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title: Research
publisher: RapCanon
canonical: https://rapcanon.com/research/
license: CC-BY-4.0
retrieved: 2026-08-12
---

> Every RapCanon data study, its method, its sample size and its limitations. Open datasets under CC-BY 4.0.

Research

 
# Studies, with the method attached.

 
Every study on this page ships with its sample size, its method, its limitations and its raw data. If a study is still running, it says so and it is not linked as finished. Nothing here is behind a wall.

 
 All 6 
 Published 0 
 Running 1 
 Scoped 5 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 Corpus running 
 
## The most lexically complex rappers, measured

 
Token-level and rhyme-density analysis across the studio catalogues of the most-streamed rappers of the decade, built on MusicBrainz metadata. Lyrics are computed on and never republished, so only derived metrics are released.

 
 CC-BY 4.0 
 n = 120 target 
 Quarterly 
 Hip-hop 
 
 
Read the method ->

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
In the pipeline

 
## Scoped, not published

 
These are designed and queued. They appear here so you can see what is coming and hold us to it, not to pad a research index. None of them has a number attached yet, because none of them has been run.

 
 
 Economics 
 
### What a stream actually pays, by platform

 
Per-stream payouts reconciled against real distributor statements rather than headline rates, with the variance shown instead of averaged away.

 Economics Scoped 
 
 
 Touring 
 
### The opener's cut

 
What support acts are actually paid across tour tiers, who absorbs production and travel, and what a support slot costs an artist net.

 Touring Scoped 
 
 
 Rights 
 
### Who owns the masters

 
Ownership chains for catalogues that changed hands, traced through filings rather than press releases.

 Rights Scoped 
 
 
 Charts 
 
### Chart mechanics, decoded

 
How bundling, variants and playlist placement translate into chart position, and what each is worth in units.

 Charts Scoped 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Standing offer

 
## Sitting on data nobody has published?

 
Statements, contracts, settlement figures, tour settlements. We will treat a source properly, we will state what we can and cannot verify, and we will never publish something we cannot stand behind.

 How we handle sources ->

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## How to cite this page

**APA**
RapCanon. (2026). Research. Retrieved from https://rapcanon.com/research/

**BibTeX**
```bibtex
@misc{rapcanon-research,
  title  = {Research},
  author = {{RapCanon}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://rapcanon.com/research/},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-08-12}
}
```

**Wikipedia**
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{{cite web |title=Research |url=https://rapcanon.com/research/ |publisher=RapCanon |access-date=2026-08-12}}
```

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