Bio
Russell Goldenberg is an Editor at The Pudding. He is a fan of local currencies, and thinks you should follow his cat Smokey on Instagram.
Stories
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A Visual History of Rickrolling
Millions of comments, posts, and links, charted.
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Help a Computer Win the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest
This is an experiment to see if an AI program can produce humor.
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How many artists overshadow their band after going solo?
What the data say about Beyoncé, Nick Lachey, and others.
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Nothing Breaks Like A.I. Heart
An essay about artificial and emotional intelligence and finding an ending.
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Every time someone says cool in Community
Watch all 412 cools from Abed, and others.
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Oreos and the Art of Crossword Puzzle Construction
A chronicle of a controversial cookie and condiment crossword clue.
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Who’s in the Crossword?
A look at representation and inclusivity in crossword puzzles.
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Playble Puzzles About Race and Gender in Crosswords
Minis generated from an analysis of the New York Times, and others.
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Winning the Internet
A data-driven newsletter of links in other newsletters.
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An Illustrated Guide to Masked Wrestlers
Stories, facts, and pixel art drawings of hundreds of masked wrestlers.
By Gwendal Uguen, Russell Goldenberg, Jan Diehm -
The Infinite Monkey Theorem Experiment
What happens when you combine music, Joe Rogan, and probability?
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Do Authors Write Where They Know?
Examining how far authors set their books from where they’ve lived.
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Laughing OnLine
Exploring the usage, evolution, and perception of digital laughter.
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Hipster Summer Reading List 2019
An artisanal guide to obscure books based on 100 million checkout records.
By Russell Goldenberg, Amber Thomas -
A People Map of the UK
Where city names are replaced by their most Wikipedia’ed resident.
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A People Map of the US
Where city names are replaced by their most Wikipedia’ed resident.
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Women's Issues Within Political Party Platforms
How often do women’s issues appear in party platform documents over time?
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How Many High School Stars Make It in the NBA?
Every year the top high school basketball recruits get hyped up—do they pan out?
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The World through the Eyes of the US
The countries that have preoccupied Americans since 1900
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The Celebrity Billboard Project
Tracking the popularity of cultural figures in 2018
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Life After Death on Wikipedia
What pageviews tell us about how famous people are remembered after they die
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The Most-Viewed NBA Plays in 2017-18
Warning: this video contains a high dosage of LeBron footage.
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The Birthday Paradox Experiment
Your birthday twin is probably reading this right now. Because math.
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An Introduction to Scrollama.js
The what, why, and how to use scrollama.js for your next scrollytelling story
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An Analysis of Driving Times to Abortion Clinics in the US
Mapping the cities and places with the worst access
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She Giggles, He Gallops
Analyzing gender tropes in film with screen direction from 2,000 scripts
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How Many Users Resize Their Browser?
A look at actual data and how to deal with it
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Plot Trends for Top-Grossing Film from the Past 50 Years
This is a story about how film plots mirror (or shape) historical events.
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The Making of the Weighted Pivot Scatter Plot
How (and why) the interactive chart was born
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Responsive Scrollytelling Best Practices
How to plan or adapt a scrollytelling story for mobile.
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What City is the Microbrew Capital of the US?
Using beer review data to rank the best cities in the country
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How Russell Westbrook Can Average a Triple-Double
As of March 10, Russell Westbrook is averaging a triple-double.
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The Geographic Divide of Oscars Films
Mapping the popularity of Oscar-nominated films in 2017
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NBA Last Two Minute Report
A review of the NBA officiating from the Last Two Minute Report
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How to Implement Scrollytelling with Six Different Libraries
How to tackle a simple scroll-driven chart using six different libraries
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The Unlikely Odds of Making it Big
What three years and 75,000 shows tell us about the chance of success
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How News Media Covers Trump & Clinton
Analyzing 12,147 images of Trump and Clinton
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Twenty Years of the NBA Redrafted
Using career stats to prove the best/worst NBA draft picks, ever
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