Instapoetry

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While reading through the discussion on rhyme in poetry, I was attempting to dive into the numbers to see where they got the data for the graph (the graph says "percentage of published poetry" but what does that mean?  Has the quantity of published poetry stayed the same?  What counts as published.  In researching, I ran into this statistic on "Instapoetry"

Instapoetry statistics

• Instapoetry was the driving factor behind the rise in poetry books’ popularity in the US in 2017 and 2018.
  
• In 2019, 7 of the top 20 Amazon best-selling poetry books were written by Instapoets.
  
• This trend is especially popular in Canada, where Instapoents account for the majority of the poetry book sales.
  
• During 2017, 80% of all poetry books sold in Canada were written by Instapoets, and in 2018 this group accounted for over 70% of all poetry sales.
  
• Even in 2020, over 49% of all poetry sales were still coming from Instapoets.
  

Now, I am admittedly almost completely unfamiliar with instapoetry, hearing the term for the first time maybe 2 weeks ago.  Doing a little research I found a name I recognize - Lang Leav.  My daughter bought a couple of her books in junior high and proudly showed them to me as she knew I would approve of her reading poetry.  It was . . . not to my taste . . . shall we say but it was encouraging to me to see her reading poetry.

What are some thoughts on this?  Who is familiar with this?

It seems pretty popular.  It is not rhymed which could be contributing to the decline of rhyme.  Are there some thoughts we should add to site design?

Let me know what you think

Thanks