The scorecard.
Every edition of The Degenerates Journal states its reads in print — the levels it expects to hold or break, and the names it screens. Those reads are graded against what the market actually did, and the running count is printed in Saturday’s THE CLOSE. This page keeps every printed count, oldest to newest. A recount replaces the running figure only by being printed itself — nothing here is quietly rewritten, and corrections are logged on the corrections page.
129 of 163
graded research reads hit — 79.1% — as printed in THE CLOSE, Saturday, October 24, 2026. That printing was a full recount of the season from the printed record, and it supersedes the running count below.
The count, as printed
| Printed in THE CLOSE | Graded reads | Hits | Rate | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 125 | 78 | 62.4% | The season’s running count as printed that week. |
| Saturday, October 24, 2026 | 163 | 129 | 79.1% | A full recount of the season; supersedes the running count. |
Counts stand as last printed in Saturday’s THE CLOSE. The week-by-week grading itself lives in the Saturday editions — read them in the journal archive. How reads are graded is set out in the methodology. Educational only — a graded read is a research record, not a recommendation, and past results don’t guarantee future results.