when you watch anime, are you more likely to binge a show or watch multiple at once?

I often have a few I'm watching, but depending how good or bad it is I'll focus on just that one series. Sometimes when it's bad I'll stick with it to get it out the way faster.

At first I used to watch one at a time, but now I watching 4. Like Ryni said if it's good I'll focus on one.
If I watch a few episodes and I think it's bad I put it on hold. I might watch it later I might not, but I might just end dropping it if I feel I can't complete it.

I f it's good and finished, I'll just watch only it until finished.

If it's not a seasonal anime, I just focus on a single one, or have a back-up relaxing slice-of-life anime to watch when I get tired of the other one.

Many factors decide what I watch at any given time, including my mood. Overall though, I'm usually watching anywhere from 8-15 airing anime (they are spread throughout the week after all), then my watching list is never-ending and continuing to grow day by day for finished series. (Please don't make me count them!)

Gods help me if I ever lose access to Anilist, I'd never be able to remember all the stuff I'm just starting through nearly finished with.

Usually, I simultaneously watch two completed shows and then add on a couple seasonal shows.

I try and watch one series at a time until it's finished, but if it gets too boring then I'll pick up 1-2 more. I don't watch seasonal anime while they're airing so this way of watching works out really nicely for me

I'm usually watching a shit ton of shows, but I usually get bored really fast and it will end up in my "On Hold" list until further notice (Code Geass R2 stayed there for 2 years). It is specially hard for me if the anime is/was not been streamed by Netflix, Crunchyroll or Funimation, because I'm lazy af to download stuff. Last season I only followed ERASED, this season I'm following a lot more, but I'm only only up-to-date with three. I will try to catchup with the rest this week,

Both. I normally watch one until the end, but sometimes I watch up to 4 simultaneous. Depends on my mod.

Airing Anime - Watch multiple anime simultaneously because I don't really have a choice since only 1 episode comes out per week

Finished Anime - Binge-watch it to the end LOL. Although, if it's a long-running anime, I might take a break and watch an episode or two of another anime.

Personally, I try to start and anime and watch it till' the end, (If I like it.) but I usually end up picking up some other anime and watching that one before finishing the first one I started - if at all. With airing anime, I watch each episode when it airs. Sometimes I wait till' the episode updates bulk up, though.

Well, since i watch some animes with my boyfriend while we eat, i end up having tons of animes at the same time... the one i'm watching with him, the one i want to see by myself and the ones i have to wait for him to see... xD so yeah, i'm multiple :3

Since I normally watch seasonal things, I can pick up multiple ones. I usually try to have at least 2 shows I'm watching because sometimes I lose interest in a show so I need a break from it.

I try to keep one fully aired show going which I watch to the end of the series and then whatever I decided to pick up from the current season.

I ALWAYS watch multiple animes at the same time, and when I say multiples I don't mean 3 or 4 \, I mean like 7 or 8. Some of them are still on air while others are already finished. I do that because I always change ideas from one day to another : I want to watch this and the next day I want to watch another thing.
Am I the only one here that is like that with animes ?

Even though I believe it would be better to commit to an anime, I just can't do it. However much I may enjoy a specific anime, l still always feel compelled to pick up other anime before the end of my previously watched. I believe I fear the end of any great anime series and hope to prolong their ending by diving into multiple. I guess It's apart of my attitude towards anything: Distracted.

Always one at a time. Or at least nearly always.

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A show singular. Multiple is beyond me.

i watch a few at the same time :P

I tried watching multiple... I just can't

for Seasonal: multiple
for non-seasonal: complete one series, then move to another

both. sometimes I binge shows while watching multiple at once

my attention span doesn't let me just binge one but i also can't focus on too many at once, so im usually watching 1-2 at once and then also playing a game and reading a series

i watch around 15-20 seasonal ones, and a couple non-seasonal ones at the same time!

Both ways. Some shows I just wait till they end cause they are binge worthy. Depends on the time I have as well.

i would watch like maybe 2-3 at once

Generally, I watch a few at the same time. It's a habit from the days where only having certain shows were available to me sometimes due to borrowing anime from libraries, plus it means if I'm not feeling one show at the moment but don't feel like dropping it either, I can easily ditch it and come back to it later (by setting it to paused or leaving it as watched, depending on the circumstances). Besides, it's almost impossible to be a person current with simulcasts who watches weekly and not be watching multiple anime at the same time (the only way it could happen is if you watch only one anime per season, which is highly inefficient for someone who watches, or is capable of watching, a lot of anime).

It is hypothetically possible to binge a show when you can also be said to be watching multiple anime at once - by watching backlog while simulcasts are happening or by watching one backlog anime while you have others set to watching on your list (both of which I've done), so I don't see why the categories are being treated as mutually exclusive in the question.

i’ll binge several eps of one, then switch to something else. rinse and repeat. my complete lack of attention span keeps me from properly sticking to one without getting distracted lmao

I tend to watch shows with specific friends, so I'll have a bunch of shows on the go at once, but like 1 I'm watching alone, maybe 1 with 1 friend, 1 with another friend, then 1 with the 3 of us. Not exact numbers but you get the idea.