Recording Artist Simulator — Data Visualizations

Milestone 2 · Data Renders · Group 1 · ISDN 543 · Spring 2026

01 — Cost of Living

Table: cost_of_living_csv · 30 rows · Source: MIT Living Wage Dataset

Interactive US city map — hover to preview cost of living, click to select. Right panel shows full monthly basket breakdown for the selected city.

Interactive city map and cost of living panel

02 — Streaming & Social CPM Benchmarks

Table: streaming_revenue_benchmarks · 16 rows · Source: Influencer Marketing Hub · Spotify

Live estimated earnings bar chart — updates in real time as the user enters their metrics. Shows monthly income from Spotify, Social Media, and Merchandise.

Monthly income potential as audience grows from 5K to 1M followers — Spotify vs. Social Media combined, calculated from CPM benchmarks per creator tier.

03 — Income Simulation Output

Tables: merch_pricing + performance_tiers + streaming_revenue_benchmarks · Combined runtime output

Focus sliders — user weights each income stream on a 1–10 scale. The value is divided by 10 and applied as a multiplier in each income formula.

Income sources breakdown — proportional split across all 4 streams after the simulation runs.

Monthly cost of living basket — itemized view of all expense categories for the selected city.