The Pudding

The US workforce can be divided into “sitters” (like programmers and lawyers) and “standers” (like servers and construction workers). Our newest piece looks at what we can learn from this labor split. ?? :?https://lnkd.in/gPKCzXwj ?? :?https://lnkd.in/gD5xYBH3

New project! Is love dead in pop music? ???? David Mora and Michelle Jia checked all 5,141 Top 10 hits since 1958 to see how much has *actually* changed. (Spoiler: it's not what most people think) https://lnkd.in/gk6yXnvM

It's baccckkkk! We're excited to announce the 8th annual Pudding Cup where we pick the best visual and data-driven stories of 2024. ?? Deadline: Saturday, Nov. 30 ?? Winners announced: the week of Dec. 9 ?? Up to 3 winners each get $1,500 https://lnkd.in/g3ec4sTV

Having trouble following who’s who in the NBA recently? You’re not alone. We took a look at the data behind the increasingly vibrant (and maybe a little confusing) landscape of NBA jerseys. https://lnkd.in/gQjH_PHu

Abortion access in the U.S. is full of twists, turns, and roadblocks. To illustrate how difficult it is to get care, we built a maze for each state where the difficulty is calculated by the state’s policies. This is the United States of Abortion Mazes. https://lnkd.in/gPAxFHVE

Do you know about the game of Crokinole? No!? Well then, come learn how amazing the world's best competitive players are. Plus, we made a playable simulator! https://lnkd.in/gwHQRXnP

New project! Using 11 years of relationSHIP data from?Archive of Our Own, we break down why fanfic is hella gay and goes well beyond the source material. Just like fanfic, it’s told in chapters: 1. Slash, 2. Canon, 3. Real Person Fiction. https://lnkd.in/gViSYA84

New project! ?? For most of baseball history, lineups followed simple rules: speed at the top, sluggers hit 4th, etc. But with the rise of analytics, things are changing. Explore that shift (and our custom baseball cards) in our latest story. https://lnkd.in/gqP_V5aK

New project! Explore satellite imagery of every outdoor basketball court in the U.S.A. Link -> https://lnkd.in/gy2J6Uvh

Warning: AI wrote this post... and our latest story. We challenged an AI to do our jobs at The Pudding. From idea generation to coding, see how it performed: https://lnkd.in/gbE_Wr8d