Trakt.tv started as a side project when @rudf0rd, @jimmydouglas and I wanted Last.fm-like scrobbling functionality for XBMC (now Kodi). Automatic tracking of what we watched and collected made scaling a media collection easier and a lot more fun. Little did we know that it would turn into a full-time job! We have scrobblers for all major media centers and a full featured API that powers lots of mobile apps and other community projects. Four years in, we now have over one million users, all acquired organically with no marketing budget or outside investors. We have those users to thank for making this journey possible, as the majority of our operational costs are covered by VIPs who have contributed money year after year. Thank you so much!

I created a collection to keep track of Trakt.tv powered apps as they're hunted. http://www.producthunt.com/@barn...

I hate to sound like an old man here, but why would I want to track what I watch on TV? I read your site but I'm still a bit confused on what benefits I get from this?

I came across Trakt a while ago and even built my own little 'check-in' mobile web app using their API so I'm a big fan. The new design looks amazing!

Love the polished look and the numbers are impressive. From what I've seen the API is pretty solid, too. I'm sending you an e-mail about integrating trakt.tv with spoilr.tv – very excited about this.

I'm a huge fan of goodreads and searched for a bunch of products that did what Trakt does. What made me choose Trakt over the other's was the external API. Thanks guys for making an awesome product.

Been using Trakt for years and always recommended to everyone using XMBX/Kodi. I love being able to browse new movies while filtering the ones I've seen or rating episodes right after I finish watching on my htpc. Syncing your media library on all your devices so you can see what you've watched is amazing. I look at my profile progress page every time I'm looking for something to watch.

The fact that I had no idea I needed this blows my mind. Love the idea, and the UI looks amazing.

Thanks folks for making this! I have been using this for couple of years now and remember what a mess it used to be to track the latest episode that you watched last. Never again :)

The $30 I spend on Trakt VIP status is some of the best money is without question some of the best money I spend each year. The fact is that with cord-cutting and the streaming a la carte revolution, we gained tremendous freedom and far better entertainment options as a whole. What few people ever speak of though is that we also took on a rather large burden of needing to curate our own viewership as well, somehow needing to keep abreast of what's happening in entertainment enough to know what to give our attention to without that becoming a bigger time loss than the constant commercials were. God damn you, nature, and your eternal abhorrence of vacuums... Those worries ended for me when I found Trakt. Now I know what I've watched, the episodes I liked best from things I watched years ago that merit a rewatch, and every show that I ever heard something interesting about and said to myself "I should check that out sometime." All of that and live insights into what gobs of people are watching and what they're liking, available through a fast, pretty responsive web site that I use on my phone as much as my PC, that's what Trakt is to me. Oh yeah, it also allows me to reconnect with friends that live far away now, letting us see what each other is watching and giving us that perfect lead-in to a casual chat that is often hard to initiate with someone you don't see anymore. If you're thinking to yourself that this has to be the epitome of first-world problems, you're absolutely right. If Trakt disappears tomorrow, nobody dies, nobody goes to jail, and life goes on much as it always has. You know what, though? I live in the first world, and if you're here on Product Hunt with me, chances are awfully good that you live here too. At some point we have to let go of the guilt we have about living in an age where we're not fighting for survival anymore and just do what humans have always done: adapt and improve. Trakt is a major improvement in one of the few ways I allow myself to have for recreation, and I'm pretty sure if you went there now, you'd quickly feel the same way.

Great idea - I tend to use EpisodeCalendar.com to track my TV viewing (though mostly to see what's out on any given day). Any plans to ad WDLiveTV support?

Been using Trakt for a while. Is this an initial submit? I don't see anything new, but the "2.0" in the title made me check...

Great design! I've been using for years http://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/ but this looks better. I wont migrate since I have loads and loads of data....or do you have any import tool? thanks.

Just signed up and will check it out..question..do you support the site ororo.tv?

Great way to keep track of your entire watch history

Pros:

Gives accurate info on TV shows and movies, highly customisable dashboard, reminds you of unwatched episodes of shows you follow

Cons:

Ads.