About WhatSphere
How we treat coverage
WhatSphere does not outsource research to outlets that are telling a story. Coverage is evidence that a claim was made. Scores require the underlying record.
Outlets that publish a finished moral — a victim, a villain, a cultural verdict — are doing advocacy or entertainment of their own. That work can be quoted. It cannot be the spine of a score. We rebuild from the production and the source.
- Primary. The finished work; billed credits; the source novel, comic, game, or script where an adaptation exists; dated public statements by named creators with a URL.
- Production record. Studio and guild credits, ratings boards, official synopses used only as metadata, documented consultancy or advocacy-organization involvement.
- Claim, not fact. News features, recaps, campaign interviews, and critic essays. Logged when they exist so a claim can be checked. Never used as the sole basis of a score.
What is WhatSphere?
Hundreds of services answer “What is this?” WhatSphere answers “Who was this made for?” from observable production decisions — not from a critic consensus or a campaign recap.
Who Is Behind WhatSphere?
Published by WhatSphere, a LLITD property. Analysis is produced by WhatSphere Editorial.
WhatSphere Editorial researches casting, source material, and production records, then scores what those records show. We do not treat mainstream coverage as a primary source: a story is a claim. The production, the source text, and attributed statements are the evidence.
We are not a studio, a streaming service, or an advocacy organization. We sell nothing based on the scores.
Our Mission
Make who a title was made for legible, consistent, and checkable. Same rules regardless of who the title is for.
“Data, Not Outrage”
- Observable inputs only. Credits, source text, ratings, dated statements with URLs.
- Neutral vocabulary. 50 is baseline. High and low are directions, not verdicts.
- No thumb on the scale. The scores do not change with the reader's politics.
Symmetrical Standards
Whitewashing and race-swapping trigger the same class of signal with the same weight.
The Evidence Dossiers
For titles in a real public fight, a score is not enough. A dossier steelmans both sides, separates fact from framing, and treats no outlet's word as automatically true.
How Scoring Works
Gender and age axes combine into four quadrant scores. Additional dimensions cover racial audience, LGBTQ audience, faithfulness, and advocacy. Full methodology →
Data Sources
Metadata from TMDB (plus IGDB / Jikan / AniList / YouTube where needed). Casting changes, faithfulness, and statements are original editorial research against the work and the source. We do not resell source data.
Found a Problem? Tell Us.
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