Watch History
Is there a way to actually check activity or change the watch date?
Simkl provides a way to track and document your watch history, helping you keep up with your favorite shows. It offers new features such as sorting by last watched, watch history activity, view recently visited pages, viewing watched dates, and shows last watched in the Table View in addition to watch dates on other pages.
Instead of being a simple “watched/unwatched” log, Watch History is designed as a living timeline that records time, progress, ratings, and behavior across movies, TV shows, and anime.
Whether you manually log titles, sync automatically via scrobblers, or mix both, SIMKL keeps a precise, transparent, and editable record of your viewing activity.
You can check your recent watch activity in the Recently Watched section of your Profile Dashboard. Or Sort your watchlist in V2 Beta by My Last Watched.
Viewing Your Watch History
Simkl allows users to see when they last watched a show or episode in multiple locations:
In your Dashboard in Recently Watched.
Show and Movie Summary Pages – Displays your last watched date and episode progress.
Episode Pages – Shows the date and time you watched specific episodes.
V2 Beta Table View – When filters are hidden, you can see the watched date for each show in your watchlist.
My Watch History Page: Your central timeline showing everything you’ve watched—TV episodes, anime episodes, and movies—organized by date.
Playback Progress Manager - Displays paused or unfinished watches from scrobblers and connected apps. This is where “Continue Watching” data lives, including progress %, remaining time, and last watched timestamps.
Sorting by Last Watched - Available across lists, watchlists, auto lists, and table views.
And several other places...
Watch History Overview on SIMKL
SIMKL Watch History is not a single page, but a collection of connected tools designed to give you full visibility and control over your viewing activity.
Each section focuses on a specific aspect of how, when, and why you watch content.
Together, they form a complete behavioral timeline that powers recommendations, statistics, progress tracking, and discovery.
Below is an overview of each feature:
1. My Watch History
Your complete viewing timeline
My Watch History is the central hub of SIMKL’s tracking system. It shows everything you’ve watched movies, TV episodes, and anime in a single chronological timeline.
Unlike simple “watched” lists, this page records exact watch dates and times, allowing you to understand not just what you watched, but when.
You can filter your history by:
Content type (Movies, TV, Anime)
Year and month
Viewing format customizations
This makes it easy to answer questions like:
What did I watch last month?
What shows did I binge this year?
How often do I switch between movies and TV?
Because this page pulls data from manual entries, scrobblers, and imports, it acts as your single source of detailed history.
Over time, My Watch History becomes a personal entertainment journal far more reliable than memory and far more detailed than basic watchlists.
2. View & Edit Watch History Dates
Full control over when something was watched
Edit Watch History Dates exists because real viewing habits aren’t always clean or automatic. Sometimes you forget to log something, import old data, binge offline, or rewatch content later.
SIMKL allows you to edit and correct watch dates, ensuring your history reflects reality not technical limitations.
With this feature, you can:
Backdate watches you forgot to log
Fix incorrect timestamps from imports or scrobblers
Adjust dates after rewatches or marathons
Correct timezone-related discrepancies
This is especially important for users who:
Migrated from another tracking platform
Watch offline or on shared devices
Care about long-term statistics and accuracy
Unlike platforms that lock watch dates permanently, SIMKL treats your history as user-owned data. You decide what’s accurate.
This flexibility ensures that stats, recommendations, and timelines remain meaningful even years later.
3. Recently Visited Page
A browsing activity timeline
Recently Visited Pages tracks what you explored on SIMKL, not what you watched. This includes title pages, lists, and profiles you opened while browsing the site.
The page organizes activity by:
Time of day (morning, night, etc.)
Date
Page type (title, list, member, etc.)
This solves a common problem:
“I saw something interesting earlier, what was it?”
Instead of relying on memory or browser history, SIMKL gives you a platform-aware browsing timeline. This is especially useful for discovery sessions, research, or list curation, where you may explore many titles without watching them immediately.
Recently Visited Pages bridges the gap between intent and action, helping you return to ideas you were considering but didn’t act on yet.
4. Ratings (Rate, those Unrated titles)
Everything you’ve rated, in one place
The Ratings page is a structured archive of every rating you’ve given across movies, TV shows, and anime. It doesn’t just show scores it preserves context, including when you rated something.
From this page, you can:
View all ratings chronologically
Sort by score or date
Analyze yearly rating trends
This makes it easy to:
Revisit titles you loved
Find titles, you havent rated yet
Ratings on SIMKL are deeply connected to recommendations, ranking algorithms, and friend comparisons. Having them centralized allows you to audit your own preferences, refine discovery results, and maintain consistency across years of viewing history.
5. Playback Progress Manager
Centralized control for unfinished and paused watches
Not every movie, episode, or anime gets finished in one sitting and SIMKL is designed around that reality. The Playback Progress Manager acts as a centralized hub where all paused, stopped, or partially watched content is collected and managed across your connected apps and devices.
Unlike regular watch history (which tracks completed items), the Playback Progress Manager focuses exclusively on in-progress viewing sessions.
These sessions are created automatically when playback is paused or stopped before completion (under 80% watched), allowing SIMKL to remember exactly where you left off.
This feature becomes especially powerful when combined with SIMKL’s Scrobble & Playback APIs, enabling seamless resume behavior across devices and apps.
Here: https://simkl.com/my/history/playback-progress-manager/
What the Playback Progress Manager shows
The Playback Progress Manager lists all active playback sessions detected from supported scrobblers and apps. For each entry, you can clearly see:
The title and episode/movie
Playback progress percentage
Remaining time
Last updated timestamp
Source app or scrobbler (e.g., Plex, Kodi, browser extension)
This makes it easy to distinguish between:
Something you paused minutes ago
Something you abandoned weeks ago
Something you may want to clean up entirely
The page only appears when at least one playback session exists, keeping the interface clean when there’s nothing to manage.
Playback Progress Manager is SIMKL’s solution for modern, fragmented viewing habits. Whether you pause mid-episode, switch devices, or abandon a watch entirely, your progress is tracked, preserved, and manageable all without polluting your permanent watch history.
It ensures unfinished content stays useful, visible, and intentional, making SIMKL not just a tracker, but a true companion to how people actually watch media today.
6. Quick View Stats on Title Page
Instant watch insights, without digging
Every title page on SIMKL includes Quick View Watch Stats, giving you immediate insight into your personal viewing history for that specific movie or show.
Example:
On any Movie Page, that you watched: https://simkl.com/movies/81500/the-avengers
On any Episode Page, that you watched: https://simkl.com/tv/548312/stranger-things/season-1/episode-1/
These stats include:
First watched date
Last watched date
Total time spent watching
Time taken to finish
This information appears without navigating away, making it easy to understand your relationship with a title at a glance.
Quick View Stats turn static title pages into personal analytics panels, blending discovery with self-awareness.
7. Sort By Last Watched
Chronological intelligence across SIMKL
Sorting by Last Watched transforms lists from static collections into living timelines. Instead of guessing what you last interacted with, SIMKL lets you sort content based on real viewing behavior.
How to View Watched Dates in V2 Beta Table View
Navigate to My TV Shows, My Anime or My Movies from your Profile.
Ensure you are in Table View.
Hide filters to reveal the watched date column.
Sort by Last Episode Air Date or other preferences.
Sorting by Last Watched
V2 Beta supports sorting by last watched date within the Table View.
To access this feature, go to My TV Shows and select Table View.
This option is currently available for PRO and VIP users in beta testing.
You can sort by:
My Last Watched
Friend’s Last Watched
Progress percentage
Episodes left
Time spent watching
This is especially useful for:
Finding abandoned shows
Resuming paused series
Prioritizing what to continue next
By applying behavioral sorting across watchlists, TV lists, and discovery pages, SIMKL helps you focus on what actually matters right now, not just what you added years ago.
8. Recently Watched in My Stats
Turning watch history into meaningful insights
The Recently Watched section inside My Stats adds an analytical layer on top of your watch history. It transforms raw activity into clear, human-readable summaries of when, and what you watch.
This feature automatically aggregates data from:
TV episodes
Anime episodes or film
Movies
Social & sharing value
SIMKL allows users to:
Share weekly or lifetime stats externally
Compare activity with friends
Use Recently Watched as a conversation starter
This bridges personal tracking with community engagement, something most platforms keep separate.
Watch freely, SIMKL remembers the details.
SIMKL Watch History is designed for people who want clarity, control, and insight not just checkmarks. Each section plays a specific role, but together they create a complete, editable, and intelligent record of your viewing life.
You watch. SIMKL remembers: precisely, transparently, and intelligently.
Additional Resources
For more details, visit the Simkl V2 Beta Documentation to learn about custom layouts and view designs.
This documentation will be updated as new features are added to Simkl's watch history tracking system.
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