A rigorous statistical study · est. 2011

The Ric Report

14½ years of Ric Lipson, quantified — pulled live from the inbox. One collaborator, one very consistent email signature.

4,346

emails from Ric · Dec 2011 → May 2026

14.5

years of Ric, unbroken — his first email predates most of the shows.

~300

emails a year on average — about one every 29 hours, round the clock.

2017

Peak Ric. His busiest year on record — no year has topped it since.

~4.5

days of solid, non-stop reading to get through the lot (~90 sec each).

Partner

1,020

emails where he signed off as “Partner.” That's nearly 1 in 4 — in case, at any point across 14 years, you'd forgotten.

Further findings

~½ million words. At a modest ~120 words an email, that's north of 500,000 words of Ric — knocking on the door of War & Peace.
23%. The share of his emails that formally remind you of his title. Tolstoy showed more restraint.
Zero years off. Every single year since 2011 has an email from Ric in it. A streak most gym memberships would envy.
Still going. Most recent on file: May 2026. The Report remains open.