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Ilia Blinderman

Ilia Blindermanis a journalist-engineer at The Pudding. He was first an academic, then a writer, and finally, joined those two occupations in holy union through data-driven storytelling. You can follow him on the socials or check out his website. He has worked on 15 stories to date. Explore them all below.

Get in touch: ilia@pudding.cool

Stories

#126

Dec 2020

cost of lighting

Candles and LEDs don’t pay for themselves. We’ll demonstrate just exactly how much work goes into warding off the dark.
#116

Jul 2020

90s music canon

We quizzed people on how well they recognized ’90s songs by their birth year. Britney and Whitney have staying power.
#113

May 2020

local travel guide

Where do Tripadvisor reviewers go when they’re staying local? Our guide to 74,762 US attractions will tell you.
#103

Jan 2020

international clusters

America has often been called a nation of immigrants. We mapped where they settled.
#94

Sep 2019

things millenials kill

Headlines say millennials killed napkins, marriage, and Applebees. We say, "you’re welcome." What’s next for this group?
#90

Jun 2019

anti-vax misinformation

Using news coverage, we plotted how one highly unethical study on vaccines has caused outsized, irreparable harm.
#85

May 2019

research paper data

Want to access the raw data behind an academic paper? OK. Has it been a few years? Yeah... good luck with that.
#71

Dec 2018

headline history

We created a brief history of the past 100 years from New York Times headlines. And yes, there are word clouds.
#68

Nov 2018

american anxieties

Dear Abby, I’m looking for an analysis of 20,000 advice column letters. Sincerely, Curious. Hi Curious, click this link.
#63

Sep 2018

celebrity billboard

Here’s who was the most popular person on Wikipedia ever day in 2018.
#58

Aug 2018

job retraining

The job automation crisis isn’t as simple as turning truck driver’s into developers. We break it down with data.
#45

Mar 2018

neighborhood places

In a love letter to NYC and Seattle, we pinpoint the types of businesses that distinguish one neighborhood from another.
#28

Jul 2017

job automation

Everytime a job is automated, the Republican Party benefits.
#17

Feb 2017

geography of films

Like teams in the Super Bowl, the popularity of Oscar contenders can also be regional. Here are the hotspots from 2017.
#4

Jan 2016

films bechdel test

Here are the writers, directors, and producers who make films that fail the Bechdel test.