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Forecast 79504374 · published 2026-08-19
Around 5 job postings for product manager roles are expected the week of Aug 3–9, 2026 (likely range: 0–10, 80% coverage) — up from 4 the week of Jul 6–12, 2026.
Partially confirmed
What was claimed
The forecast
- Target period
- Aug 3–9, 2026
- Predicted mentions
- 5 job postings
- Direction
- ↑ Rising
- Method
- Linear trend fit with confidence interval
- Review by
- 2026-08-09
- Expires
- 2026-08-16
Confidence at publication
Early signal
What happened
Outcome
- Actual mentions
- 10 job postings
- Off by
- 5 postings
- Accuracy
- 50%
- Direction
- ✓ Called correctly
- Predicted range
- ✗ Actual fell outside it
Interval 0.2-9.7 missed the observed 10.0 (up) in 2026-W32; point estimate was 5.0 (up).
Observed history
product manager — the series behind the fit
Jun 1–7, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 8–14, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 15–21, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 22–28, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 29–Jul 5, 2026: 12 mentionsJul 6–12, 2026: 4 mentions
How we know
Evidence
16+
Confidence
Early signal
Source diversity
2 sources
Last updated
2026-08-19
Reality validation
- Predicted
- 5
- Actual
- 10
- Accuracy
- 50%
- Direction
- called correctly
How this forecast was made
- Approach
- Linear trend fitted to recent weekly counts, with a range to account for uncertainty
- How far ahead
- 4 weeks
- Checked against reality by
- 2026-08-09
- Can it be edited?
- No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is
Track record for product manager
16 forecasts published, 10 scored, mean accuracy 26%.
Primary sources
Coin Market Cap: Technical AI Product Manager2026-06-30job listing
Accuweather Careers: Product Manager, Mapping and Weather Visualization2026-06-30job listing
Highlevel: Staff Product Manager - Conversations2026-06-30job listing