Index Archive

Year in which the Harper’s Index was first published

: 1984

Number of Index lines that have ever been published

: 19,787

Portion of the earth’s continents on which Harper’s Magazine subscribers live

: 7/7

Number of Harper’s subscriptions registered in Antarctica

: 1

Percentage by which tourism to the United States is projected to decrease this year

: 9

Percentage by which Democrats are more likely than Republicans to display political signs outside their homes

: 10

By which men are more likely than women to do so

: 16

Portion of Republicans who say that Americans should have the right to protest

: 3/4

Who say that Americans should have the right to protest Israel’s war on Gaza

: 2/5

Number of bills that would restrict the right to peaceful assembly currently pending in Congress

: 5

In state legislatures

: 40

Percentage increase this year in seizures of eggs being smuggled into the United States

: 48

Percentage increase last year in the number of U.S. households that owned chickens

: 28

Percentage of American men who are interested in trying lab-grown meat

: 59

Of American women

: 38

Percentage increase last year in U.S. hospitalizations from food poisoning

: 112

Percentage by which female physicians are more likely to commit suicide than nonphysician women

: 53

By which male physicians are less likely to commit suicide than nonphysician men

: 16

Chance that an American aged 18–64 who has been prescribed a stimulant will misuse it

: 1 in 4

Percentage of Americans who feel comfortable discussing their health with family members or close friends

: 81

Who feel comfortable discussing their bank-account balances

: 38

Chance that an American will work for one of their parents’ employers before turning 30

: 1 in 3

Estimated percentage by which those who do so earn higher salaries there

: 24

Number of companies that accounted for half of global carbon-dioxide emissions in 2023

: 36

Estimated cost to insurers caused by natural disasters worldwide last year

: $146,000,000,000

Percentage by which this cost exceeded this century’s annual average

: 51

Percentage of millennial and Gen Z investors who viewed environmentally motivated investing as extremely important in 2022

: 44

In 2024

: 11

Percentage of corporate executives who say they feel comfortable letting AI make decisions on their behalf

: 38

Who say they would defer to AI’s reasoning over their own

: 44

Percentage of corporate executives using AI who say they trust its business advice over that of their colleagues

: 74

Factor by which the word “notable” appears more frequently in AI-generated sentences than in those written by human

: 13

By which the word “esteemed” does

: 120

Portion of Americans aged 13–17 who say they have been the subject of deepfake pornography

: 1/17

Who say they know another minor who has

: 1/9

Percentage of U.S. tenth graders who say they love school

: 26

Percentage of parents of U.S. tenth graders who say their child loves school

: 65

Average amount that an American child received from the tooth fairy, per tooth, in 2024

: $5.84

This year

: $5.01

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