Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for a media guidance application that improves the collection and/or validation of data received from multiple sources. For example, the media guidance application may determine how similar received data is to data known to correspond to a particular media asset to determine whether or not the received data corresponds to the particular media asset. Moreover, the media guidance application may normalize the data into a consistent format prior to the determination. By normalizing the data into a consistent format, the media guidance application reduces false negatives when determining whether or not data corresponds to a particular media asset.