The 2026 releases, ranked: "is everything woke"? The data says no
We rated 767 releases from 2026 across all 14 axes. The result cuts against both sides of the debate: 98.6% carry no explicit ideological content — and the year is cleaner than the catalog itself.
Every release season reignites the same question: "is everything woke now?". Instead of answering on vibes, we measured. We ran 767 movies and series released in 2026 through ValorScore’s 14 content axes — and the number that came out cuts against both "it’s in everything" and "it doesn’t exist".
The number that cuts against both sides
98.6% of 2026 releases carry no explicit ideological content. Only 1.4% do — and just 0.3% at a high level. The year’s average Woke reading (0.8 on a 0–100 scale) is less than half the whole catalog’s average (1.8). In other words: 2026 isn’t "all woke" — it’s cleaner than the historical catalog. The load isn’t spread out; it’s concentrated in a handful of titles.
The year’s best no-agenda releases
At the top of the 2026 ValorScore sit exactly the big releases: the Game of Thrones prequel, the new Super Mario movie, the Peaky Blinders film, the Yellowstone spin-off — all with strong audience scores and low ideological content. The full, always-updated list of the best-rated releases is in the selections below.
A note on method: the Woke Score sums four ideological axes and gets weight only when there is concrete evidence from the work itself. It’s opinion with evidence, not a verdict — each title carries its per-axis analysis, open for you to check and disagree.