Give every segment its own interest score

A two-hour show can contain about eight different things. One average across the whole night cannot tell you whether the cold open earned its place, the interview ran long, or the segment you nearly cut was the one people came for. Those decisions need a score for each part.

With segments, you name what the room is rating before or during each part of the show. The interest score attaches to that name instead of the whole night. Move to the next segment and the votes reset, giving the next part a clean reading. The same separation keeps the dashboard clear while you are live: the label beside the meter names what the room is reacting to, and the saved result uses that name when you review it later.

Plan the running order

Write the full rundown before the show. Each segment is one line that you can drag into order, then follow from the dashboard as the show progresses. Add as many segments as you need; there is no cap on any plan, including free.

The rundown stays editable while you are on air. Add, rename, or reorder segments as the conversation changes. If the show moves somewhere better than planned, name what you actually ended up doing and keep its score under that name.

Start each segment with a clean reading

Starting a new segment clears the existing votes. A listener who rated the interview a 9 has not rated the news round-up that follows. Resetting prevents that 9 from carrying forward and making the next segment look like the previous one.

Votes also expire after an interval you choose. Someone who moved the slider forty minutes ago and stopped paying attention stops counting toward the current score. Resets separate one segment from the next; expiry keeps each segment’s reading focused on the people still there.

Compare segments after the show

After a few shows, segment history gives you a more useful comparison than ten episode averages sitting within half a point of each other. You can see that listener questions consistently outscore the interview, the sponsor read costs less than you feared, or the cold open is the weakest part each week.

• Compare like with like. Track the same recurring segment across weeks instead of comparing one whole show with another. The audience, day, and length are then roughly controlled for.
• Find the shape of an episode. See where scores rise and fall within the show, then decide where to place the segment people came for.
• Test a change. Move a segment, run it three times, and compare the result. It is the closest a live show gets to an experiment.

The free plan keeps seven days of segment history, enough to review the show you just finished. Every paid plan keeps the full history needed for week-to-week comparisons. See show analytics for the complete view.

Move from draft to live to ended

A show moves through three states: draft while you are planning it, live while it is on, and ended after you stop. The rundown stays private in draft. Going live is when the meter appears on your public page.

Schedule a show ahead of time to put a countdown on the public page for early listeners. A show left running ends automatically after 24 hours through the normal stop path, so its scores and roll call still settle normally.