Ilia Blinderman

Ilia Blinderman is a Sr. 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.

Stories

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

December 2020
We quizzed people on how well they recognized ’90s songs by their birth year. Britney and Whitney have staying power.

July 2020
Where do Tripadvisor reviewers go when they’re staying local? Our guide to 74,762 US attractions will tell you.

May 2020
America has often been called a nation of immigrants. We mapped where they settled.

January 2020
Headlines say millennials killed napkins, marriage, and Applebees. We say, "you’re welcome." What’s next for this group?

September 2019
Using news coverage, we plotted how one highly unethical study on vaccines has caused outsized, irreparable harm.

June 2019
Want to access the raw data behind an academic paper? OK. Has it been a few years? Yeah... good luck with that.

May 2019
We created a brief history of the past 100 years from New York Times headlines. And yes, there are word clouds.

December 2018
Dear Abby, I’m looking for an analysis of 20,000 advice column letters. Sincerely, Curious. Hi Curious, click this link.

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

September 2018
The job automation crisis isn’t as simple as turning truck driver’s into developers. We break it down with data.

August 2018
In a love letter to NYC and Seattle, we pinpoint the types of businesses that distinguish one neighborhood from another.

March 2018
Everytime a job is automated, the Republican Party benefits.

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

February 2017
Here are the writers, directors, and producers who make films that fail the Bechdel test.

January 2016