What is The Secret Life of Pets's IQ Score?

The Secret Life of Pets has an IQ Score of 128/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 28/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 30/50 Educational Value, and 41/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The Secret Life of Pets educational?

The Secret Life of Pets is moderate on educational value, 30/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

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/.

The Secret Life of Pets , IQ Score 128/200

The Secret Life of Pets has an IQ Score of 128/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

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

animationadventurecomedyfamily

128/ 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

Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney's 2016 Illumination feature whose pets-while-owners-are-away premise is rendered with NYC-borough specificity that family animation typically skips. The Kevin Hart Snowball anti-human-rabbit-uprising performance is the film's distinctive comedic energy.

Earns its IQ on visual development and Manhattan-cultural-specificity rather than on structural argument.

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