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Forecast 2d88bd36 · published 2026-08-18
Around 1 job postings mentioning product ownership are expected the week of Sep 14–20, 2026 (likely range: 0–4, 80% coverage) — down from 12 the week of Aug 17–23, 2026.
Missed
What was claimed
The forecast
- Target period
- Sep 14–20, 2026
- Predicted mentions
- 1 job postings
- Direction
- ↓ Falling
- Method
- Linear trend fit with confidence interval
- Review by
- 2026-09-20
- Expires
- 2026-09-27
Confidence at publication
Early signal
What happened
Outcome
- Actual mentions
- 73 job postings
- Off by
- 72 postings
- Accuracy
- 2%
- Direction
- ✗ Missed
- Predicted range
- ✗ Actual fell outside it
Interval 0.0-3.5 missed the observed 73.0 (up) in 2026-W38; point estimate was 1.4 (down).
Observed history
product ownership — the series behind the fit
Jul 13–19, 2026: 0 mentionsJul 20–26, 2026: 1 mentionsJul 27–Aug 2, 2026: 1 mentionsAug 3–9, 2026: 6 mentionsAug 10–16, 2026: 2 mentionsAug 17–23, 2026: 3 mentions
How we know
Evidence
39+
Confidence
Early signal
Source diversity
4 sources
Last updated
2026-08-18
Reality validation
- Predicted
- 1.45
- Actual
- 73
- Accuracy
- 2%
- Direction
- missed
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
- 2026-09-20
- Can it be edited?
- No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is
Track record for product ownership
15 forecasts published, 9 scored, mean accuracy 24%.
Primary sources