What is Spy x Family's IQ Score?

Spy x Family has an IQ Score of 129/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 38/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 19/50 Educational Value, and 42/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Spy x Family educational?

Spy x Family is low on educational value, 19/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Spy x Family , IQ Score 129/200

Spy x Family has an IQ Score of 129/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MPH·Updated 2026-06-06·Methodology

animecomedyaction

129/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Methodology reviewed by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician scientist. Master of Public Health, with substantial coursework in research methodology. Reviews the rubric and its application across the adult catalog.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

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

Database scale

2,324 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Tatsuya Endo's manga adapted by Wit Studio / CloverWorks as one of the most carefully-balanced family-comedy-action anime of the 2020s. The structural premise, a spy, an assassin, and a telepath form a fake family for mission cover, each unaware of the others' real identities, is rendered with comic precision the genre typically can't sustain.

Anya's child-perspective narration is the formal anchor.

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