Hype Index Updates: February 2023

Another month, another refresh of our Pinball Hype Index! We have now reviewed 41,235 pieces of content discussing potential pinball themes (covering about 7 full years of data). There are a total of 1,624 unique IPs tracked in our system (we have only published the top 200 or so in our public index).

Top 10 Pinball Themes for February 2023:

1. Back to the Future
2. Jaws
3. Venom
4. Evil Dead
5. Harry Potter
6. Beetlejuice
7. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
8. The Goonies
9. Ozzy Osbourne
10. Black Sabbath

Biggest Jumps (top 200):

1. Wayne's World (+150)
2. Galactic Tank Force (+41)
3. The Godfather (+27)
4. Christine (+18)
5. Christmas Vacation (+17)
6. Home Alone (+17)
7. Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors (+13)
8. Beavis & Butt-Head (+11)
9. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (+11)
10. Hello Kitty (+10)

Biggest Jumps (whole index):

1. The Real Ghostbusters (+808)
2. The Civil War (+758)
3. Saved by the Bell (+685)
4. MacGyver (+631)
5. Kenny G (+562)
6. Madonna (+499)
7. Backstreet Boys (+499)
8. Home Improvement (+430)
9. MacGruber (+405)
10. Batman vs Superman (+372)

Biggest Drops (top 200):

1. Metroid (-6)
2. Get Smart (-5)
3. Tales of the Arabian Nights (-4)
4. Universal Studios Monsters (-4)
5. Hellraiser (-4)
6. The Exorcist (-4)
7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (-4)
8. Labyrinth (-4)
9. Night of the Living Dead (-4)
10. Kill Bill (-4)

Biggest Drops (whole index):

1. Terrifier (-10)
2. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (-10)
3. Haunted House Party (-10)
4. Re-Animator (-10)
5. Gilligan's Island (-10)
6. Scott Pilgrim (-10)
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (-10)
8. N.W.A (-10)
9. Schitt's Creek (-10)
10. Nickleback (-10)

Pinball Themes New to the Index:

1. Anpanman
2. Winnie the pooh
3. King of the Hill
4. NCIS
5. The Last of Us
6. Cypress Hill
7. Dirty Smelly Hippies
8. Weed Smoking Drop-outs
9. 420: The Pin
10. Ganga Queens
11. Mari Jane
12. Presidents of the United States of America
13. Eric Church
14. The Masters
15. UFC
16. Severance
17. Streetsharks
18. Zippo
19. Weed Smoking Hippies
20. X-Men (classic)
21. X-Files
22. Nsync
23. O-Town
24. 98 Degrees
25. Drake
26. Rihanna
27. The Net
28. Double Dare
29. Legends of the Hidden Temple
30. Nerf
31. Diablo
32. Spider-Man Animated Series
33. Social Justice Warriors
34. Wallace & Gromit
35. Centaur 3
36. White Water 2
37. Krampus