Steam's Coming Soon List Skips 71% of Games. What Earns Followers
71% of upcoming Steam games show no release date and never appear in the default Coming Soon list. Demos earn 1.67x the followers. Data from 60,790 games.
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Hi Violet research and field notes filed under “public-data research.”
Blackbird's Four Restaurant Counts—and the Number It Never Published
Hi Violet compared Blackbird's four public restaurant states, reconstructed the reward economy behind 128.5 million FLY, and explains why counts aren't contribution.
Courtyard's Own Numbers Say Its Monthly GMV Is $50,000. They Also Say $50 Million.
Hi Violet traced Courtyard's conflicting public GMV labels and funding-page dates, reconstructed its drop-to-habit arc, and argues repeat transacting—not GMV—is the metric.
The Price of Mapping the World: What Hivemapper's Own Numbers Reveal
Hi Violet audited Hivemapper's public supply and pricing claims, found three arithmetic conflicts, and derived what a week of global road coverage is worth.
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