How informal street vendors define the sonic landscape of Mexico’s capital

A case study on how the government censors TV in China.

We explain how your money gets from you to a streaming platform, and finally to an artist.

Are 25 year olds really more random than 60 year olds?

Looking at how to make writing easier to read.

It is mostly LeBron James.

The best visual and data-driven stories of 2020.

An auditory comparison of 770 artists’ live and studio tracks

Our sophisticated A.I. judges your awful taste in music.

A look at representation and inclusivity in crossword puzzles.

Quantifying the songs that will characterize the ’90s

An analysis of 2,000 books and how body parts are described, by gender.

She’s been having a moment — and that’s not a good thing. Using baby name data, we found other names that are equally as “Karen” as Karen.

This is a music challenge, testing how well you recognize historic hits.

Laughter is complex. In real life it can be hard to tell the real from the fake.

Where city names are replaced by their most Wikipedia'ed resident.

A few months ago, I put together the first part of a guide to help people who wanted to start delving into the storytelling we do at The Pudding.

The many ways to misspell the hardest names in pop culture.

An interactive guide that introduces and explores waveforms.