How we record ticket prices
Every chart here is a string of daily readings. Each reading holds the lowest listed resale price for a show, with fees included, and the number of listings. 15,151 of those readings sit behind the 100 charts.
One point a day
Each point on a chart is the show's price at the close of that day. A chart shows how the price closed each day rather than every swing inside it. A dashed stretch joins the days on either side of a day with no price.
The price basis: fees included
Every price is the total per ticket with fees included, the way ticket sites in the US show prices. Prices are rounded to whole dollars. Compare them with the total you see at checkout.
Listings
A listing is one seller's offer, for one ticket or several. The listing count is the number of offers at the day's close. Section tables count tickets instead: the number of seats listed in that section.
Sections
A section's daily price is the lowest listed price in that section at the same daily close as the show. Each show page lists the sections with a price on at least 21 of the last 31 days, with a 30-day line for each. Some listings, such as standing room or tickets a seller filed under a general name, belong to no seating section. They count toward the show's lowest price and listing count and do not appear in the section table.
Stray days
A single day far from the days around it, below 60% or above 160% of the median of the three days on each side, is left out of the chart.
Moves, lows and highs
- A 30-day move compares the latest reading with the reading 30 days earlier. Moves smaller than 5% count as holding level.
- Moves follow the lowest price, never an average or a median price.
- The low and high on record are the lowest and highest daily readings on the chart. See the shows at record lows.
Which shows
The site covers 100 popular upcoming shows and games at US venues. Each one has a reading on at least 28 of its last 31 days and at least 20 listings. A show leaves the site once it has taken place.
No forecasts
No page here predicts a price. The charts show what happened; to judge a price against that record, read is this a good ticket price?