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JUN 15, 2026 · Simpsons

Simpsons

Marcia Wallace, 175 Guest Appearances

Marcia Wallace logged 175 guest appearances across 30 Simpsons seasons—2.7× more than the second-place performer in the TidyTuesday dataset.

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Simpsons illustration from the Artometrics report

Marcia Wallace logged 175 guest appearances across 30 Simpsons seasons—2.7× more than the second-place performer and the highest count in the TidyTuesday dataset released August 27, 2019.

The snapshot captures 1,381 guest records spanning Seasons 1–30. Season 24 recorded the highest guest density with 65 appearances, while most guests appeared only once.

175

Marcia Wallace's appearance count across 30 seasons — 2.7× the second-place guest

65

Guest appearances in Season 24 — the peak density across all seasons

1,381

Total guest records in the 2019 TidyTuesday snapshot covering Seasons 1–30

Volume

Records By Period
Records By Period

Activity peaks in Season 24 with 65 records. Period-level counts reveal when guest-appearance frequency intensified.

Who sits at the top

Top Guest star
Top Guest star

Marcia Wallace appears 175 times—the most recurring name in the file. The top dozen account for a visible share of all 1,381 rows.

Timeline

Leaders Over Time
Leaders Over Time

The leading names do not move in lockstep—some fade as others surge. Tracking counts over time separates sustained presence from one-season spikes.

Frequency

Most guest stars appear only once; a small cluster revisits repeatedly. This power-law shape is typical of guest lists, credits, and catalog-style tables.

Mix

Season 24 is the most repeated season in the extract. Secondary dimensions add context when the primary table has no numeric score column.

What to take away

Read as a teaching map, this dataset shows why one metric is rarely enough: leaders, tails, trends, and relationships each answer a different question about guest-appearance patterns.

The best reading is modest: use the chart to sharpen the question, then check the source and limits before turning it into a claim.

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The Fine PrintBack of the BoxEnd Credits

NoteWarningsDisclaimer

Artometrics data brief. Figures come from the sources below. Derived shares and editorial indices are not audited financials.

SourcesContentsSources

  1. SourceData Science Learning Community. (2019). TidyTuesday: Simpsons Guest Stars. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/main/data/2019/2019-08-27/simpsons-guests.csv
  2. ReportFull report: artometrics.com/simpsons

MethodAssemblyMethod

Numbers in this issue are the published figures. The skin changes type, rules, and chart color only.

PlatesMade byImage credits

  • HeroArtometrics Simpsons illustration.
  • PlatePortrait of Luca Pacioli, attributed to Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1495. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
  • PlateColor print of a toy shop, Utagawa Sadahide, 1860. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  • PlateBelasco Theatre box office, published November 1907 in Architects' and Builders' Magazine. Unknown photographer. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Updated through JUN 15, 2026.

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