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HOW I MADE THE VISUALIZATION: Numbers and Photoshop. Over the years I always kept a daily log of my earnings and other data.

BACKGROUND: A few weeks ago I posted my daily stripper earnings over four years. My initial comment on that post has a lot of basic info about strip club earnings if you are interested (all earnings shown are net after tip-outs and fees but before taxes). Some commenters asked if the Super Bowl brought in extra revenue so I decided to take a look. Keep in mind that this is ONE stripper's experience over only four Super Bowls.

ABOUT THE DAILY AVERAGE: I considered a few options for what to compare the Super Bowl Sunday and Monday earnings to. I went with the entire prior year's average (counting from the Tuesday after the prior Super Bowl to the Saturday before the relevant Super Bowl). As you can see, my average went up as the years went on and I became better at earning, so maybe it's unfair to use shifts as old as 11 months prior. I considered using an average from some time prior AND after the game. I also considered using Sunday and Monday shifts only because days of the week did tend to be different. Curious to hear thoughts on what would be the most interesting comparison.

LOCAL EFFECT: None of the Super Bowls were played where I danced (Los Angeles area) which obviously would have had a huge impact because of the influx of visitors. Only one game featured an LA team. Anecdotally, I did notice a boost in earnings on days when regular NFL games were played locally. I remember one busy Sunday afternoon in particular when there was a blowout and tons of fans from both teams bailed on the game early and came to the strip club instead.

WAS SUPER BOWL RELEVANT AT ALL: Looking back on my notes, I can point to lots of factors that may have influenced my earnings. The 2/5/17 Super Bowl ($84) was at a club that I was doing very poorly at, so my low earnings were actually not bad for that spot at that time (the Raiders bikiniI I wore may have helped or hurt my cause). The Monday after the 2/4/18 Super Bowl ($1,670) was my best shift ever and was thanks to a one-time-only high-rolling customer. I didn't even do any private dances with him; he just tipped me while I sat and talked with him. He said he was spending because of his divorce, but who knows, maybe he had won a lot of Super Bowl bets the day before. The Monday after the 2/2/20 Super Bowl similarly included a one-time-only medium-rolling customer (along with two of my regulars).

I WAS NOT OVULATING: I got this question so many times on my last post that I'm just pre-empting it here. I do not ovulate.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A RUDE COMMENT: My last post had plenty, so in addition to being offensive and unfunny, just know that you are also being unoriginal.

Thanks for reading!

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I wonder if it's the winners spending or the losers coping

Based on my experience with non-Super Bowl NFL games that were played locally, it was both!

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Not the sexiest dataviz I’ve seen, but it’s straight forward and easy to interpret. You’re being extremely hyperbolic by saying this is one of the “worst you’ve seen”.

What should OP do to improve on it?

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Looks like the stripper who told me she was in school for a stats degree wasn’t lying. Told you she was being honest with me, Tony!

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Well done more than doubling your earnings

This is really interesting. I can see why the Super Bowl would be a spike, but the Monday after seems strange. If anything, I'd expect it to be even lower than an average Monday, because so many people just went out the night before? Maybe it was a fluke, several years running. Do you compare tips with other dancers, and find they have a similar Superbowl Monday experience? Likely they aren't keeping such careful records. Fingers crossed you have a great night tonight!

I'd be curious on the trailing 4 week Mon average, post 4 week average, and general Mon averages to see if it's just Monday blues

Constructive criticism generally contains actionable advice to improve something.

I would be curious how it compares to other Sundays and Mondays specifically

Curious why you haven't updated the data? Posting stuff that is 3 years old today?

I definitely hesitate to draw any global conclusions. If you look at my post with all my daily earnings over four years you see things can be quite spiky, so this could very well be a four-time fluke. My one theory would be that people who won money on the Super Bowl might want to spend it the next day. But to your point, I never talked with other dancers who had detailed records. :)

Shortly after the 2020 Super Bowl strip clubs shut down because of the pandemic. I haven't been back to dancing since then.

I was thinking I should separate those out -- thanks for taking a look!

Fascinating but I suspect the null hypothesis remains unmoved

Thank you! It was a long learning curve for me.

Usually the people aggressively trying to sound like the smartest person in the room, are...believe it or not, not very smart. They just want to be heard.

Ha I would hope someone in school for a stats degree would make something better than a basic bar graph. :)

Can someone show the projected number of DMs this person will get in the next 24 hours compared to baseline?

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Zero as compared to zero. My DMs are closed on all public platforms :)

Scratch that—just checked their profile—change DM to OnlyFans subs.

Yes. And everyone deserves the opportunity to learn to be better. Even if they're just trying to be heard

This is actually pretty insightful! Being a Patriots fan, I'm well aware of the pace of 3 of the 4 games you share, as well as the last Chiefs win. The quality of the game seems to negatively impact earnings, but only in terms of "come back victories". The game against the Rams was a great game, with a defensive showcase, but even with the home team playing, it wasn't enough to distract the locals.

Without the first game, it would seem consistent that you make a bit more during and shortly after the game. (Perhaps "winnings" by bettors?) Perhaps someone won big in 2018?

Regardless, you obviously upped your earnings each year, which is commendable for anyone. =) Keep it up, and Go Patriots! =)

They collected on those bets.

I wonder what the numbers would have been with the Bengals/Rams Super Bowl being in Inglewood, especially with the Rams having won

Agreed. I’d probably break out everyday if the week for averages, break out national championships for other sports, national holidays, compare the weeks before and after those events, and see if it tells me a story of what days I should focus on working and when to take off to maximize earnings and minimize hours of work.

Thank you -- the last point is the one that was most important to me!

Looks like you have possibly become a better stripper as your daily average in ‘17 was $208 and now it is $530. Even with inflation that is a significant increase in your weekly average.

Wtf is up with the ovulation questions!? Like, what's the theory here, that if you ovulate your make more money?

Definitely. If you look at my post from a few weeks ago you can see my daily earnings rise over four years.

Apparently there was some study years ago positing that strippers earn more when ovulating.

TIL... Also inappropriate that they are asking you that

It's clear that the patriots are the only thing stopping you from getting money

An analysis like this might work on a more macro level for all strippers but the vast majority of my earnings in later years were from my regular customers. So I arranged my work schedule to accommodate them.

Ah, regulars! I hadn’t considered them yet when I was speculating on what variables drove the YOY growth since it shows some notable expansion

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Yeah because you’re on here not so subtly promoting your OnlyFans like the other OF promoters who are ruining this sub.

I feel the same way about the Patriots. =)

j/k...you keep doing you.

>TIL... Also inappropriate that they are asking you that

I mean, I didn't ask it, but it's pretty relevant if you're talking about reasons why earnings might increase.

>This is really interesting. I can see why the Super Bowl would be a spike, but the Monday after seems strange. If anything, I'd expect it to be even lower than an average Monday, because so many people just went out the night before?

You're assuming that people who went out the night before stopped partying to go to sleep. There are going to be a ton of people who party through Superbowl, get on the marching powder, and just carry on the next day. And all the people who choose to travel and make long weekends out of it.

Fuck those are some hot graphs. Include this in your routine I BEG

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I think more interesting than the SB+Monday earnings is your daily average growth rate during those four years.

You mention that you were doing poorly in the 2017 club, and it shows that after you left you had a 43.75% increase in daily earnings. Next year was only 14%, but after that you had a 54.52% bump. Would be interesting to know what changed from in that year.

Was it something you were doing, or was it something beyond your control?

Who cares!? Why is this interesting to people. It offers no insights into anything. I'm tired of seeing all these stripper earnings posts. What can I learn from this data? Nothing! It's just attention seeking behavior.

This made me realize… I have no idea how much I make per day… never really thought about it per day

unless there are bears around. bears can smell the menstruation

Thanks for pointing that out. I went into a lot of detail about that in my post from a few weeks ago that showed all my daily earnings over four years. :)

Thanks for the feedback! The second bar in each group is just a screenshot of the two teams with the final score. I figured people reading this would be interested in Super Bowls and would recognize those, but maybe not.

My thought with the colors was to use blue for the baselines and red if it was below baseline and green if above baseline.

Thanks for the attention! On another note, searching this subreddit turns up exactly two posts about stripper earnings that I can find, both authored by me. So a simple solution would be to block me and then you won't ever have to see my posts again. 👍

I worked salaried corporate jobs until I started stripping when I was 37 and the switch to 1) variable earnings, 2) daily accounting, and 3) cash earnings really changed my perspective on my income and spending.

I didn't mention it here but thank you for pointing that out ;)

That’s not the same thing as ovulation.

People give strippers a bad rap. You’re more organized and in the know of your personal finances than 80% of people. Bravo

Will the stripper earnings series continue with a Valentine's Day analysis?

No way you just invoked the null hypothesis to a stripper

It’s def people who hit Super Bowl boxes. Win a $5-10k go to the club

Ha I just checked and I only worked two Valentine's Days (because of days of the week). Both were higher than average though.

How do you earn $1670 in a day?

This kind of data analysis doesn't seem very stripper like. Could we get some pics or a quick performance video to be sure

Ha thanks. As I mentioned in another comment, I had previously worked salaried corporate jobs but being in a cash business of this nature made me much more in tune with my finances.

One very big high-roller tipped me about $2,000 for sitting and talking with him (my net take-home was less because of tip-outs and house fees).

She said it was due to a single high-roller, so that kinda reduces the meaning of the data for me

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Needs at least 6 more data observations to be a pragmatic lower bound sample. The chart is impressive though.

Not sure I understand the question. $84 is how much I earned on that Super Bowl Sunday.

Thanks! Yeah, there is so much variability day to day so I don't make any conclusions.

Going to say that monday after spike is likely due to those people who hit the bag on their bets. Get the bag, try to play with the bags, go home with a sag.

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When you win big bets on the Super Bowl (or any game for that matter) you are obligated to hit the strip club and pass along some of the winnings. It's like tithing for gamblers.

That’s great! It definitely is a switch up in employment and paying standards. What made you make the change of profession if you don’t mind me asking?

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Just got burnt out on corporate life and always wanted to be a dancer :)

Thank you for educating everyone about this! :)

Interesting to see how your daily average has gone up through experience and getting more regular customers (I’m assuming) 2/5/18 was a great day

Good for you! Dancers provide a very valuable service. I don’t go to the club anymore, but when I did, I enjoyed seeing the women I’d made friends with. We would sit and talk almost their whole shift.

It was a slow learning curve for me. And you're right, the regulars were the majority of income in the later years.

This is some awesome data. Thank you!

From what I gathered as a customer and just talking to the dancers, the job takes a large amount of finesse as far as social skills go, plus athleticism, empathy. and self discipline if they want to be successful long term.

So today’s your day! Post an update?

Really knowing stats is to be able to communicate effectively with simple things like bar graphs!

I am shocked you don’t earn more. The data is interesting. I’d be interested to see a more granular chart. Or more looks at it (holidays, days of the week, month etc). The descriptive statistics would be interesting as well.

Not sure if you saw my link in my top level comment but I posted all my daily earnings over four years a few weeks ago: post here.

Yeo, all accurate!

Ha not dancing tonight :)

Enjoy your evening then!

Is the implication that a stripper wouldn't know what "null hypothesis" means? 😂

“Stripper” “Data Scientist” potato potato

I think their are definitely outliers in every profession. I would wager a bet that you are in the 99th percentile.

Are you a stats major and strip to pay for college?

you are one of the most orgainzed strippers ive seen than. i use to bounce at a strip club and most strippers never kept track of their money, spent it all lol.

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This might be hard to do depending on your records, but maybe check other earnings around other sporting events? It might be gambling winnings, and while it probably can't prove it, it might yield a trend.

It doesn't have to be major sporting events either like the super bowl, it might just be general sports gambling, which would be crazy fun and interesting to see! So maybe dig through records around other sporting events!

Too bad I can’t be a dancer now that I know what makes one successful. No one will pay to watch a pale 50 year old man flail around on stage. Doesn’t matter how good my social skills may be.

Thanks for the idea!

Ha I finished all my schooling many years ago but I did take several semesters of Stats.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing this!

I did not see that. That is awesome that you track it. I’d imagine that would be helpful with shift decisions. I am going to dig into it tomorrow.

As vague as possible, are you US based? Metropolitan area?

I think he is implying that assuming the stripper population follows a normal distribution, knowledge of the null hypothesis is likely concentrated in samples several standard deviations above the mean.

Either that or he’s schooling me on how to chat up a stripper. I’m too socially awkward to figure out which is which.

Sunday night 12:01am is technically Monday. That’s when the real party starts.

Is this a case of more people paying after midnight on Super Bowl Sunday? Like yeah it's Monday, but 2am.

Most of the shifts there were in greater Los Angeles but a few shown are Las Vegas.

I didn't explain how I account for the dates. I wasn't splitting my money at midnight and doing it on a strict calendar basis. If I started a shift at 10pm on Sunday and went to 2am Monday morning that all counted towards a "Sunday" shift.

It might not be true for all strippers but I definitely prefer talking nerdy over talking dirty.

I haven’t gained much info besides the fact that you must of became a very good stripper since Super Bowl 51

I would assume this is sports betting related. Id be curious what state you are in - specifically for 2018. Would be interesting if your state had recently passed online betting prior to that SB. Id love to see what the breakdown looks like on the days of Kentucky derby, Pimlico and Belmont if horse betting is allowed in your state

That is more interesting and seems less surprising. I guess your last year average seems more in line with what I would think. $500 on average seems like what I would expect an attractive woman to make. I haven’t been to a strip club in a few years but it always seemed like the women were making a fortune. But I didn’t often go on a weekday so I missed the nights where there are no guys dropping $1,000.

Was the uptick in earnings in later years a result of the analysis?

Clearly the OP is no ordinary stripper, name checks out.

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Don't forget that we don't keep all of the money. And even if you see a guy dropping $1,000, that might be with one or two dancers and there are 30 more on the floor fighting for scraps. LA is not a huge strip club market either. Most of my earnings increase is from me building up a roster of regular customers and also just getting better at the job.

Not sure if you saw my initial comment but I address a lot of your questions :)

I thought nerdy talk was the same as dirty talk.

Thanks, just read it. And the previous post. On 1st glance, I'm unconvinced it is based on sports betting. Although, perhaps anticipation of supreme court striking down pro & amateur sports protection act in May '18 led to increasing sports gambling earlier that year. What was the color designation of the club you were working? Considering OTB is legal, I would be curious what your earning look like on the day of major races - local and national

Well you're doing it right then!

The four Super Bowls shown were at LA club #1, #2, #2, #3. I think to make conclusions about specific betting days it would be better to have aggregate data about money spent at the club. A lot of my earnings were from regulars although I did have two big spends from one-time-only customers who might have been gambling winners. Thanks for reading!

I should have noted that for my accounting I did not split my money at midnight. Money earned up to 2am Monday is filed into Sunday's shift.

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Was there some other external factor (aside from SB) affecting 2017? Like weather, etc?

I am loving this data, really. A real social behavior study

I addressed this in my initial comment :)

Thanks for the support!

Good woman!

club that plays half of the song

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It appears you age like a fine wine. Also, these are Covid years. Surely that affected your industry.

tell it to the movie anchorman.

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Thank you! And check the dates, this is pre-pandemic. :)

So after the over hyped ADstravaganza that is the Sleeper Bowl: There's a lot of backed up testosterone I'm betting.

I had a job one summer driving dancers to gigs.

I made friends with a lot of them and understand why they got to feeling the way they did some days..

There’s nothing about ovulation in the movie.

Philadelphia parties hard apparently

What are you charging for the various services? Curious what this look like if you look at a unit price/net earnings model. Is there a product mix optimization play here?

For the most part it's all tips and single lapdances, which have prices set by the clubs. Prior to 2018 I was able to set my own VIP prices but then my clubs standardized those too and I started leaning towards selling less VIPs to optimize.

Interesting. How much are the set rates? Seem counterintuitive that VIP would make you less money. I always thought the VIP is the upsell service.

VIPs might be better for the club but they charge high room fees to the dancers and/or keep a higher percentage of the total than single dances. When I used to set my own prices I made my VIPs expensive to make it worthwhile. I wrote a detailed comment about pricing on this post if you can find it.

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