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BUREAU OF AUDITORY SURVEILLANCE ★ AUDIMUS OMNIA ★ EST. 1959 Bureau of Auditory Surveillance Audimus Omnia: We Hear Everything

Annual Report

Annual Report 2026. Figures are the Bureau's own, and so are the conclusions.

Hours of surveillance
Classified
Albums finished
Also classified, but embarrassing
Subjects monitored
1
Subjects who noticed
1, repeatedly
Reports filed by the public
More than were read
Tracks skipped
Too many to count on one hand
Sudden volume increases, by month incidents (indexed)

A peak in December. The Bureau suspects holiday music, and enthusiasm.

Albums begun versus albums finished indexed to albums begun

The gap is called "the plan."

Reasons given for "one more song" per cent of explanations

None was accepted.

Findings

All figures are invented. None of them is anyone's real listening.