipedia rank 23 is not a film. wikipedia sat at 47.5 with 6,574 page views, up 41.79% from 33.5 / 4,632. Zendaya at Wikipedia rank 60 sat at 72.3 / 2,191,805. Tom Holland at rank 68 sat at 48.0 / 3,028. Those actor pages are the demand around Spider-Man: Brand New Day, not MOVIEmeter rows. Project Hail Mary at IMDb rank 11 had wikipedia growth no_data and no Wikipedia Trending row in 100.

Limits of a title-string join

Exact string equals under-count related rows, year suffixes break joins, and wikipedia 7D presets collapse, so The Odyssey can lead IMDb while the last page-view point is still 2026-07-01, and El Chapo is not the same article as Facing El Chapo.

Parentheticals are the usual miss. IMDb sends "The Odyssey (2026)". Wikipedia sends "The Odyssey (2026 film)" at rank 10 and "Odyssey" at rank 75. Obsession on IMDb rank 6 matches "Obsession (2025 film)" at Wikipedia 26. Toxic on IMDb 31 matches "Toxic (2026 film)" at Wikipedia 30. Strip the year before joining. Niu Lai at IMDb rank 52 had no Wikipedia row in 100 and sat at Google Trends rank 89, a third board that still needs its own type string.

wikipedia growth no_data on Shelley Fabares, Hayden Panettiere, and Project Hail Mary is a series gap, not proof those pages had zero readers. The live Wikipedia Trending board listed Shelley Fabares at rank 1 in the same scan. Do not treat a failed get_growth as a missing article. For YouTube trailer ranks around the same films, see the YouTube Trending API.