# 📢 Updating Trakt Limits for 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [February 27, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592 "2026-02-27T07:20:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sp1ti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/sp1ti/32/56549_2.png) [@sp1ti](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/sp1ti)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/28 "2026-02-27T09:18:28Z")
We went from a reasonably proposed fair use policy to a total burn down on VIP limits with barely any reflection on them… I see comments like “barely anyone hits those…” why cut it off then for those few? Fair use should also reflect on actual traffic/tax on the system. A user with heavy data still won’t hit your servers constantly unlike a third party app with poor code or hey… apps like yours @kcador (MOVIST) who bypass the VIP filter system. A quick look at my caps… - Kodi synced items (despite including meta data) are apparently from an offline library… - If I rated more consistently I would have nuked that 10k cap easily. - I’m well… beyond the list number limit (which the shitty new website can’t or won’t even load). - I know I have a lot but enough of them I built myself - even before mirroring certain others. (this includes things like festival screened titles). The community seems to appreciate them for themselves too but seems like the big guys want to limit us to using a terrible recommendation function. - Despite not yet having hit the #per list limit I would achieve that since I’m maintaining a list to collect trakt IDs for a synchronization service to another anime site. Frankly without doing that I would have to double check every time if it’s already indexed or maintain this via a separately coded extension which I won’t. This is your own loss. You just took away the last reason for me to keep using trakt - given it was inevitable with the current direction I had already resigned but it’s certainly a feat to pull this many fumbles in so little time. ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/29 "2026-02-27T09:49:24Z")
> [@sp1ti](#): > > Kodi synced items (despite including meta data) are apparently from an offline library… We’d like for all media centers to get the same treatment as Plex Sync. > [@sp1ti](#): > > If I rated more consistently I would have nuked that 10k cap easily. Said it already above, we’re looking at this for people who do rate episode-level. > [@sp1ti](#): > > I’m well… beyond the list number limit (which the shitty new website can’t or won’t even load). What’s your list count? Could you reduce them? > [@sp1ti](#): > > Despite not yet having hit the #per list limit I would achieve that since I’m maintaining a list to collect trakt IDs for a synchronization service to another anime site. What kind of synchronization? Maybe we can help build something better than using a List for that? > [@sp1ti](#): > > A user with heavy data still won’t hit your servers constantly unlike a third party app with poor code or hey… apps like yours @kcador (MOVIST) who bypass the VIP filter system. MOVIST has been officially discontinued on Apr 11, 2021. Those lists you are mentioning have not been updated since 2020. And yet, that account, along with my own personal, and SERIST Trakt account are all still VIP. This has always been my way to “pay” for my API usage as a third-party developer. Also, when those lists were created for MOVIST, the filtering system wasn’t that advanced on Trakt. And even now, there’s nothing being bypassed, and those lists/account are well within the new limits. ---
**Author:** ![lerma\_alvarez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/lerma_alvarez/32/56882_2.png) [@lerma\_alvarez](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/lerma_alvarez)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/30 "2026-02-27T10:00:22Z")
“Thanks for your feedback “, “We value our customers and we listen”, “We might consider revisiting the limits on the watchlist and personal lists items”, any of those would have been nice, just saying. ![IMG_4826](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/1/1/11c6a43f1bb2d86f177b66ded44722dfece332fa.jpeg) 10,000 items limit is what I signed up for, this is what you promised and advertised, this is what I’m paying for. You’re delivering just half of it. Please take that into consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Duckyz95](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/duckyz95/32/56502_2.png) [@Duckyz95](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Duckyz95)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/31 "2026-02-27T10:02:35Z")
As Trakt are trying to be more transparent, @kcador can you explain how cataloguing physical media items is **more** strain on Trakt’s servers than digital items? Please explain to us how 10k catalogued physical media items is some how worse for Trakt’s servers than 100k digital items. ---
**Author:** ![sp1ti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/sp1ti/32/56549_2.png) [@sp1ti](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/sp1ti)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/32 "2026-02-27T10:10:09Z")
> [@kcador](#): > > who do rate episode-level. That’s what I meant with “barely any reflection on them”… you get told people are or could hit those limits… do you think it’s just episode level? I have over 5k movies watched, 1.5k shows. Any power user/buff could hit those easily, especially if they watch a lot of short movies as well… or they are way older than me… > [@kcador](#): > > We’d like for all media centers to get the same treatment as Plex Sync Yet I have no reason to believe this wouldn’t go live before achieving this… or be kept at that cap long term. it’s a pattern of mistrust you’ve established. > [@kcador](#): > > What’s your list count? Could you reduce them? Why would I complain about it if I’d want to reduce them. It’s over 300. > [@kcador](#): > > Maybe we can help build something better than using a List for that? Looking at V3 you’d be better off helping build your own website than focus on my efforts. Frankly using trakt IDs as the keys there is no easier way to do that for my scope than using lists to grab those IDs and know what is mapped (yes - it’s manual because the IDs have to come from somewhere… i can’t just query other sites for it). > [@kcador](#): > > filtering system wasn’t that advanced on Trakt Maybe it was another app being this aggressive back then but we got plenty of 3rd party apps basically advertising via genre lists when we already could filter for that. (You’re probably thinking studio filtering, I’m more so about “Animated movies” and stuff.) ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/33 "2026-02-27T10:24:34Z")
> [@Duckyz95](#): > > As Trakt are trying to be more transparent I think I answered that already in [📚 The Library on Trakt: What It Is and Where It’s Going - #13 by kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/the-library-on-trakt-what-it-is-and-where-it-s-going/96620/13) > [@Duckyz95](#): > > can you explain how cataloguing physical media items is **more** strain on Trakt’s servers than digital items? Basically, the data structure for physical media is not the same as watched items or lists. Also, the interaction with it on V2 made it too easy to abuse. > [@Duckyz95](#): > > Please explain to us how 10k catalogued physical media items is some how worse for Trakt’s servers than 100k digital items. Those limits are intend based, not strain on our servers based. We have to keep both in mind. Not one or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Duckyz95](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/duckyz95/32/56502_2.png) [@Duckyz95](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Duckyz95)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/34 "2026-02-27T10:35:55Z")
Look, I’m going to be completely honest here as this seems to be going nowhere. All of this looks like a desperate attempt to remove physical media support. That was your original plan until there was a big backlash. You said “you listened” by doing a U-turn but instead you’ve heavily limited physical medial libraries so much to make them useless. You shouldn’t be policing how people collect their physical media. Why does it matter to you if people use the library system not how you want it to be used? What you’ve done is taken the actions of a few people and punished paying customers who do use it the way it was supposed to be used. A simple bot using Trakt’s API could easily log people’s physical media as digital items to bypass this limit you’ve put on them. Yes we won’t get the metadata but at least we’d be able to catalogue our own movies. I’m just waiting for the inevitable partnership with Plex, which would 100% explain your egregious push towards digital libraries. It’s the only way all of this bizarre alienation of physical media would make sense. ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/35 "2026-02-27T10:38:39Z")
> [@sp1ti](#): > > That’s what I meant with “barely any reflection on them”… you get told people are or could hit those limits… do you think it’s just episode level? I have over 5k movies watched, 1.5k shows. Any power user/buff could hit those easily, especially if they watch a lot of short movies as well… or they are way older than me… Okay, sorry, yes, my answer was a bit closed minded. We are reviewing the ratings limits taking those usage into account too. > [@sp1ti](#): > > Yet I have no reason to believe this wouldn’t go live before achieving this… or be kept at that cap long term. it’s a pattern of mistrust you’ve established. I get it. We’ll do our best is all I can say. > [@sp1ti](#): > > Why would I complain about it if I’d want to reduce them. It’s over 300. Some people complain before doing that effort. I’m prefer asking the question before assuming your intent. 300 is not 3000. Maybe some of them would be better as a “Favorite per year” feature, maybe some of them are just archive (we could have a limit for private and public lists), maybe some of them could be lighter lists that are just used by some integrations,… I’m not asking questions to bother you, I’m trying to see if we can improve your experience in any meaningful way. > [@sp1ti](#): > > Looking at V3 you’d be better off helping build your own website than focus on my efforts. I disagree on two things here: first, I do help on V3. Second, I’m Product Manager for Trakt. If I can improve your experience on Trakt without being a V3 thing per-se, I’ll do it because the impact will be bigger on every Trakt frontend. > [@sp1ti](#): > > Frankly using trakt IDs as the keys there is no easier way to do that for my scope than using lists to grab those IDs and know what is mapped (yes - it’s manual because the IDs have to come from somewhere… i can’t just query other sites for it). That’s okay. I’m still not getting the whole picture. Maybe this is something that can be done with the API and custom filters? Maybe we need to add filters that would help? > [@sp1ti](#): > > Maybe it was another app being this aggressive back then but we got plenty of 3rd party apps basically advertising via genre lists when we already could filter for that. (You’re probably thinking studio filtering, I’m more so about “Animated movies” and stuff.) That’s a really good point, and today, with Rippple, I’m heavily using filters for everything. That’s a reason why those new limits take “Dynamic Lists” into account. We’d like to avoid those kind of lists going forward. If it can be done with a filter, that’s better for everybody! ---
**Author:** ![sp1ti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/sp1ti/32/56549_2.png) [@sp1ti](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/sp1ti)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/36 "2026-02-27T11:15:05Z")
> [@kcador](#): > > doing that effort if you consider this an effort being done… pressing _DELETE_? have you considered the effort it took to _CREATE_ the lists? I had more manual lists than the cap allowed before I even started importing some (IMDB CSV or letterboxd…) - mind you even that took some effort to make. > [@kcador](#): > > Those limits are intend based, not strain on our servers based > [@kcador](#): > > we could have a limit for private and public lists this truly boggles my mind…? we are talking about fair use limits and trakt remaining fast and reliable for everyone but you are enforcing arbitrary limits just because? > [@kcador](#): > > Maybe we need to add filters that would help? I thought I’ve given enough context. To be able to sync from or to trakt there needs to be a clear ID mapping between services - I have to do that one myself since I can’t just load data from another site to get them. (You know… just like somebody had to enter that IMDB or TVDB on TMDB for you to grab them.) No fancy filtering would help improve this process or make tracking coverage for me easier (except for trakt just storing the data itself). > [@kcador](#): > > if we can improve your experience in any meaningful way easy set and done - don’t meddle with my fun. i created most with a purpose for me or because other users could also find them useful. could I get rid of some of them - sure but it’s not worth the effort for me and I’d be in the same position 5 years later - or the next time you tweak the numbers (again). I already had to accept you burned lots of great users from the site by raising prices and then handicapping non-VIPs but we have now reached the point were it’s no longer a site I can use for myself. Thanks for replying though, but this was the last stop for me. ---
**Author:** ![pandasinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/pandasinski/32/41477_2.png) [@pandasinski](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/pandasinski)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/37 "2026-02-27T12:01:53Z")
![IMG_0314](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/3/e/3e0589cf6245ca55133a3c4b4b0713817e4ccc2c.jpeg) So what will happend when I reach the limits? ---
**Author:** ![Duckyz95](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/duckyz95/32/56502_2.png) [@Duckyz95](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Duckyz95)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/38 "2026-02-27T12:14:13Z")
@kcador If I decided to digitise my collection and use Plex Sync, I’d be able to catalogue my entire collection on Trakt and not even make a dent in the digital library limit but exceed the physical library limit. How does this make any sense at all? ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/39 "2026-02-27T12:15:40Z")
I’ve edited to announcement and the change is live: the new VIP limits for Watchlist (5K instead of 10k) and List Items (5K instead of 10k) limits will be enforced later. ---
**Author:** ![BeardedDers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/beardedders/32/46468_2.png) [@BeardedDers](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/BeardedDers)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/40 "2026-02-27T12:40:41Z")
Wow, I’ve been paying for over 7 years and I’m going to lose data just because I watch a lot of stuff? I think that is highly ridiculous. Hard limits on Watch History is, insane! That gets rid of the whole entire point of Trakt. ![Screenshot 2026-02-27 074020](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/9/d/9d38d5eb23cc850a73753cdd0e3c871814e9de68.jpeg) Honestly, this is probably going to be the last stop for me as well. You know how much time I’ve spent on this app/website trying to find everything I’ve watched? And I don’t have a single thing marked as watched more than once. Hard limits on Watch History is the entire point of this platform. The ENTIRE point! And to hard limit it is like saying.. you were born with 2 arms and 2 legs. But you use them too much.. let’s take one of them away. With the 100% price increase.. get more servers to handle the databases instead of taking everything away from the people who truly use this website/app for what it was intended. ---
**Author:** ![KingCrap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kingcrap/32/19990_2.png) [@KingCrap](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/KingCrap)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/41 "2026-02-27T14:00:21Z")
For me the most important features on Trakt is the history tracking and ratings. I rate almost everything I watch. I didn’t reach the limit yet - but if it’s a fixed total, it’s only a matter of time. Suggestion; make the max for certain categories depending on years as subscriber. Each year you unlock a higher max - whatever number is considered a yearly fair use. ---
**Author:** ![SofiaPapadia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/sofiapapadia/32/19986_2.png) [@SofiaPapadia](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/SofiaPapadia)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/42 "2026-02-27T14:08:43Z")
What happens to items which are over the limit? Especially the watched? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaHoTepSr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/bubbahotepsr/32/40108_2.png) [@BubbaHoTepSr](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/BubbaHoTepSr)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/43 "2026-02-27T14:57:19Z")
You have that backwards. V3 is counting individual episodes as items, which puts me over the limit as a free user. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/optimized/3X/a/1/a132c6b354c225cedf3ea490abdbaa287776f21f_2_690x76.png) V2 counts shows as a single item, regardless of how many episodes in that show have been collected. As a result I have been able to remain below the 100item limit. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/a/6/a626c24f6777ea749d5cc0d382e2f1ea9e932a9f.png) I don’t understand the distinction between digital and physical (offline) media. My entire library is digital content. It has been ripped from physical media I own, recorded using a USB TV Tuner, or captured from streaming services using Playon. It is stored digitally on my media server and streamed using Emby/Kodi. Yet Trakt considers it all to be part of the Offline library even though for some content format was set as digital when it was added to the library. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/5/d/5d116ef561689ec99c89425498ae8deca74b30ff.png) ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/44 "2026-02-27T16:05:55Z")
Currently, those limits are not enforced! We are first giving you visibility and a way to see them against your own usage. We’ll share more, and in advance, about the transition window, and enforcement way and timing. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaHoTepSr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/bubbahotepsr/32/40108_2.png) [@BubbaHoTepSr](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/BubbaHoTepSr)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/45 "2026-02-27T16:24:32Z")
The offline library limit of 100 items is currently enforced for free users. And I remain below that limit. But how items are counted appears to have changed between V2 and V3. I hope that you will reconsider how library item counts are estimated in V3 so that it aligns with how V2 counts items. ---
**Author:** ![CajunRob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/cajunrob/32/50586_2.png) [@CajunRob](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/CajunRob)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/46 "2026-02-27T16:54:55Z")
Just going to make the same comment I have many times over that apparently isn’t in English, but seeing as Plex Sync decides to tag EVERYTHING with BluRay in the file name as physical media, I have tons of series episodes that are in my Custom, i.e. physical library, instead of my digital library. Plus anything added manually because it didn’t match or Plex Sync didn’t work is there too… ---
**Author:** ![jadeevans05](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/jadeevans05/32/19986_2.png) [@jadeevans05](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/jadeevans05)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592/47 "2026-02-27T16:55:15Z")
This is what I see when I check my limits ![Screenshot_20260227-081912](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/4/7/472235fbfa3fdcdb65da6ce6cff294ae26611c7d.jpeg) And the 2 things I care about most is my watch history and my watchlist. And you’re making changes and lowering limits for both. Not happy. I watch episodes for 100+ shows each month so far this year. And my goal is to watch at least 50 movies as well going forward And I currently have almost 6000 items on my watch list. Working on movies this year to help remove items from that list. But items are being added and removed each day so far. My watch history currently has over 81,000 items… And growing each day. This is one of the reasons why I do not want anything repeated on my history and/or have repeat plays synced by the scrobbler. I am one of your users will be most likely be affected by the new changes and I’m really not happy. I have done nothing about my VIP membership even though I have been thinking about it for the pass year. Renewal is coming up and this is about to be a deal breaker. [Previous page](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592.md?page=3)