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How the score works

Every morning the collector takes one reading per category from three places, then compares this week with last week.

• YouTube: videos published in the last seven days that match the category, and their views. Rip videos and break recaps spike before prices do.
• Reddit: posts in the category’s subreddit this week and the upvotes and comments on them.
• eBay: live listings in the category and the median asking price of a 200-listing sample. More listings means more supply chasing the attention; a rising ask means sellers think it will hold.

Each signal’s week-over-week change is scored against every other category, so a move the whole hobby made together (a holiday weekend, an eBay promotion) cancels out and only relative movement counts. The six signals are weighted and summed. 50 means moving with the market; 75 is a full standard deviation ahead of it, 25 a full one behind. The 8-week line is the score’s own history.

What it is not: sold prices. eBay does not give those away, so a category can top this table on attention while its cards sell for less. Check comps before spending. For Topps drops in the next two weeks, the release calendar has dates, prices and configurations.