How we count

Listings and tickets listed

A listing is one seller's offer of tickets in one section, at one asking price. Tickets listed is the sum of the tickets in every listing. One listing can hold one ticket or twenty.

Daily readings and days to the event

Each event gets one reading a day. Days to the event counts from the reading to the event date: 0 is event day. Each event page shows every daily reading from 14 or more days, and an event enters the sample only with 20 or more listings on its first reading.

The typical path

For past US events with 20 or more listings 30 days out, we divide each day's tickets listed by the event's own count 30 days out. The typical path is the median of those shares on each day, and the band is the middle half of events. The concert curve covers 2,687 past concerts. A league or genre gets its own curve only with 50 or more past events.

A count that falls means listings left the market.

Level

A Level is the tier of the house a section sits on: Floor, Lower Level, Club, Upper Level, Orchestra, Mezzanine, Balcony and the names each venue uses. We name it in this order, and never guess:

1. the tier our seat map draws the section in;
2. else the level words in the section's own name, such as First Mezzanine;
3. else the first digit of a three-digit section number: 314 is on the 300 Level.

A listing labeled general admission or standing room with no other Level counts on a General Admission or Standing Room Level. An event shows its Level bar only when we can name the Level of at least 80% of its tickets listed; 95 of the 100 events qualify.

Limited view and Unassigned seats

Limited view is a marketplace's statement that a listing's seats see the stage or field only in part. Marketplaces print it as limited, obstructed or partial view; we count all of them as Limited view.

Unassigned seats is a listing that offers tickets in a named section without specific seats yet. Both labels count in every number on this site, and the shares are percent of listings.

Marketplaces side by side

Event pages also show how many tickets StubHub, SeatGeek, Gametime, GoTickets and Ticketmaster resale had listed. Each is that marketplace's own count. We show them side by side and never add them up.

What this site leaves out

No prices. This site counts supply: how many tickets are listed, where in the house and when.

Questions

Can you list tickets on multiple sites at once?

Yes. Sellers often list the same tickets on several marketplaces at once. That is why we show each marketplace’s count side by side and never add them up.

Why do some events have no Level bar?

We show the Level bar only when we can name the Level of at least 80% of the tickets listed.