Log-normal is the new normal
Notes on the log-normal distribution in society and nature
Log-normal is the new normal
The log-normal distribution strikes again, the time for times to task completion.
Who Reaps All the Superchats? A Large-Scale Analysis of Income Inequality in Virtual YouTuber Livestreaming
arxiv.org
Another paper that may show log-normal distribution of earnings by “creators”.
Good overview of creator economy dynamics marred by uncritical acceptance of power-law distributions that are probably log-normal.
Many (most? almost all?) results (as ranked by some metric) are produced through a sequence of events whose effects multiply together. The log-normal distribution is the real “normal” distribution.
This is my new obsession, which started with my analysis of Patreon earnings.
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