It's been a while since I updated this blog.
We've been releasing our monthly series of Harris Buzz reports in the meantime.
As always, this is a monthly survey of awareness and excitement surrounding the latest releases in entertainment, media and technology using a nationally representative Harris Poll of 2,000 GB respondents.
The most recent report is our May 2014 report. This and all previous report can be found here.
Our May report is our 40th edition, spanning over 3 years of Buzz reporting, testing over 500 entertainment and device releases and other news in the sector.
We measure awareness, discussion and excitement for each item on Buzz.
Shown below is our all-time list for Excitement across all 40 editions. Everything is tested as close to release as possible to make a fair comparison.
We've been releasing our monthly series of Harris Buzz reports in the meantime.
As always, this is a monthly survey of awareness and excitement surrounding the latest releases in entertainment, media and technology using a nationally representative Harris Poll of 2,000 GB respondents.
The most recent report is our May 2014 report. This and all previous report can be found here.
Our May report is our 40th edition, spanning over 3 years of Buzz reporting, testing over 500 entertainment and device releases and other news in the sector.
We measure awareness, discussion and excitement for each item on Buzz.
Shown below is our all-time list for Excitement across all 40 editions. Everything is tested as close to release as possible to make a fair comparison.
| % excited about this | |
| London 2012 opening | 65 |
| Skyfall movie | 48 |
| EURO 2012 | 47 |
| Final Harry Potter | 41 |
| The Hobbit movie | 41 |
| Iron Man 3 movie | 39 |
| Olympic torch relay | 39 |
| Stars at Jubilee concert | 37 |
| New series of Dr Who | 36 |
| Dark Knight Rises movie | 36 |
| The Voice UK launched | 36 |
| Dr Who 50th Anniversary | 35 |
| Men In Black 3 movie | 35 |
| Sherlock S03 on BBC1 | 34 |
| Star Trek Into Darkness | 33 |
| Goal-line technology | 33 |
| Murray loses Wimbledon | 33 |
| Felix Baumgartner dive | 32 |
| Britain’s Got Talent | 32 |
| The Hobbit 2 movie | 31 |
| Despicable Me 2 | 31 |
| Comic Relief 2013 | 31 |
| Man of Steel | 30 |
| Amazing Spider-Man | 30 |
| Brits 2012 | 30 |
| Freeview HD | 30 |
| Bourne Legacy movie | 29 |
| Prometheus movie | 29 |
| Oscars 2012 | 29 |
| The Inbetweeners Movie | 29 |
| 3D TV sets | 29 |
| iPad 2 | 29 |
| Wiggins wins BBC Sport | 29 |
| The Wolverine movie | 28 |
| Baftas 2012 | 28 |
| Les Misérables movie | 28 |
| Matt Smith last Dr Who | 27 |
| Mrs Brown’s Boys ratings | 27 |
| Fast & Furious 6 movie | 27 |
| Amazing Spiderman 2 | 26 |
| Murray Sports Person’y | 26 |
| Peter Capaldi Dr. Who | 26 |
| Life of Pi movie | 26 |
| 12 Yrs a Slave best film | 25 |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | 25 |
| iPhone 5 | 25 |
| Ice Age 4 movie | 25 |
| The New iPad | 25 |
| World War Z movie | 24 |
| The Great Gatsby movie | 24 |
| Lincoln movie | 24 |
| Avengers Assemble | 24 |
| DAB Radio | 24 |
| iPad | 24 |
| Captain America 2 | 23 |
| 12 Years a Slave movie | 23 |
| PlayStation 4 launched | 23 |
| The World’s End movie | 23 |
| The Hobbit preview | 23 |
| Amazon Kindle Touch | 23 |
| Firefox 4 launched | 23 |
| Hunger Games: CF movie | 23 |
| Game of Thrones series 4 | 22 |
| Robocop (2014 remake) | 22 |
| Grand Theft Auto V game | 22 |
| Oscars 2013 | 22 |
| Sony PS4 announced | 22 |
| Star Wars/Disney deal | 22 |
| Netflix in UK | 22 |
| Sites go offline for SOPA | 22 |
| Children in Need concert | 22 |
| London 2012 tickets | 22 |
| Nintendo 3DS | 22 |
| IE9 launched | 22 |
| Smart TV | 22 |
| Golden Globes 2012 | 22 |
| Xbox Kinect | 22 |
| Noah Movie | 21 |
| Frozen Movie | 21 |
| Xbox One launched | 21 |
| iPhone 5S/5C | 21 |
| Alex Ferguson retires | 21 |
| Xbox One announced | 21 |
| Oblivion film | 21 |
| Windows 8 launched | 21 |
| 4G UK | 21 |
| Expendables II movie | 21 |
| Call of Duty: MW3 game | 21 |
| iPhone 4S | 21 |
| Star Wars: Ep VII date | 21 |
| Android-based tablets | 21 |
| David Moyes sacked | 20 |
| #nomakeupselfie | 20 |
| Homeland series 3 | 20 |
| BBC One +1 channel | 20 |
| Samsung Galaxy S4 unveil | 20 |
| Brits 2013 | 20 |
| Wreck-It Ralph movie | 20 |
| Fifty Shades of Grey | 20 |
| Hunger Games movie | 20 |
| Spotify | 20 |
| Windows 7 Mobile | 20 |
| Sky 3D Channel | 20 |
| CoD: Black Ops game | 20 |
| iPhone 4 | 20 |
| Anchorman 2 movie | 19 |
| Olympus Has Fallen | 19 |
| The Croods movie | 19 |
| Twilight: Part 2 movie | 19 |
| iPad Mini | 19 |
| iPlayer downloads | 19 |
| The Sweeney movie | 19 |
| Kindle Fire UK | 19 |
| Samsung Galaxy Note | 19 |
| UK’s first 4G network | 19 |
| Rock of Ages movie | 19 |
| Titanic 3D movie | 19 |
| PS Vita | 19 |
| Apple iPad Air | 19 |
| Murdoch questions | 19 |
| Amazon Kindle Fire | 19 |
| Microsoft buy Skype | 19 |
| Kindle eBook | 19 |
| Louis Smith wins SCD | 19 |
| Muppets Most Wanted | 18 |
| PlayStation 4 price £349 | 18 |
| Internet ‘trolls’ identified | 18 |
| CoD: Black Ops 2 game | 18 |
| Jimmy Carr tax | 18 |
| Nexus 7 tablet | 18 |
| Samsung Galaxy S3 | 18 |
| Murdoch not a fit person | 18 |
| Google Chromebooks | 18 |
| James Arthur X Factor | 18 |
| BBC Two celebrate 50 yrs | 17 |
| Need for Speed movie | 17 |
| Harry Potter screenplay | 17 |
| Pornography filters | 17 |
| Evil Dead 2013 movie | 17 |
| Warner Bros. Studio Tour | 17 |
| Windows 8 preview | 17 |
| Star Wars films on BD | 17 |
| Google Cloud music | 17 |
| Nokia E7 smartphone | 17 |
| Call of Duty: Ghosts game | 17 |
| Sony Ericsson Xperia Play | 17 |
| 3D Blu-ray players | 17 |
| Hillsborough song | 17 |
| Jack Reacher movie | 17 |
| Samsung Galaxy S5 | 16 |
| Abbey Clancy Strictly win | 16 |
| X-Factor Sam Bailey #1 | 16 |
| Secret Life of W. Mitty | 16 |
| Assassin’s Creed IV game | 16 |
| FIFA 14 game | 16 |
| Rush movie | 16 |
| JJ Abrams Star Wars | 16 |
| Leveson Report | 16 |
| FIFA 13 game | 16 |
| Windows 8 pre-launch | 16 |
| Stone Roses tour | 16 |
| MS Surface preview | 16 |
| Asteroid mining | 16 |
| Facebook “Timeline” | 16 |
| Nintendo unveil ‘Wii U’ | 16 |
| BlackBerry PlayBook | 16 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab | 16 |
| LA Noire game | 16 |
| Portal 2 game | 16 |
| American Hustle movie | 15 |
| Samsung Galaxy Note 3 | 15 |
| Bowie The Next Day | 15 |
| Zero Dark Thirty movie | 15 |
| Nintendo Wii U launch | 15 |
| Assassin’s Creed III game | 15 |
| Res Evil: Retribution | 15 |
| Samsung fined | 15 |
| “ACTA” rejection | 15 |
| Google TV UK | 15 |
| Muse Olympic song | 15 |
| Wii U console revealed | 15 |
| HTC One launched | 15 |
| Battlefield 3 video game | 15 |
| Apple iCloud | 15 |
| Blinkbox launched | 15 |
| Nokia/MS partnership | 15 |
| TV Licence non payment | 14 |
| Samsung Smart Home | 14 |
| Next generation iPlayer | 14 |
| E3 gaming conference | 14 |
| Windows 8 update | 14 |
| Robbie Williams #1 | 14 |
| Nintendo ‘3DS XL’ | 14 |
| MacBooks revamped | 14 |
| Windows 8.1 launched | 14 |
| Kinect: Star Wars game | 14 |
| Resident Evil 6 trailer | 14 |
| Kinect for PCs launch | 14 |
| Facebook new design | 14 |
| Big Brother re-launched | 14 |
| Fable III game | 14 |
| PS Vita unveiled | 14 |
| “Quick Tap” | 14 |
| Vevo launched | 14 |
| Amazon Cloud Player | 14 |
| Django Unchained movie | 14 |
| 2014 FIFA World Cup game | 13 |
| England lose Ashes 0-5 | 13 |
| Gran Turismo 6 game | 13 |
| Samsung smartwatch | 13 |
| Gravity movie | 13 |
| Apple iOS7 | 13 |
| BBC TV Centre closes | 13 |
| Sam Gal Note 8 unveil | 13 |
| Tomb Raider game | 13 |
| Rise of the Guardians | 13 |
| Need for Speed game | 13 |
| Surface launch | 13 |
| BBC iPlayer Radio | 13 |
| HTC beat Apple | 13 |
| London 2012 game | 13 |
| YouView launch | 13 |
| Google Drive | 13 |
| Battlefield 4 game | 13 |
| Game chain bust | 13 |
| The Sun on Sunday | 13 |
| Facebook plan to float | 13 |
| Megaupload taken down | 13 |
| Batman: Arkham City | 13 |
| Apple Siri software | 13 |
| Windows 8 unveiled | 13 |
| Google+ | 13 |
| Crysis 2 game | 13 |
| Halo: Reach game | 13 |
| BT Vision | 13 |
| Lego Marvel game | 13 |
| MS Office for iPad | 12 |
| BBC Three dropped | 12 |
| Dallas Buyers Club movie | 12 |
| Samsung Curve | 12 |
| Tesco launch Hudl tablet | 12 |
| JK Rowling Author reveal | 12 |
| Xbox One price £429 | 12 |
| Psy ‘Gentleman’ single | 12 |
| BlackBerry 10 revealed | 12 |
| Halo 4 game | 12 |
| Hitman: Absolution game | 12 |
| Resident Evil 6 game | 12 |
| Optimus 4X HD | 12 |
| Prince Harry naked | 12 |
| MS Outlook relaunch | 12 |
| Microsoft SmartGlass | 12 |
| Nokia Lumia launched | 12 |
| Batman: Arkham Origins | 12 |
| Facebook shares | 12 |
| O2 mobile wallet | 12 |
| Mass Effect 3 game | 12 |
| PM backs UK film wins | 12 |
| FIFA 12 game | 12 |
| HP TouchPad | 12 |
| Motorola Xoom | 12 |
| UK Radioplayer | 12 |
| Charlie Sheen in news | 12 |
| Homefront game | 12 |
| BBM app in iOS/Android | 12 |
| Nexus 5 smartphone | 12 |
| Google Chrome OS | 12 |
| LEGO: Hobbit games | 11 |
| HTC One M8 | 11 |
| Dead Rising 3 game | 11 |
| Forza 5 game | 11 |
| Football Manager ‘14 | 11 |
| Xperia Z1 goes on sale | 11 |
| Microsoft U-turn | 11 |
| Daft Punk album | 11 |
| BioShock Infinite game | 11 |
| SimCity game | 11 |
| Far Cry 3 game | 11 |
| Nexus 4 | 11 |
| HTC One unveiled | 11 |
| Cloud Atlas movie | 11 |
| Nexus 10 | 11 |
| Sleeping Dogs game | 11 |
| Apple Mountain Lion | 11 |
| Chris Moyles leaves | 11 |
| Max Payne 3 game | 11 |
| HTC Flyer tablet | 11 |
| Warner films on FB | 11 |
| ‘The Daily’ on iPad | 11 |
| Apple TV | 11 |
| Fallout: New Vegas game | 11 |
| Digital display screens | 11 |
| Titanfall video game | 10 |
| Facebook buy WhatsApp | 10 |
| PES 2014 game | 10 |
| Microsoft buy Nokia | 10 |
| BBC launch 5 HD ch’s | 10 |
| Facebook Home | 10 |
| Star Trek game | 10 |
| Trance movie | 10 |
| New Super Mario game | 10 |
| Stones GRRR! Album | 10 |
| Lumia 920 | 10 |
| HTC Windows | 10 |
| PS3 Slimmed | 10 |
| Google piracy search rank | 10 |
| Darksiders ll game | 10 |
| Guild Wars 2 game | 10 |
| Microsoft buy Yammer | 10 |
| Microsoft Xbox Music | 10 |
| Digital Economy Act delay | 10 |
| Facebook app store | 10 |
| Project Glass unveiled | 10 |
| Roaming costs capped | 10 |
| Nokia 808 revealed | 10 |
| BBC TV download service | 10 |
| 60s/70s Absolute Radio | 10 |
| Google Music in USA | 10 |
| YouTube movie rentals | 10 |
| Gears of War 3 game | 10 |
| Sony Move | 10 |
| Google TV | 10 |
| BBC News site redesign | 10 |
| Windows phone 8.1 | 8 |
| Amazon Prime rebrand | 9 |
| Samsung smartwatches | 9 |
| Justin Bieber arrested | 9 |
| PS Vita Slim released | 9 |
| Beyoncé album | 9 |
| Killzone: Shadow Fall | 9 |
| YouTube Awards | 9 |
| KitKat Android | 9 |
| Nintendo 2DS | 9 |
| The Last of Us game | 9 |
| Defiance series/game | 9 |
| LOVEFiLM pilots | 9 |
| Gears of War: Judgement | 9 |
| Peter Kay sitcom iPlayer | 9 |
| One Direction #1 | 9 |
| Crysis 3 game | 9 |
| Nokia Lumia 1520/1320 | 9 |
| Entwistle resigns | 9 |
| Football Manager ‘13 | 9 |
| Ultra HD/4K TV sets | 9 |
| Madden NFL 13 game | 9 |
| Diablo 3 game | 9 |
| Flame virus | 9 |
| Official Charts streams | 9 |
| MDNA album | 9 |
| Facebook buy Instagram | 9 |
| Virgin Media Tube wi-fi | 9 |
| Google Play | 9 |
| Rage game | 9 |
| 3D Wimbledon on BBC | 9 |
| Skype on Facebook | 9 |
| Sonic the H-hog 20 years | 9 |
| “.xxx” sex domain | 9 |
| Qriocity | 9 |
| Google One Pass | 9 |
| Steam (gaming service) | 9 |
| Samsung Galaxy | 9 |
| Amazon Fire TV | 8 |
| Amazon smartphone | 8 |
| Infamous: Second Son | 8 |
| Dark Souls 2 | 8 |
| Xbox One price cut | 8 |
| Nokia Android phones | 8 |
| Sony Xperia Z2 | 8 |
| LOVEFiLM series, Copper | 8 |
| Runner Runner movie | 8 |
| Saints Row IV game | 8 |
| Rayman Legends | 8 |
| Nokia tablet, Lumia 2520 | 8 |
| Nokia Lumia 925 slim | 8 |
| Chromebook Pixel unveil | 8 |
| BT buys ESPN channels | 8 |
| Sony unveils Xperia Z | 8 |
| Daft Punk #1 | 8 |
| Facebook email | 8 |
| Live Messenger closure | 8 |
| Madonna booed | 8 |
| Ouya console unveiled | 8 |
| Sony touchless display | 8 |
| YouView | 8 |
| "Newport" Jay-Z spoof | 8 |
| ‘Viva Forever' musical | 8 |
| Kinect Sports Rivals game | 7 |
| Metal Gear Solid V | 7 |
| Inside Lleywn Davis | 7 |
| Sky offers free tablet | 7 |
| NBA 2K14 game | 7 |
| Wuaki.tv launches in UK | 7 |
| Total War: Rome II game | 7 |
| Nokia Lumia 1020 | 7 |
| Now TV streaming box | 7 |
| Blu-ray disc successor | 7 |
| Marvel Heroes game | 7 |
| Yahoo! buys Tumblr | 7 |
| Google paid music serv. | 7 |
| Yahoo! buys Summly app | 7 |
| DmC game | 7 |
| NI wins football rights | 7 |
| Girls Aloud Ten album | 7 |
| Nintendo Land game | 7 |
| PS A-S B Royale game | 7 |
| Dishonored game | 7 |
| Led Zeppelin DVD | 7 |
| Piracy Hotspots | 7 |
| BT told block pirate sites | 7 |
| Deus Ex: HR game | 7 |
| HP to focus on software | 7 |
| Bing | 7 |
| #WatchOnSky | 6 |
| Facebook buys Oculus | 6 |
| Google sells Motorola | 6 |
| Facebook ‘Paper’ app | 6 |
| Halo: Spartan Assault | 6 |
| Jolla smartphone | 6 |
| Steve Ballmer to retire | 6 |
| Grid 2 video game | 6 |
| YouTube paid sub. | 6 |
| HP Slate 7 | 6 |
| Twitter #Music launch | 6 |
| Sky buys O2 business | 6 |
| HP Music | 6 |
| Xbox Music | 6 |
| BlackBerry music service | 6 |
| FA Cup on Facebook | 6 |
| Google buy Motorola | 6 |
| Dell Streak | 6 |
| Nvidia game device unveil | 6 |
| The Wolf Among Us | 5 |
| Snapchat hack | 5 |
| Disney Infinity game | 5 |
| Google Chromecast | 5 |
| Intel ‘Haswell’ processors | 5 |
| Remember Me game | 5 |
| Huawei Ascend P6 | 5 |
| nVidia launch ‘Shield’ | 5 |
| Dell takeover bids | 5 |
| O2 Tu Go app | 5 |
| Facebook Graph search | 5 |
| Sightseers movie | 5 |
| NBA 2K13 game | 5 |
| Tweet Store | 5 |
| UK HuffPo launched | 5 |
| Google Buzz | 5 |
| Virgin Gaming | 5 |
| Digital sales over £1b | 5 |
| The Sun/O2 4G deals | 4 |
| HP reveal VoiceTab | 4 |
| Lords of Shadow 2 game | 4 |
| ITV launch ITV Encore | 4 |
| Lilyhammer S2 on Netflix | 4 |
| Company of Heroes 2 | 4 |
| Nokia Music + | 4 |
| World of Warcraft free | 4 |
| Myspace sold for £35M | 4 |
| Painkiller: H&D game | 4 |
| Twitter launches Vine | 3 |
| Snapchat mobile app | 3 |
| Mflow | 3 |
| Asda remove Wii U | 2 |
