Then the loop closed. Carrie Underwood won season 4 in 2005 with a recoupable advance. Twenty years later, Idol pays her a reported $12.5 million a season to sit in the chair. The show's greatest prod
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—Peak velocitythe hottest sustained views/hr it ever hit
—vs. their normalpace relative to this creator's own baseline
—Engagementlikes per view — real engagement is hard to fake
—Agehow early Slope caught this surge