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Indicator observatory

Exact relationship builder

Indicator comparison lab

Compare two measures while keeping their entities, periods, units, and source populations visible. A visual association does not establish causation.

Declared indicator relationship network15 exact pairing contracts span source-backed series across markets, industries, geographies, business dynamism, and merger activity.0117021703180467905510651073,1040810209114101151138123813920149201510
Active planeMarket HHI x leader share5 exact pairs · r 0.95
Relationship planes15declared contracts
Exact pairs6,194entity-period matches
Domains6bounded universes
Imputation0missing sides filled
Comparable hereExact pairs, within-contract ranks, coverage, and descriptive association.
Never inferred hereCausation, legal market findings, forward-filled values, or a national composite score.
Read method

Comparison controls

Build an exact paired slice

Evidence scopeAll source records
Exact pairing ruleSame documented market and release yearLatest pair per entity · both-side evidence

Market structure triangulation

Read concentration through three bounded measures

Switch among every exact pair without treating HHI, CR4, and leader share as interchangeable or additive.
Trace exact paths
Market structure relationship triangleThree exact same-market, same-release relationship planes connect HHI, four-firm concentration, and leading-participant share.171718HHICR4Leader

52 exact pair rowsThree declared edges / four released periods

Each edge is an independent descriptive contract. Shared arithmetic is disclosed, missing sides stay missing, and no three-measure composite score is produced.

Paired visualization

Tracked market HHI and leading-participant share

5 exact pairs in this slice
Exact pairs
5
all plotted
Correlation
+0.95
Strong positive association
0.90
descriptive linear fit
Evidence
0
verified on both sides

Paired comparison cohort

0 / 5 entities · fixed 5-pair benchmark

Select a point, then add it or its nearest exact-pair peers.

The cohort changes the overlay and exact export only. Full-slice medians, correlation, quadrants, and coverage remain fixed.

AI assistants; 2026; Market HHI 4,804; Market leader share 67.1%Browsers; 2026; Market HHI 3,612; Market leader share 50.0%Mobile operating systems; 2026; Market HHI 5,337; Market leader share 63.1%Social referrals; 2026; Market HHI 4,995; Market leader share 68.9%Search engines; 2026; Market HHI 7,359; Market leader share 85.2%
Selected exact pairSearch enginesus-search-engine-usage · 2026 · Digital platforms
Market HHI
7,359
Estimated public · Medium
Market leader share
85.2%
Estimated public · Low
Median positionAt or above both slice medians
X source
statcounter-search-us-2026
Y source
statcounter-search-us-2026
Research handoff4 canonical profiles
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Coverage diagnostics

What entered the plane, and what did not

Pairing coverage is reported separately for each indicator denominator. A matched row is not evidence that either source covers the full underlying economy.

Market HHI65.4%17 matched of 26
Market leader share94.4%17 matched of 18

Only common-release observations are paired. The leading participant's squared share is one component of HHI, so association is partly mechanical; it does not independently establish dominance, durable control, or a legal market finding.

Higher / higher2
Higher X / lower Y1
Lower X / higher Y1
Lower / lower1

Quadrants use this filtered slice's medians: 4,995 and 67.1%.

Slice ledgers

Period and group structure

Counts and correlations stay inside exact paired rows. Small groups may be too thin for a stable descriptive association.

Sector ledger2 visible
GroupPairsX avg.Y avg.r
Digital platforms45.6K71.1%+0.91
Software13.6K50.0%N/A

Reusable comparison packet

Carry the exact contract into analysis

The endpoint returns every matched row in the filtered slice, both observation identifiers, both source routes, evidence status, confidence, entity, group, and period.

This lab compares only declared same-entity, same-period pairs. Missing sides are excluded rather than imputed, correlation remains descriptive, and unlike universes are never combined into a composite market-power score.

Relationship directory

15 declared planes, no arbitrary joins

Each route names both measures and its exact pairing rule. Select a plane to rebuild the lab around that bounded universe.