Data back 20 more years: independent artists and writers double in 30 years as newspapers keep falling
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-09-29
Benjamin Parry extended a chart back an extra 20 years to capture the internet's impact: independent artists and writers are now double what they were 30 years ago, while the big story remains the steady decline of newspapers and magazines.
Colleen Brady highlighted the Tufte small-multiples design, noting that a good design standard can get AI to produce great visualization work — a contrast between the rise of independent creators and shrinking institutional media.
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