The popularity of everything from consumer products to entertainers is measured by Q Scores. Compiling its data from consumer surveys, the company is considered to be “the recognized industry standard” when it comes to measuring how consumers respond to various celebrities, utilizing a scoring system to rate stars’ appeal. According to Entertainment Weekly, when the company released its January/February 2010 Performer Q study, Pauley Perrette wound up with an enviable score of 43 points. In the years since, Perrette continued to be a Q score champion. According to The Wrap, by 2018 her score had risen to 44 — impressive, considering that the average score for a female television star was just 21. The next-highest score for a television actress at that time was Empire’s Taraji P. Henson, with 36 points — certainly higher than average, but a full eight points behind Perrette. Perrette’s high Q score no doubt had something to do with NCIS being the world’s most-watched TV series for eight consecutive years. The irony, however, was that the 2018 Q score was released after she’d announced she was quitting the show, and just days before her final episode aired. Pauley Perrette has appeared in a ton of music videos
