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14,000 -- study participants for Columbia Music Lab social influence study (2007)

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Published: 2026-09-25

2007 · n=14,000 · Columbia University (Music Lab study, published in Science)

More than 14,000 participants registered on the Music Lab website for the Columbia University social influence experiment.

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14,000

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Data Vintage

2007

Entity

Columbia Music Lab social influence study

Sample Size

14,000

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

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Columbia University (Music Lab study, published in Science) Primary Tier B

http://sixldswriters.blogspot.com/2007/05/rich-really-do-get-richer.html ↗

Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2007 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

The Rich Really Do Get Richer

Original Research

Columbia University (Music Lab study, published in Science) · Original study ↗

Methodology

Online experiment where participants listened to, rated, and downloaded songs from unknown bands across eight parallel 'worlds' to test social influence on popularity

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