What is Itaewon Class's IQ Score?

Itaewon Class has an IQ Score of 127/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 43/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 7/50 Educational Value, and 48/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Itaewon Class educational?

Itaewon Class is low on educational value, 7/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Itaewon Class , IQ Score 127/200

Itaewon Class has an IQ Score of 127/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

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127/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Park Sae-ro-yi's fifteen-year revenge arc against the Jangga food empire uses the restaurant business as a laboratory for examining Korean class stratification and corporate hereditary power. The series's moral framework grows more nuanced as it complicates its protagonist's righteous anger with the compromises required by coalition-building, though the romance subplot dilutes the socioeconomic critique in its final act.

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