You'll be amused to know that similar experiments have been run for music: 2006: "Experimental Study of Inequality and Unpredictability in an Artificial Cultur

You'll be amused to know that similar experiments have been run for music: 2006: "Experimental Study of Inequality and Unpredictability in an Artificial Cultural Market" http://www.princeton.edu/~mjs3/salganik_dodds_watts06_full.pdf http://www.princeton.edu/~mjs3/salganik_dodds_watts06_full.p... Salganik & Watts 2009 "Web-Based Experiments for the Study of Collective Social Dynamics in Cultural Markets" http://www.princeton.edu/~mjs3/salganik_watts09.pdf http://www.princeton.edu/~mjs3/salganik_watts09.pdf 2008: "Leading the Herd Astray: An Experimental Study of Self-fulfilling Prophecies in an Artificial Cultural Market" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785310/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785310/