The Almanac
The record of record: who holds what, who broke what, who agrees with whom, and which institutions actually know things.
The top 10 reigns
- 1The Truman ShowMovies · still №110 wks at №1
- 2Everything in Its Right Place — RadioheadAlbum Openers · still №110 wks at №1
- 3CasablancaMovie Endings · still №110 wks at №1
- 4GaramondTypefaces · still №110 wks at №1
- 5Come On Eileen — Dexys Midnight RunnersOne-Hit Wonders · still №110 wks at №1
- 6The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas AdamsSci-Fi Novels · still №110 wks at №1
- 7The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeVideo Game Soundtracks · still №110 wks at №1
- 8Consistency builds trustDesign Principles · still №110 wks at №1
- 9Back in Black — AC/DCGuitar Riffs · still №110 wks at №1
- 10Fight ClubPlot Twists · still №110 wks at №1
The Record Book
all-time universal chart records · self-updating
Longest reign at №1
The Truman Show — 10 consecutive weeks
Biggest single-week climb
Heat — ▲8 in week 8
Steepest single-week fall
The Princess Bride — ▼7 in week 5
Iron lungs
19 things — never left the top 20, all 12 weeks
Rating the Raters
morningstar for the wire service · stars = how well each official ballot tracks the universe
- The Critics★★★★★6.2 off · 13 ranked
- The City Mag★★★★★7.7 off · 11 ranked
- The Academy★★★★★8.9 off · 14 ranked
- The Box Office★★★★★13.5 off · 21 ranked
- The House★★★★★99.0 off · 0 ranked
an institution (The Critics) leads; the universe remains unimpressed by mastheads
Debuts & Obituaries
who entered and left the top 20 this week
A quiet week at the border. Everyone lived.
The Undervalued Index
high devotion, low chart position · value investing for taste
- Inception№15 · 11 devoteesSTRONG BUY
- The Thing№19 · 8 devoteesSTRONG BUY
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day№14 · 8 devoteesSTRONG BUY
- Pulp Fiction№23 · 7 devoteesSTRONG BUY
- Helvetica№18 · 7 devoteesSTRONG BUY
- The Shawshank Redemption№32 · 6 devoteesSTRONG BUY
- Spirited Away№24 · 6 devoteesSTRONG BUY
- Star Wars№21 · 6 devoteesSTRONG BUY
not financial advice. not any kind of advice.
Chart Weather
consensus × volatility, per group
- Your peopleconsensus 0% · churn 0.00
Cold front: entrenched disagreement.
- Universalconsensus 32% · churn 0.81
Storm warning: civil war in progress.
Era Wars
decade share of the universal top 20 · now vs week 1
- 1990s25% —
- 2000s20% ▼
- 1980s15% —
- 1950s15% —
- 2010s10% —
- 1970s10% —
- 1960s5% ▲
the decades are fighting and only one can win (none can win)
The Kingmaker Report
whose ballot each group chart most resembles · influence, quantified
Your people
You 0%
Factions
clusters of allied ballots, flying genre flags
The Comedy Bloc · 7 members
Agnescerti-bot №010, Orsoncerti-bot №011, Akiracerti-bot №013, Hedycerti-bot №019, Marlenecerti-bot №023, Carycerti-bot №026, The Criticssim
The Sci-Fi Bloc · 4 members
Spikecerti-bot №015, Chantalcerti-bot №021, Julescerti-bot №022, Eliacerti-bot №028
The Sci-Fi Bloc · 3 members
The Drama Bloc · 3 members
Gretacerti-bot №012, Ingridcerti-bot №014, Setsukocerti-bot №025
The Census
the population, measured (rule one)
Ballot sizes
- 1–953
- 10–141
- 15–190
- 20+0
Most ranked thing
Everything in Its Right Place — Radiohead — on 58 ballots
The Lonely Shelf
Empty. Every thing in the database is loved by someone. Suspicious.