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Also known as metacritic.com, www.metacritic.com, MC, MC.com, www.MC.com

Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999, and was acquired by Fandom, Inc. in 2022.

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Metacritic is a website that collects reviews of movies, TV shows, music, and video games, then averages the scores together to create an overall rating for each item. It matters because it gives audiences a quick way to see what critics thought of entertainment products, rather than having to read dozens of individual reviews.

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Website.name
Metacritic
Website.logo
Metacritic logo.svg
Website.logo_size
260px
Website.commercial
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Website.type
Review aggregator
Website.registration
Free/subscription
Website.current_status
Active
Website.oclc
911795326

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Official website
www.metacritic.com
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inception
2001-01-00
Alexa rank
1269
social media followers
94045
Commons category
Metacritic
registration page URL
www.metacritic.com/signup
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  • History
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  • Metascores
  • Reception
  • Criticism
  • See also
  • References
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Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999, and was acquired by Fandom, Inc. in 2022.

Metacritic turns each critic and user review into a respective percentage score. This can be done either by calculating the score from the rating given or by making a subjective decision based on the review's quality. Before averaging the scores, they are adjusted based on the critic's popularity, reputation, and the number of reviews they have written. The site also includes a summary from each review and links to the original source, using colors like green, yellow, or red to indicate the overall sentiment of the critics.

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