FilmAffinity

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FilmAffinity
File:FilmAffinity logo.svg
Type of site
Film, television film, series database
Available inEnglish, Spanish
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Created byPablo Kurt Verdú Schumann
Daniel Nicolás
URLfilmaffinity.com
RegistrationOptional
Launched2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Current statusActive

FilmAffinity is a movie recommendations website created in 2002 in Madrid, Spain, by the film critic Pablo Kurt Verdú Schumann and the programmer Daniel Nicolás.[1] In 2016, the site listed 125,000 movies and series and had 556,000 reviews written by its users.[2]

Registered users can rate movies, find recommended films based on their personal ratings, create any kind of movie lists and – in the Spanish version – write reviews. The site also includes information about contents of the main streaming services, such as Netflix, HBO, Movistar+, Filmin and Rakuten TV. This feature is limited to Netflix in the English version.[citation needed]

It has been noted that FilmAffinity users tend to rate films more severely than IMDb users, resulting in consistently lower average scores.[3]

The site has 3 million unique users in Spain, which accounts for 70% of its total traffic, and serves more than 47 million pages per month worldwide. Advertisements are the site's only income, totaling roughly €500,000 annually.[4]

International expansion

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In 2016, the site launched adapted versions for the US, Mexico, Argentina and Chile, offering specific information about release dates for movies, local critics, box office and cinemas. A UK version was later added.[5]

The English version is more limited than the Spanish, not offering the chance for users to write reviews.

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