What Serienjunkies does

Serienjunkies is a German-language online editorial portal focused on television series, operated by ID Metropolen News GmbH, a private limited company headquartered in Hamm, Germany. The site, founded in 2006, serves German-speaking TV series enthusiasts with daily news articles, editorial reviews, streaming premiere information, and a structured series database of approximately 6,005 titles spanning international and German productions, with sub-categories including 159 animated series.

The platform's product surface is built on a web-based editorial content management system and includes a series database with renewal and cancellation tracking (coverage spanning 2008-2026, with 115 renewals and 29 cancellations logged in 2026), a Serienplaner viewer-planning tool, popularity charts, an actor database (Serienstars), video and trailer content, a VOD/streaming availability guide spanning Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max, and other services, a film review section, a podcast, editorial interviews, and a glossary of streaming/TV industry terms. The technology stack is conventional web CMS; there is no mobile app, no public API, and no disclosed AI/ML components.

The business model is digital advertising on a free, open-access consumer property. Content is monetized through display advertising with no subscription, paywall, or e-commerce layer; community features are available after optional registration. The site operates as one of more than 70 digital properties within the IPPEN.MEDIA network, Germany's largest regional media platform, which provides shared infrastructure, ad sales, and cross-property distribution. Go-to-market is content-led and SEO-driven, targeting German-speaking readers via organic search and editorial publishing, with no outbound sales motion and no named enterprise or advertiser customers.

Name

Serienjunkies

Legal name

ID Metropolen News GmbH

Website

https://serienjunkies.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Serienjunkies is a German-language online TV series news portal and database serving German-speaking entertainment enthusiasts, operated by ID Metropolen News GmbH as part of the IPPEN.MEDIA network and monetized through free, ad-supported content.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Entertainment Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

National & General-Interest Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAA)

Keywords

• TV series news
• Entertainment media
• Streaming news
• Series database
• TV reviews

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Digital Advertising: The site generates revenue through digital advertising on its web platform. The content is freely accessible for private purposes, with monetization achieved through display advertising and potentially sponsored content.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Serienjunkies is a German-language online entertainment portal that publishes daily editorial news, reviews, and streaming updates about TV series and films. Its core offering is a comprehensive, freely accessible web platform combining an editorial news section with a large searchable series database (over 6,005 titles) that tracks renewals, cancellations, premiere dates, cast information, and streaming availability for German-speaking audiences.

Product overview

Serienjunkies is a German-language TV series news portal and comprehensive database operated by ID Metropolen News GmbH (part of IPPEN.MEDIA network). The core offering consists of the news portal delivering daily coverage of TV series, streaming content, and film news. The platform includes a series database with approximately 6,005 titles, featuring sub-products for tracking renewed series (Verlängerte Serien), cancelled series (Abgesetzte Serien), and newly added series. Additional features include a series planner, charts, reviews, podcast, actor database (Serienstars), video/trailer content, VOD/streaming guide, glossary, and interviews. The platform is ad-supported and free for private use, with a community area for registered users to engage with comments and forums.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Serienjunkies.de News Portal German-language online news portal delivering daily editorial coverage of TV series news, reviews, streaming premieres, renewals, cancellations, and entertainment industry updates, aimed at German-speaking TV series enthusiasts.
• Seriendatenbank (Series Database) Searchable database of approximately 6,005 TV series programs with information on cast, seasons, renewals, cancellations, and streaming availability, targeted at German-speaking TV series enthusiasts.
• Filmkritiken (Film Reviews) Editorial movie review section covering theatrical releases, streaming films, and DVD/Blu-ray titles with editorial ratings and commentary, targeted at German-speaking film and series enthusiasts.
• Serienjunkies-Podcast Audio podcast covering TV series discussions, episode reviews, and industry news, targeted at German-speaking TV series enthusiasts.
• Streams/VOD Guide Streaming platform guide that lists where to watch series across Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and other services, targeted at German-speaking viewers looking for streaming availability information.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IPPEN.MEDIAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSerienjunkies.de is operated by ID Metropolen News GmbH, which is part of the IPPEN.MEDIA network. IPPEN.MEDIA is described as Germany's largest and most reach-intensive network of regional media brands, encompassing around 30 daily newspapers and their local editions plus numerous purely digital brands. The network has over 70 websites and prints around 700,000 daily newspaper editions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Variety: Major entertainment industry news outlet with digital news, reviews, and analysis on TV/streaming content. Comparable as a digital entertainment editorial brand serving engaged consumers and the industry, monetized via advertising and subscriptions at substantially larger scale.
• Rotten Tomatoes: International film and TV reviews platform with editorial news, scores, and streaming guidance. While broader in scope and English-language, it operates a similar editorial + reviews + streaming-guide model with display advertising at significantly larger global scale than Serienjunkies.
• IGN Entertainment: Major digital publisher covering entertainment including TV and streaming content alongside gaming. Operates a broader multi-vertical editorial model than Serienjunkies but shares the same digital-first ad-supported editorial approach targeting entertainment enthusiasts.
• Deadline: Established entertainment industry news site covering TV, film, and streaming with original reporting, reviews, and editorial commentary. Competes indirectly with Serienjunkies for the entertainment-enthusiast audience with an advertising-supported digital editorial model.
• The Hollywood Reporter: Major entertainment media brand covering TV, streaming, and film with editorial news, reviews, and industry analysis. Shares the digital ad-supported editorial model targeting entertainment news consumers at a much larger English-language scale.

Direct peers

• TVLine: English-language TV news and reviews site covering renewals, cancellations, premieres, and streaming. Directly comparable to Serienjunkies in vertical-specific focus (TV series only), editorial format (renewal/cancellation tracking, reviews, premiere info), and digital advertising monetization.
• TVSpielfilm: Long-established German TV listings and entertainment news site covering TV programs, series, and streaming. Directly comparable in terms of German-language editorial coverage of TV series, schedules, and editorial reviews, monetized via advertising.
• Moviepilot: German film and series community/news site with editorial coverage, user reviews, and streaming recommendations. Competes in the same niche as Serienjunkies for German-speaking series enthusiasts with similar content formats (news, reviews, lists, charts) and an ad-supported business model.
• Kino.de: German entertainment media portal covering cinema releases, streaming/series news, and reviews. Competes with Serienjunkies in the German-language entertainment news vertical with comparable content categories (film/series reviews, VOD coverage, editorial news) and digital advertising monetization.
• Filmstarts: German-language film and series reviews, news, and VOD coverage portal. Directly comparable to Serienjunkies as a German entertainment vertical serving the same consumer audience with overlapping content (reviews, streaming guides, news) and a digital advertising model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/serienjunkies
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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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