Method and system for constructing and presenting a consumption profile for a media item

A central system comprising:

• a communication interface communicatively coupling the central system to a plurality of media playback devices of a plurality of users;
• and
• a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to:
• track consumption of a media item by each of a plurality of first users from the plurality of users at corresponding ones of the plurality of media playback devices;
• generate a consumption profile for the media item based on the consumption of the media item by each of the plurality of first users, wherein for each segment of a plurality of segments of the media item, the consumption profile reflects a number of the plurality of first users that consumed the segment of the media item;
• and
• present the consumption profile for the media item to a second user of the plurality of users at a corresponding one of the plurality of media playback devices in association with the media item during playback of the media item by the second user wherein presenting the consumption profile comprises presenting the consumption profile for the media item to the second user in association with a scrubber bar of a media playback application providing playback of the media item to the second user.