What is House of the Dragon's IQ Score?

House of the Dragon has an IQ Score of 141/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 41/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 23/50 Educational Value, and 43/50 Craft & Quality.

Is House of the Dragon educational?

House of the Dragon is low on educational value, 23/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

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/.

House of the Dragon , IQ Score 141/200

House of the Dragon has an IQ Score of 141/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-07-24·Methodology

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141/ 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: how much the title demands of your mind, its structural complexity, ideas, and sustained intellectual engagement.
Educational Value: what you take away, across academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.
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

Formula

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

Database scale

2,587 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Extends Game of Thrones' structural success by dramatizing the Targaryen civil war through female-centered political agency. Season 3 marks the show's craft peak, anchoring the Battle of the Gullet in practical effects and tightening the dynastic intrigue that earlier seasons let sprawl.

The cognitive load sits in tracking shifting Targaryen and Hightower allegiances rather than in any thematic argument the series advances.

People & Production George R. R. Martin · Miguel Sapochnik · HBO 20 connections