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QUANTITATIVE HOBBY INTELLIGENCE
🔥 Hobby Pulse
What the hobby is talking about more than normal across the Wire’s source network.
● Updated Sep 16, 1:04 PM
71 items in the last 24h ·48 contributing sources ·7-day coverage vs. the preceding 30 days, with 24-hour acceleration
LIVE SIGNAL
Pulse ScoreTrending Now
24 topics currently showing unusual coverageEXPLORE
Measure Any Topic
Grading Tier
2Mentions · 24h
6Sources · 30d
+1,233%vs. baseline
0.15Normal / day
30-DAY MENTION HISTORY
SOURCE BREADTH
Who’s Talking About It?
Let's Talk Cards1
Collector Investor1
Stacking Slabs1
Sports Card Investor1
Hockey Card Haven1
WeTheHobby1
COVERAGE MIX
Publication Types
Podcasts4
YouTube2
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Wooden Trading Card Display Stand, 3-Tier Card Holder for Graded, Sports and TCG eBayPrice: $29.52Topps Tier One 2025 Reggie Jackson New York Yankees #12 Silver Foil /75 PSA 8 eBayPrice: $20.002019-20 SPx Rookies 55/199 Tier 2 Cale Makar #83 CGC 9.5 Mint+ Rookie RC 0lv3 eBayPrice: $187.09Victor Wembanyama 2023 Panini Court Kings #73 Rookie Tier One RC PSA 10 eBayPrice: $249.992023 Tier One Mariano Rivera & Derek Jeter Dual Autograph /25 PSA 9 auto 9 eBayPrice: $4,999.00METHODOLOGY
How Hobby Pulse Works
Hobby Pulse measures coverage, not popularity. Its foundation is unusual coverage over the last seven days compared with the topic’s expected seven-day activity based on the preceding 30 days. Headline mentions receive full scoring weight, while description-only mentions receive half weight; each article can contribute only once to a topic. Sustained topics need at least two independent sources when the topic appears in a headline, or at least three sources when discovered only in descriptions. A separate 24-hour signal detects breaking coverage and can boost a sustained trend or admit a new breaking topic, requiring at least two independent sources.
The Pulse Score combines mention volume, deviation from baseline, independent-source breadth, publication-type breadth, and recent acceleration. Topics are labeled Sustained, Breaking, Surging, or Sustained + Rising to show why they are appearing. It is designed to surface unusual coverage rather than permanently rank large companies or famous players at the top. All results are generated deterministically from the Wire archive; AI is not used to calculate the rankings.