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The Archive, By the Numbers
555 Issues June 2, 1995 — June 3, 2016
Friday Is New Arrivals Day
A massive 79.3% of all issues were published on a Friday. The remaining 104 issues are scattered across the week — Monday was the rarest non-Friday day with only 7 issues ever.
Rock-Solid Biweekly Cadence
75.1% of gaps fell in the 8–14 day range
The longest streak of consistent biweekly publishing was 64 consecutive issues without deviation
From roughly 2000 onward, they locked into 25–27 issues per year like clockwork
The Early Days Were Wilder
Issues #1–#9 (summer 1995) came out weekly — every 3–7 days
The 1997–1999 era had the most irregular gaps: multiple 45–73 day breaks
Longest drought: 73 days between #37 (Jul 27, 1996) and #38 (Oct 8, 1996)
The Golden Era
2010 was the most prolific year with 29 issues (including the anomalous #346.5)
The densest 365-day window started at the very beginning — 34 issues in the first year, one every 10.7 days
Seasonal Rhythms
December was the quietest month (37 issues total) — even record store obsessives take holidays
July was the busiest month (47 issues) — summer listening season