Haunted by the Mythic Success of Lowbrow Content

Measuring the popularity of the self-help and startup genres on Medium

Benjamin Cain
Grim Tidings
Published in
8 min readApr 26, 2022

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Image by Tandem X Visuals, from Unsplash

Come along for an odyssey of discovery!

Our journey begins with Medium’s insistence on haunting me by sending me a steady stream of infuriatingly popular lowbrow content.

Simple content for small minds?

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Benjamin Cain
Grim Tidings

Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom