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Public data sources for high-attention case studies

These sources are useful when you want a demo or benchmark case that feels timely, public-facing, and easy to explain.

GitHub stargazer history

Series type: daily attention / adoption

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What you get

  • daily new stars
  • daily cumulative stars
  • repo metadata in frame attrs

Good for

  • repo virality
  • open-source launch studies
  • attention spillover around announcements

Notes

  • Uses the public GitHub stargazers endpoint with timestamp-aware media type.
  • Great for high-attention open-source case studies such as OpenClaw-like repo surges.

GH Archive watch-event history

Series type: hourly or daily GitHub attention

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What you get

  • public GitHub event stream
  • watch events at scale
  • cross-repo comparison candidates

Good for

  • ecosystem-level star studies
  • fake-star filtering research
  • broad repo panels

Notes

  • Useful when the native GitHub API is too rate-limited or when you want many repos at once.

CoinGecko market chart

Series type: crypto price / market cap / volume

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What you get

  • historical prices
  • market caps
  • 24h volume

Good for

  • crypto event studies
  • listing news
  • policy or ETF windows
  • attention/price co-movement

Notes

  • Daily data is a natural fit for event windows and quasi-experimental impact analysis.

FRED commodity series

Series type: macro and commodity daily levels

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What you get

  • date/value pairs
  • named public series such as WTI and Brent

Good for

  • oil shock studies
  • macro controls
  • commodity event windows

Notes

  • WTI and Brent are especially useful because they naturally form treated/control pairs or spread-style controls.

LBMA gold via DBnomics-compatible CSV

Series type: daily gold price levels

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What you get

  • daily gold prices
  • multi-currency series when available

Good for

  • gold shock studies
  • safe-haven behavior
  • attention versus commodity price comparisons

Notes

  • For tutorials, a CSV download or mirrored source is often the simplest path.