IMDb Officially Launches Redesign With Revamped Name Pages After Beta Testing

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has undergone a website redesign following a beta rollout for the redesign.

IndieWire can exclusively confirm enhanced IMDb name pages for over 11 million celebrities, filmmakers and crew members. The rollout kicked off on November 30 worldwide.

An essential aggregated data hub for filmography, upcoming projects, and trivia, IMDb has proposed a layout change, primarily affecting resume chronological listings and giving the "Known For" section a new look. importance. Each page previously invited site visitors to click on a preview version of the update, writing in a pop-up window: "For a limited time, take a look at the current new version of this page." The preview ended in August 2022.

The updated name page experience is designed to improve the discovery and navigation of entertainment content on IMDb and was driven by customer feedback and suggestions during a public beta of several months, according to an official press release.

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“We thank all the customers around the world who gave us feedback and suggestions during our public beta. The experience that is now live for all customers to experience and enjoy was guided by their feedback,” IMDb Founder and CEO Col Needham said in a statement shared with IndieWire.

Specific updates to IMDb's improved name page experience include the following: the addition of poster images to the credits section of name pages for easier visual identification of each title; new tools to filter and sort an individual's credits by project type, including podcasts and music videos; instant access to information about each title in an individual's credits, including trailer, genre, duration, plot, rating, and theatrical, streaming, broadcast, and DVD availability; a convenient option to add titles in a professional's credits to a client's IMDb watchlist; and customers can now submit their user rating for titles they've viewed directly from the credit section of the IMDb name pages.

The new pages are available in nine languages, work on all screen sizes, from small mobile to large desktop, and offer better accessibility.

IMDb and its later subscriber counterpart IMDbPro grew out of a fan-run movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990 and moved to the Internet in 1993. Amazon bought IMDb. com in 1998 and currently operates the platform.

IMDbPro is available for an annual fee of $149.99, with the ability for cast members, crew members, and industry executives to post their own resumes and upload profiles. Membership also allows users to see contact details of industry insiders. In January 2019, IMDb launched ad-supported streaming platform Freedive, which later rebranded to IMDbTV and recently announced as Freevee in April.

As of March 2022, IMDb had 10.1 million titles and 11.5 million people records. The site has 83 million registered users.

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