Interactive Visualization of CGC Census 1930s-2010s? YES! 1 1

[valiantman]

... but only if you think you can handle it...

... and ...   GO!  https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/1764850/

Edited April 2, 2020 by valiantman

[valiantman]

Submissions to CGC by comic in a visualization that steps through the first 20 years of CGC grading. The decades and publishers at the top of the graphic can be selected or de-selected by clicking on the name (such as 1990s Marvel). See how the list changes when you remove the most popular submission decades. The graphic is on a loop, and will restart by itself after 2020 has displayed a few seconds. Use the pause/play button on the bottom left to start and stop the graphic. You can pause and jump directly to any year by clicking on the year in the timeline at the bottom. Then play again to restart.

[Lightning55]

Very cool.  This could keep me occupied for hours.

[Knightsofold]

Well done!!

I never would’ve guessed wolvie 1 would have that many.

[valiantman]

Do you wish you could see more than the Top 20 in the visualization?

Get ready to scroll up and down, but here it is... Top 50: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/1769671/

 

[valiantman]

The 1930s-1940s are hard to see in that version, so if you want to isolate 1930s-1940s more easily, go to this one:  

 

[david20009]

Wow.  Great graphic.  Fascinating.

look at Wolverine the Origin go from 1st to off the chart and Spider-man 361 skyrocket up

[Action252Kid]

This is really cool!  Messed around with it on some periods where I know I submitted a huge chunk of the census for certain books and can definitely see where that had an effect 

[jcjames]

Wow, very cool.

Fascinating to see the changes over the years.

Makes me want an IH181 even more.

[bug33fouf]

[valiantman]

In case anyone prefers a more "stable" list, these lists are also available (without animation):

Highest counts on the CGC Census - TOP 500 OVERALL - MARVEL - D.C. - OTHER

[Bird]

watch GSXM1 come screaming up the chart around 2014

[valiantman]

2 minutes ago, Bird said:

watch GSXM1 come screaming up the chart around 2014

Another good one is New Mutants #98 "arrives" in 2011 and just pushes its way up to second behind ASM #300 by 2015.

[Turtle]

It was crazy watching New Mutants 98 come out of nowhere in 2011 and then briskly move toward the top of the list.  Thanks for this!

[roach04]

Awesome.  I wish election night graphics were this exciting!  Really cool to see the shifts happen over time.

[valiantman]

7 minutes ago, roach04 said:

Awesome.  I wish election night graphics were this exciting!  Really cool to see the shifts happen over time.

They probably will be in the future.  This visualization is called a "bar chart race" and it's rocking the data nerd world. 

[valiantman]

...and NOW, because you didn't know you HAD TO HAVE IT...

https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/1776038/

 

Now you can REALLY watch those books pop in and out of the CGC yearly submissions.  All-Time Totals are shown at the end.

If you get dizzy, just turn off any decade after the 1990s. 

Edited April 2, 2020 by valiantman

[valiantman]

2 hours ago, Bird said:

watch GSXM1 come screaming up the chart around 2014

OK, I just checked into that one, and it's a bug in the CGC database.  There were two listings for Giant-Sized X-Men #1 before 2014 and they consolidated them into one listing in 2014. 

Here's the history of the "first" Giant-Size X-Men #1:  http://www.cgcdata.com/cgc/search/comicid/19

Here's the history of the "second" Giant-Size X-Men #1: http://www.cgcdata.com/cgc/search/comicid/129155

That bug makes it look like all those copies were graded in 2014, when they were actually graded over the prior 14 years under a different record. I'll try to "fix" it for the visualization (about 6 years after CGC screwed it up). 

[THE_BEYONDER]

Over 13,000 Hulk 181s graded.

[valiantman]

8 minutes ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Over 13,000 Hulk 181s graded.

The interesting thing about Hulk #181 is that it was "on pace" for a lot more and it slowed down.  While 13,000 may seem like a lot, "slowing down" in the CGC census after the price went way up can probably only be explained by "dwindling supply".