Episode Atlas
16 May 2026
Community progress, visit streaks, and trending episodes
Episode Atlas is more than a catalogue. Signed-in fans can climb watch ranks, collect visit streak badges, share a public mission profile, and see which episodes the community has been rewatching this week. Here is how it all fits together.
Watch rank — how much of the fleet have you logged?
Your watch rank reflects how many distinct Star Trek episodes you have marked as watched across the full Episode Atlas catalogue. Rewatching the same episode does not move the needle; exploring new stories does.
There are six ranks, from Cadet (your first logged episode) through Ensign, Lieutenant, Commander, and Captain, up to Admiral. Each rank shows a row of pips in the header when you are signed in, and on your public mission profile for anyone visiting your page.
| Rank | Distinct episodes watched | Pips |
|---|---|---|
| Cadet | 1+ | Outline |
| Ensign | 10+ | 1 |
| Lieutenant | 50+ | 2 |
| Commander | 250+ | 3 |
| Captain | 500+ | 4 |
| Admiral | 600+ and every series in the catalogue | 4 (gold) |
Admiral is the long game: you need over 600 distinct episodes and at least one watch in every series currently in the catalogue. When new series or collections are added, you will need to log at least one episode from each new series to keep Admiral — the rank is meant to track breadth across the whole franchise, not just volume in your favourite show.
Watch rank is separate from your per-series completion percentage on your profile. You can be Commander overall while still working through Deep Space Nine, and that is fine.
Visit streak badges — come back tomorrow
Not every habit is about logging episodes. Visit streak badges reward consecutive days you open Episode Atlas while signed in. A quick visit to check trending or mark one episode counts; the streak advances once per calendar day.
When you load the app, your visit is recorded automatically in the background (at most once per day per browser). You will see your current streak, your best streak, earned badges, and a progress bar toward the next milestone on your own mission profile — visit badges are private to you, not shown to visitors.
Milestone badges unlock at:
- 1 day — First visit
- 2 days — Two-day streak
- 7 days — One-week streak
- 30 days — One-month streak
- 100 days — Hundred-day streak
- 365 days — One-year streak
Miss a day and your current streak resets to 1 on your next visit, but badges you have already earned stay on your profile. Your best streak is remembered forever.
Trending episodes — what the fleet is rewatching
The Trending page answers a simple question: which episodes are people actually watching right now? It ranks episodes by watch activity from signed-in users over the last seven days, so the list shifts as the community moves through rewatches, first-time viewings, and themed nights.
Each card shows the episode details you expect, plus a line such as “4 community watches in the last 7 days” so you can see momentum at a glance. If you are signed in, you can mark an episode watched straight from the grid without opening the full detail page first.
Trending is a great companion to Random Episode when you want inspiration with a social pulse — popular this week is not always the same as your personal backlog.
Share your mission profile
Every signed-in user has a mission profile that summarises watch progress across the franchise. You can share it with a stable link, choose a short public handle (for example episodeatlas.com/profile/yourname), and let friends see your watch rank and series breakdown.
Visitors see your overall completion bar, watch rank, last-30-days chart, and per-series progress. Only you see visit streak badges — those stay on your account as a personal nudge to return.
Three progress tracks, one app
It helps to keep the three ideas separate:
- Series completion — percentage of each show you have finished.
- Watch rank — distinct episodes across the whole catalogue, with Admiral requiring every series.
- Visit streaks — consecutive days on the site, with milestone badges.
Together they give you a reason to log the next episode, a reason to explore a series you have neglected, and a reason to drop in even on a quiet day.
Sign in, visit Trending, and keep your mission moving. Live long and prosper. 🖖