The results for Exclaim!'s 2025 Readers Poll are in, and the people can't quite decide if rock is back or if poptimism is still in. In this year's fan-chosen top music, we've got a mixture of recession pop and guitar music, while the concerts of the year favour gigantic rock acts from the past.
As for the year's best films and TV, the readers' lists look quite similar to our own lists — although everyone else was enjoying big-budget monster content a little more than we were.
Here are this year's Exclaim! Readers Poll results.
Exclaim! Readers' Top 5 Albums of 2025
1. Geese - Getting Killed
2. Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl
3. Lady Gaga - MAYHEM
4. Deftones - private music
5. Turnstile - NEVER ENOUGH
Funniest answer: The person who submitted "LADY GAGA TITLE TBD" four times
Exclaim! Readers' Top 5 Films of 2025
1. One Battle After Another
2. Sinners
3. Weapons
4. Frankenstein
5. Wicked: For Good
Funniest answer: Lord of the Rings 3 extended
Exclaim! Readers' Top 5 TV Series of 2025
1. Pluribus
2. Stranger Things 5
3. Severance
4. The Chair Company
5. The Pitt
Funniest answer: World Series 7th game
Exclaim! Readers' Top 5 Concerts of 2025
1. Oasis
2. Nine Inch Nails
3. The Weeknd
4. The Beaches
5. Paul McCartney
Funniest answer: My daughter's piano recital
Exclaim! Readers' Top 5 Most Anticipated Albums of 2026
1. Gorillaz - The Mountain
2. Lana Del Rey - Stove
3. Megadeth - Megadeth
4. (tie) Charli XCX - Wuthering Heights
4. (tie) Mumford & Sons - Prizefighter
Funniest answer: JUNOS 2026 compilation
