Made first for young men 1
Dennis the Menace's audience scores lean most toward young men at 89 of 100 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Asian 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 6 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.
- 1Audience scoreyoung men 89 of 100 is the top quadrant.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 2ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 3RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 94, Asian 31.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
- 4Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 6 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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Age: 18 — strongly youth-oriented
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Faithfulness
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Advocacy
Synopsis
The young blond boy with a cowlick and a mischievous personality, Dennis the Menace, gets into numerous scrapes and adventures with his dog Ruff and his friends Joey, Margaret, Gina, Tommy, PeeBee and Jay.
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Advocacy Over Time in Family
The average advocacy score of Family titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 2 | 2 |
| 1944 | 0 | 2 |
| 1951 | 0 | 2 |
| 1959 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | 3 | 2 |
| 1969 | 0 | 2 |
| 1973 | 0 | 3 |
| 1974 | 0 | 2 |
| 1975 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977 | 0 | 3 |
| 1981 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982 | 0 | 3 |
| 1983 | 1 | 5 |
| 1984 | 3 | 2 |
| 1985 | 2 | 3 |
| 1986 | 0 | 8 |
| 1987 | 0 | 5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 5 |
| 1989 | 3 | 8 |
| 1990 | 1 | 8 |
| 1991 | 1 | 5 |
| 1992 | 1 | 6 |
| 1993 | 1 | 9 |
| 1994 | 2 | 8 |
| 1995 | 5 | 4 |
| 1996 | 4 | 5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 7 |
| 1998 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 4 | 10 |
| 2002 | 1 | 10 |
| 2003 | 3 | 12 |
| 2004 | 2 | 8 |
| 2005 | 2 | 13 |
| 2006 | 2 | 15 |
| 2007 | 1 | 14 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 | 10 | 4 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2 |
| 2016 | 10 | 4 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5 |
| 2019 | 19 | 8 |
| 2020 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | 9 | 6 |
| 2022 | 25 | 6 |
| 2023 | 28 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 10 |
| This title (1985) | 6 | 1 |
● This title (1985): advocacy 6 · explore Family →
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