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Trakt and Watch-Tracking Explained
How Trakt scrobbling works, which licensed apps support it, and the privacy implications of linking an account to an unofficial app.
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Trakt is an independent watch-tracking service. It records what you have watched, syncs progress across devices and powers recommendation lists.
How scrobbling works
A supported player reports start, pause and finish events for a title. Trakt builds a history and a continue-watching list from those events, and exposes it through an API that other apps can read.
Licensed clients with Trakt support
- Plex, via community integrations.
- Infuse on Apple platforms.
- Jellyfin, through official plugins.
- Several licensed media managers and player apps.
Privacy considerations
Linking Trakt to an unofficial app authorises that app to write to your account and, depending on scope, read it. You are handing a token to code whose provenance cannot be verified, and building a durable third-party log of your viewing at the same time. Trakt profiles default to a degree of public visibility, so review your privacy settings whatever you connect.