Weekly signals
Aug 3 – Aug 9, 2026
78 connections drawn between subjects, across 42 pieces and 304 distinct subjects.
A connection is a relationship one piece asserted between two subjects, in that piece's words. It exists because somebody wrote it down, which is why this number has no equivalent anywhere else.
Where domains collided
- culture × tech 33
- art × culture 29
- business × culture 25
- business × tech 23
- academic × tech 15
- academic × culture 13
Volume by beat
| W23 | W24 | W25 | W26 | W27 | W28 | W29 | W30 | W31 | W32 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| culture | 34 | 31 | 40 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 37 | 32 |
| tech | 35 | 32 | 35 | 23 | 30 | 22 | 29 | 36 | 30 | 27 |
| business | 28 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 31 | 26 | 20 |
| art | 20 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 20 |
| academic | 14 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 12 |
| fashion | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
Rising
- Mieke Marple 0.3 → 5
- Francesca Sonara 0.3 → 5
- Elon Musk 2 → 6
- X 0.3 → 3
- OpenAI 3.5 → 6
- Fred Turner 0.5 → 3
- Apple 1.8 → 4
- Tesla 0 → 2
Cooling
- Kyle Chayka 5.3 → 3
- TikTok 2.5 → 1
- Max Hollein 5.5 → 4
- Anthropic 3.5 → 2
- Eugene Whang 2.3 → 1
- Odyssey 2 → 1