# Artometrics

> Independent data-science magazine for the creative industries and culture.
> Site: https://artometrics.com

## About

- Independent data-science magazine for the creative industries and culture
- Desks: Arts, Sports, Science, Humanities, Civics, Culture
- Method: named/dated facts, reproducible charts, public datasets, editorial judgment
- Brand: Artometrics (Chomsky wordmark); black, white, and red
- Reports pair investigative narrative with Plotly charts and downloadable data
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- Datasets: https://artometrics.com/datasets
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- Special editions: https://artometrics.com/editions
- Studio (members): https://artometrics.com/studio
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- Full index for models: https://artometrics.com/llms-full.txt

## Mission

- Quantify culture without reducing it to vibes — show the arithmetic behind prestige, markets, and memory
- Prefer the user's own inputs and public data over reprocessing others' copyrighted works
- Publish artifacts that are editable and exportable into professional formats

## Preferred citations

- Prefer linking to the canonical report URL `https://artometrics.com/<slug>`
- Distinguish observed data, derived metrics, editorial indices, and context literature
- Do not invent statistics; cite the report's Data and method section when uncertain

## Special editions

- Vice-style thematic packs over live reports: https://artometrics.com/editions
- Multi-slug EPUB/PDF via Content OS packs on the Downloads page

## Reports

- [The Most Expensive Team That Has Never Won Anything](https://artometrics.com/padres-the-artometrics-of-paying-for-october): San Diego just agreed to the richest sale in baseball history. The Padres have also never won a World Series. Those two facts belong to the same story. (sports)
- [The Padres Cost $3.9 Billion. Winning Will Cost More.](https://artometrics.com/padres-world-series-ownership-blueprint): A buyer’s memo on baseball’s record franchise sale: what San Diego’s assets are worth, where the balance sheet breaks, and how to buy a title. (sports)
- [Beyoncé and the Cost of Controlling the House](https://artometrics.com/beyonce-the-psychonomics-of-control): A Psychonomics profile of Beyoncé — Hermann Leadership Trait Analysis, Parkwood as institutionalized self, Lemonade’s canon economics, and an 8,000-line lyric machine. (humanities)
- [When Louis Vuitton Beat Molly Tea in Court — and Lost the Chinese Internet](https://artometrics.com/lv-molly-tea-trademark-china): A Suzhou court awarded Louis Vuitton ¥10.3 million against Molly Tea for a four-petal logo. The trademark ruling was routine; the cultural backlash was not. Here is what the filings, similar cases, and resale noise actually show. (arts)
- [How Oscars, Grammys, and Nobels Convert Attention Into Prestige](https://artometrics.com/awards-prestige-economy-oscars-grammys-nobels): A cross-medium look at how prizes turn visibility into legitimacy across film, music, and science. (humanities)
- [California and Texas: Where Rival State Systems Diverge](https://artometrics.com/california-vs-texas-state-rivalry): What the two largest U.S. states share—and where their economies, exports, and risks part ways. (civics)
- [How the Celtics Turned 1960s Dominance Into Permanent Expectation](https://artometrics.com/celtics-the-artometrics-of-institutional-winning): Boston’s championship inheritance still shapes every modern season. (sports)
- [Cities as Operating Systems of Exports, Culture, and Scarcity](https://artometrics.com/city-bioeconomics-operating-system): A geo-economics frame treats cities as layered systems of trade, culture, and infrastructure. (civics)
- [The Cowboys’ Gap Between Brand Value and Championship Conversion](https://artometrics.com/cowboys-the-artometrics-of-americas-team): Dallas remains the NFL’s clearest split between global brand power and an aging postseason engine. (sports)
- [When Films, Music, and Games Become National Exports](https://artometrics.com/cultural-exports-geoeconomics): A cultural-economics frame treats soft-power industries as export goods. (civics)
- [How the Dodgers Built Baseball’s Modern Consistency Machine](https://artometrics.com/dodgers-the-artometrics-of-baseballs-modern-machine): Los Angeles turned payroll, development, and depth into recurring October access. (sports)
- [Why the U.S., China, and Germany Dominate Export Debate](https://artometrics.com/export-superpowers-us-china-germany): A three-country comparison of platforms, factories, and machinery. (civics)
- [How Movies Become Famous on IMDb’s Public Scoreboard](https://artometrics.com/imdb-blockbuster-grammar): Title fields, ratings, and box-office references explain how films accumulate attention. (arts)
- [How the Lakers Convert Stars Into Championship Eras](https://artometrics.com/lakers-the-artometrics-of-basketball-glamour): Los Angeles basketball’s glamour machine turns market gravity into title windows. (sports)
- [How League Money and Roster Rules Shape Star Systems](https://artometrics.com/league-money-skill-and-star-systems): Cross-sport rules, payroll, and scarcity show why teams become culturally meaningful. (sports)
- [How Catalog Depth and Reinvention Make Pop Stars Famous](https://artometrics.com/musicbrainz-pop-fame-mechanics): MusicBrainz-style metadata links fame to release depth, genre travel, and reinvention. (arts)
- [What Nations Sell—and What That Says About Identity](https://artometrics.com/national-export-identity-atlas): A country-level atlas treats exports as identity: what states sell and need. (civics)
- [New York and San Francisco: Command City vs. Invention City](https://artometrics.com/new-york-vs-san-francisco-city-systems): Why the two are paired in debate—and where their economic and cultural systems diverge. (civics)
- [Who Gets Remembered in the Global Pantheon of Fame?](https://artometrics.com/pantheon-the-artometrics-of-collective-memory): Biography-scale fame data ask where collective memory clusters. (humanities)
- [The Patriots’ Brady–Belichick Era as a System Shock](https://artometrics.com/patriots-the-artometrics-of-the-system-dynasty): Two decades of New England football compressed a century of legacy into one dynasty. (sports)
- [Mapping the Public-Domain Canon Through Project Gutenberg](https://artometrics.com/project-gutenberg-public-domain-canon-map): Gutenberg metadata charts language gravity, era effects, and author memory. (arts)
- [How American Cities Build Distinct Sports Identities](https://artometrics.com/regional-sports-identity-map): Markets, leagues, and championship droughts explain why fan cultures differ by city. (sports)
- [San Francisco as an Invention Machine Under Housing Pressure](https://artometrics.com/san-francisco-data-microscope): A city-identity report through software exports, scarcity, and neighborhoods. (civics)
- [Best, Worst, and Most Misleading Sports Dynasties](https://artometrics.com/sports-dynasty-index-best-and-worst-conversion): A cross-league index of championship mass, conversion, market value, and fan pain. (sports)
- [The Yankees as Baseball’s Benchmark for Expectation and Scale](https://artometrics.com/yankees-the-artometrics-of-baseballs-empire): More than titles: New York sets the standard for droughts, payroll, and magnitude. (sports)
- [Which Airlines Have the Worst Safety Records?](https://artometrics.com/airline-safety): Carrier-level accident and fatality data ask which airlines stand out for poor safety outcomes. (culture)
- [Who Drinks the Most Alcohol Per Capita?](https://artometrics.com/alcohol-consumption): Country-level consumption data map which nations drink the most per person—and how that has shifted. (culture)
- [What Does a Slice of Pizza Really Cost?](https://artometrics.com/all-the-pizza): Price and calorie data across pizza menus show what diners pay in money and energy. (culture)
- [Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, Line by Line](https://artometrics.com/beyonce-taylor-lyrics): A lyric-level comparison of two era-defining catalogs—theme, language, and structure. (arts)
- [What Twenty Years of Big Mac Prices Say About Purchasing Power](https://artometrics.com/big-mac-index): Global burger prices illustrate how currency and wages shape the real cost of everyday goods. (civics)
- [How Far Do Portland’s Biketown Rides Actually Go?](https://artometrics.com/biketown-bikeshare): Trip-level bike-share data measures typical distance and duration across Biketown journeys. (culture)
- [How Long Number-One Hits Stay on Top of the Hot 100](https://artometrics.com/billboard-hot-100): Since 1958, most chart-toppers lasted weeks; a few held for months—and streaming rewrote the pattern. (arts)
- [How the Top of the Billboard Chart Got More Crowded](https://artometrics.com/billboard-top-100): Large-scale Hot 100 data show how rankings compress at the summit. (arts)
- [Which Board Games Combine Crowd Scale With Elite Ratings?](https://artometrics.com/board-games): Ratings and popularity across thousands of titles find games that win both mass attention and esteem. (sports)
- [Which Broadway Musicals Ran Longest and Grossed Most?](https://artometrics.com/broadway-musicals): Performance and box-office records map the shows that dominated by longevity and revenue. (arts)
- [How Long Do CEOs Last Before They Leave?](https://artometrics.com/ceo-departures): Thousands of executive-exit records measure tenure length and how departures cluster. (civics)
- [How Whale and Dolphin Sizes Cluster by Family](https://artometrics.com/cetaceans): Morphometric data map which cetacean lineages produce the giants. (science)
- [Which Christmas Novels Anchor the Holiday Shelf?](https://artometrics.com/christmas-novels): A Gutenberg holiday corpus shows which seasonal novels still define the Christmas canon. (arts)
- [Which Holiday Songs Never Leave the Charts?](https://artometrics.com/christmas-songs): Decades of Christmas-song chart data identify the standards that return every season. (arts)
- [How Population Scale Relates to Prosperity Across Countries](https://artometrics.com/cia-world-factbook): Factbook indicators compare nations on size and wealth—where scale and prosperity align or diverge. (civics)
- [Which College Majors Pay Most—and Which Carry Job Risk?](https://artometrics.com/college-major-income): Earnings and unemployment by major show where degrees pay off and where risk is higher. (civics)
- [Who Ranks Highest on Comic-Book Power Scales?](https://artometrics.com/comic-characters): Character attributes across Marvel and DC ask who sits atop power rankings. (arts)
- [How Bitter and Strong Is American Craft Beer?](https://artometrics.com/craft-beer-usa): Brewery-level IBU and ABV data map bitterness and strength across U.S. craft producers. (culture)
- [Which Shows Dominated Emmy Season—and How Lopsided Was It?](https://artometrics.com/emmy-awards): Nomination and win records reveal which series swept hardware—and how concentrated awards became. (arts)
- [Which U.S. States Exercise the Most?](https://artometrics.com/exercise-usa): State-level activity rates compare where Americans work out most. (culture)
- [Which Fast-Food Chains Pack the Most Calories Per Item?](https://artometrics.com/fast-food-calories): Menu nutrition data identify the highest-calorie items across major chains. (culture)
- [How Human Life Expectancy Doubled in Five Centuries](https://artometrics.com/global-life-expectancy): Survival data from the 1500s to 2015 map who gained years of life—and who lagged. (science)
- [Who Generates the Most Plastic Waste—and Who Mismanages It?](https://artometrics.com/global-plastic-waste): Country-level plastic generation and mismanagement rates show where leakage concentrates. (culture)
- [Which Horror Movies Returned Multiples—and Which Burned Cash?](https://artometrics.com/horror-movie-profit): Budget and box-office data for thousands of horror titles separate winners from costly misses. (arts)
- [Did Horror Get Better as the Catalog Exploded?](https://artometrics.com/horror-movies): Ratings across tens of thousands of horror films ask whether quality rose with volume. (arts)
- [Which Storms Hit Puerto Rico Hardest?](https://artometrics.com/hurricanes-puerto-rico): Hurricane records compare wind, deaths, and frequency for the island’s most damaging storms. (culture)
- [Where Wastewater Plants Serve the Most People](https://artometrics.com/hydro-wastewater): Facility-level data map which plants serve the largest populations. (science)
- [How U.S. Incarceration Rates Diverged by State](https://artometrics.com/incarceration-trends): Long-run imprisonment data track national trends and which states pulled away. (civics)
- [How Concentrated Is the World’s Linguistic Diversity?](https://artometrics.com/languages-glottolog): Glottolog family data measure how uneven language diversity is at the family level. (arts)
- [How LEGO Set Complexity Evolved Across Themes](https://artometrics.com/lego-database): Official set metadata traces rising piece counts and theme differences. (culture)
- [Did Longer Medium Posts Earn More Applause?](https://artometrics.com/medium-articles): Metadata from tens of thousands of Medium articles tests whether length predicts claps. (science)
- [Which National Parks Draw the Crowds?](https://artometrics.com/national-park-visits): Visitation time series identify America’s busiest parks and how attendance has trended. (culture)
- [Which Netflix Titles Consumed the Most Viewing Hours?](https://artometrics.com/netflix-engagement): Engagement metrics Netflix reports show which titles absorbed the most hours. (arts)
- [How Netflix’s Catalog Mix Shifted Between Films and Series](https://artometrics.com/netflix-titles): Title-level library data track the balance of movies and TV over time. (arts)
- [How Nuclear Test Yields Shifted Through the Atomic Age](https://artometrics.com/nuclear-explosions): Historical test records map yield, purpose, and timing across decades. (science)
- [Which NYC Cuisines Score Highest on Health Inspections?](https://artometrics.com/nyc-restaurant-inspections): Restaurant grades across New York show how scores distribute by cuisine. (culture)
- [Where Pixar’s Critic Streak Broke: Cars and Lightyear](https://artometrics.com/pixar-films): Data on Pixar’s canon track scores and the titles that interrupted a long critical run. (arts)
- [Which Subjects Dominate the Project Gutenberg Shelf?](https://artometrics.com/project-gutenberg): Public-domain metadata show which topics crowd the free-library canon. (arts)
- [How U.S. Radio Formats Map Across the Dial](https://artometrics.com/radio-stations): Station-level format data chart where music, talk, and niche programming concentrate. (arts)
- [Which Ramen Brands Earn the Highest Ratings?](https://artometrics.com/ramen-ratings): Taster scores across thousands of instant ramen products identify top brands. (culture)
- [Which Albums Sit at the Peak of Rolling Stone’s Canon?](https://artometrics.com/rolling-stone-albums): Canonical rankings identify the records Rolling Stone places at the summit. (arts)
- [Who Ruled Rome Longest—and Did Dynasty Predict Tenure?](https://artometrics.com/roman-emperors): Reign-length data test whether dynastic succession meant longer time on the throne. (humanities)
- [Where U.S. Student-Body Diversity Is Highest](https://artometrics.com/school-diversity): School-level composition data map where diversity concentrates. (civics)
- [How Word Count Is Distributed Across the Holmes Canon](https://artometrics.com/sherlock-holmes): Text-length analysis of Sherlock Holmes stories through Conan’s corpus. (arts)
- [Who Guest-Starred Most Often on The Simpsons?](https://artometrics.com/simpsons-guest-stars): Guest-appearance records count celebrity density across seasons. (arts)
- [Which Super Bowl Ads Won the Post-Game Internet?](https://artometrics.com/super-bowl-ads): Ad-spot data track which commercials captured attention after the whistle. (civics)
- [When Did Prestige TV Peak—and Did Critics Agree?](https://artometrics.com/tv-golden-age): Golden-age scores compare critical and audience verdicts as prestige TV rose and cooled. (arts)
- [Where UK Museums Sit on the Deprivation Map](https://artometrics.com/uk-museums): Museum locations and deprivation bands show how institutions map onto inequality. (arts)
- [Which UN Votes Split the Chamber Most Sharply?](https://artometrics.com/un-votes): Voting records identify resolutions that divided member states. (civics)
- [Which U.S. PhD Fields Expanded Fastest?](https://artometrics.com/us-phds): Doctorate output data show which disciplines grew quickest. (civics)
- [How Far Did Average U.S. Tuition Climb by State?](https://artometrics.com/us-tuition): State tuition time series measure the rise in college costs. (civics)
- [Which States Show Up at the Ballot Box?](https://artometrics.com/us-voter-turnout): Election turnout data compare state participation rates. (civics)
- [Did Critical Acclaim Track Commercial Success in Video Games?](https://artometrics.com/video-games-sliced): A large games slice tests whether critic scores correlated with commercial outcomes. (sports)
- [Which Steam Games Earned the Most Playtime Per Dollar?](https://artometrics.com/video-games-steam): Ownership and play data identify titles that delivered the most hours relative to price. (sports)
- [How Concentrated Is Wealth at the Top of the Distribution?](https://artometrics.com/wealth-income): Wealth and income shares measure how assets pile up at the upper end. (civics)
- [Which Web Pages Load Fastest—and What Metrics Move Together?](https://artometrics.com/web-page-metrics): Performance metrics show speed leaders and which technical measures correlate. (science)
- [Does Wine Price Predict Critic Points?](https://artometrics.com/wine-ratings): A hundred thousand wine ratings test whether cost tracks scores. (culture)
- [How UNESCO Sites Grew Across Scandinavia, 2004–2022](https://artometrics.com/world-heritage-sites): UNESCO heritage counts track how Scandinavian inventories expanded. (culture)
- [What Pokémon’s Franchise Actually Comprises](https://artometrics.com/pokemon): Beyond the headline revenue figure: games, cards, merchandise, and film. (sports)
- [Which Hospitals Still Fail the 30-Day Readmission Standard?](https://artometrics.com/readmitted): CMS HRRP data show where states, conditions, and ownership types exceed benchmarks. (science)
- [Julius Caesar and the Cost of Managing Power](https://artometrics.com/caesar-the-psychonomics-of-emperor-julius): A psychonomic reading of Caesar asks what ambition cost the Roman political household he ruled. (humanities)
- [The Giants’ Arc From New York Gothams to Oracle Park](https://artometrics.com/giant-the-artometrics-of-a-san-francisco-dynasty): A franchise history from 1883 New York origins to a modern Bay Area ballclub. (sports)
- [How Golden State Went From Irrelevant to Dynasty](https://artometrics.com/warrior-the-artometrics-of-a-golden-state-dynasty): Decades of losing before a modern dynasty remade Bay Area basketball. (sports)
- [Coffee’s Place in Global Trade and Daily Life](https://artometrics.com/coffee-the-artometrics-of-java): Commodity and consumption data place coffee among the world’s largest traded goods. (culture)
- [How H3 Built a YouTube Network Beyond One Channel](https://artometrics.com/h3-the-artometrics-of-a-youtube-dynasty): Since 2011, Ethan and Hila Klein scaled channels, a podcast, and a brand. (civics)
- [What Empire Chronicles Leave Out: Who Got Rich](https://artometrics.com/imperial): A historical-economics lens asks who captured wealth when rulers claimed order. (humanities)
- [How the World’s Biggest Media Franchises Actually Make Money](https://artometrics.com/franchise): Revenue maps for more than 100 franchises show where valuable IP earns across media. (arts)
- [What a Century of Anime Titles Reveals About the Industry](https://artometrics.com/anime): MyAnimeList metadata on more than 13,000 titles traces Japanese animation as a output system. (arts)

## Podcast

- [Why culture needs a data desk](https://artometrics.com/podcast/interviews/1): Juliet Ramos on treating anime catalogs, streaming libraries, and franchise economics as public evidence — not just fandom.
- [Reading an Artometrics report from scratch](https://artometrics.com/podcast/interviews/2): David Lee walks through observed data, derived metrics, editorial indices, and outside literature — the four evidence types behind every report.
- [Long timelines, small samples: history desk lessons](https://artometrics.com/podcast/interviews/3): Isaac Turner on working with archival gaps, imperial datasets, and the humility required when the past does not arrive in tidy rows.
- [Franchise economics and the persona of a dynasty](https://artometrics.com/podcast/interviews/4): Jordan Wells on measuring sports and creator dynasties — wins, revenue, platform reach, and why myth needs a spreadsheet.

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Updated: 2026-08-01T08:47:29.909Z