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reportFeb 6, 2024

Most Top-Ranked Podcasts Bring On Guests

Thousands of guests appeared on the top-ranked podcasts in 2022, but a relatively small number accounted for a majority of appearances. 76% of top-ranked podcasts brought on at least one guest in 2022, and 27% almost always or regularly featured guests.
decodedJan 12, 2024

Redacting identifying information with computational methods in large text data

In this post, we discuss three methods to identify and remove specific words and phrases in unstructured text data.
short readsJul 26, 2023

8 facts about Americans and Twitter as it rebrands to X

As Elon Musk rebrands Twitter to “X,” here are eight facts about Americans’ use of the social media platform.
reportJun 29, 2023

#BlackLivesMatter Turns 10

More than 44 million #BlackLivesMatter tweets from nearly 10 million distinct users currently exist on Twitter today. Over half of all existing tweets that include the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag were posted from May to September 2020.
data essayApr 4, 2023

School District Mission Statements Highlight a Partisan Divide Over Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in K-12 Education

Around a third of U.S. school districts mention the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in their mission statements. But these references are far more common in parts of the country won by Joe Biden in 2020 than in areas won by Donald Trump.
short readsMay 31, 2022

Concern about drug addiction has declined in U.S., even in areas where fatal overdoses have risen the most

Public concern about addiction is down even in the parts of the U.S. where drug overdose death rates have increased the most.
short readsMar 16, 2022

5 facts about Twitter ‘lurkers’

Roughly half of American adults who use Twitter (49%) post fewer than five tweets per month; 59% of infrequent tweeters are ages 30 to 49.