What is Game of Thrones's IQ Score?

Game of Thrones has an IQ Score of 155/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 43/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 31/50 Educational Value, and 43/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Game of Thrones educational?

Game of Thrones is moderate on educational value, 31/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Game of Thrones IQ Score 155/200

Game of Thrones has an IQ Score of 155/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-08-19·Methodology

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155/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

Cinematic Score/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.
Cinematic Score: composition quality, emotional impact, and how the music integrates with the work. Does not affect the IQ Score.

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

round((C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4)

Database scale

2,605 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Coordinates interlocking political narratives across kingdoms where viewer must track competing claims, alliance shifts, and consequence of decision-making in absence of moral certainty.

People & Production D. B. Weiss · HBO Entertainment · HBO 33 connections

Direction & creation

Creator

D. B. Weiss David Benioff

Writer

George R. R. Martin David Benioff D. B. Weiss Bryan Cogman Jane Espenson Vanessa Taylor Dave Hill

Producer

David Benioff D. B. Weiss Mark Huffam

On screen & sound

Selected cast

Sean Bean Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Peter Dinklage Emilia Clarke Lena Headey Iain GlenSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.

Composer

Ramin Djawadi

Cinematography

David Katznelson

Production & release

Production company

HBO Entertainment

Original broadcaster

HBO

Distributor

Warner Bros. Television Studios Microsoft Store Hulu HBO Max

Country of origin

United States

Original language

English Dothraki Valyrian

Related works

Based on

A Song of Ice and Fire

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The Trailer

Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.

Characters Scored Here

People search for these characters by name. TVI doesn't invent fictional-character IQ numbers, but Game of Thrones's score is the honest answer to how seriously the work treats each mind.

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