In case you don’t know, the progress section is for what you are using your watchlist.
Watchlist should be for things you haven’t started yet (or for things that still haven’t been released).
The progress section has all episodes you still need to watch of your shows (that have been released).
For example, this is mine:
Indeed, it is completely wrong.
Why are you saying it like it’s a fact? Just do a simple Google search, please. Watchlist is for stuff you plan to watch, and that is the case for Trakt, but also for Letterboxd, Seriesguide, TVtime, and literally all apps that have ever existed.
Why would you add them to your watchlist? I really don’t see the point. When you start a series, it shows the next episode in “up next”. What more do you need to not forget what you’re watching?
How is it physically possible to follow 100 series at once?
Exactly right!
Can you explain how the Watchlist suits you better than the ‘Progress’ section for shows you’re already watching (at least 1 episode watched)?
It just seems like an awful waste of a persons time to add individual episodes of a show you’re already watching to the Watchlist so you can ‘plan’ to watch them later. The Up-next section of the dashboard and the Progress section does this all for you.
Watchlist (noun): a list of people or things to be monitored
You’re right, Trakt’s watchlist is designed as a to-do list of things to start watching, not things currently being watched.
However, the term isn’t as universal as your post might imply. When the police add someone to a watchlist, it doesn’t mean they plan to watch them in the future, it means they’re currently in the process of watching them. We shouldn’t be surprised that some Trakt users are using a similar interpretation.
After all, don’t you add movie sequels to the watchlist? What if you’re watching through a movie series with a dozen sequels? Each individual movie would remain in your watchlist until you’ve reached that point in the series. Trakt treats movies differently than TV episodes, but its users might not see the distinction.
Having unwatched TV episodes/seasons in a watchlist isn’t necessary in Trakt, but it is understandable.
You’re missing the point. The user has a full watchlist because they are misunderstanding its purpose. I’m simply explaining how the watchlist actually works. Of course it’s a problem if someone (and I’m the first one) actually plans to watch more than 100 movies and series (which is very easy to reach).
I have the same issue but with Collected, I use trakt to keep a back of everything I collected and watched on my Emby library and in some cases even restored the watched items when Emby had problems and had to rebuild.
I’ve been a trakt user for years but I never had the need for the VIP features so I never got it but today I’m deleting my account and leaving trakt as it is becoming useless unless you get VIP.
i really don’t like this strategy of forcing you to pay when VIP gave you extra features and you paid if you wanted them, I’ll be searching for alternatives now. is really sad for me cause I’ve used it for so many years.
thanks for ruining it.
Thanks everyone for the answers! 
The limit of 100 on collection is frankly ridiculous, why on earth have you made this decision? I currently have 17k+ in my collection as I have been using trakt for 10.27 years (per the advanced page of my trakt account). Whilst I might not have all of these anymore, I like to use trakt to show that I did have the movie or tv show in my collection at some point in the past. But I am certainly not going to pay $60 for that privilege.
As for the watchlist limit, the limit is also questionable and highly debatable…
There’s a limit on Collected? Where are you seeing this?
Have a look at Advanced Settings.
(for me it shows “Unlimited” as VIP, but 100 for the free plan)
It’s one of the new and improved features 
According to the advanced settings, Watchlist items are defined as shows + seasons + episodes + movies… So again 100 limit is frankly ludicrous.
Take The Simpsons as an example, which has currently 781 episodes, if a user adds this show to their watchlist, it would immediately blow their limit…
Maybe I’m interpreting it differently (and incorrectly) but I thought the “Collection” limitation applied for a user created “Collection” Not for the actual “Collected” items. I was under the impression it fell under the same category as “Watched”, i.e. unlimited and automatically accepted.
Maybe @justin can clarify
Nope, adding to collected is now limited to 100. I have 17k in my collection per my post above. I cannot add any more to it, due to this “new and improved” feature.
I hope all those who are VIPs bought a lifetime VIP membership (oh wait) or are prepared to continue to pay annually. 
Here are the advance settings. I’ve included the bit at the top only to show I’ve been a loyal Trakt user for over 10 years…
That does surprise me tbh. While I don’t have 17k like you, I do have 12.7k and don’t expect these kind of numbers are extreme tbh.
IMO it doesn’t help that episodes are counted. In my 17k+, 11.2k are episodes
Why not just count the TV show…??? Actually I get that from a collection perspective as you might not have all the episodes but in a watchlist is utterly silly, given that once you start to watch that show, it’s tracked in progress, etc instead.
Edit: so despite the advanced settings saying collection items are shows + movies, the system is still including episodes…
I’m surpised by these large numers; you guys must be very rich… Who can buy so much content?
I thought “Collection items” is for tracking content you purchased? How do you use it?
