Vocabulary · Volume 1 and Volume 2

Long tail

The many smaller consumers in a ranked portfolio. This differs from the statistical upper tail of unusually large observations over time. Neither concentration nor an 80-percent share proves a power-law distribution.

The definition appears in the Volume 1 glossary and Volume 2 glossary. This page collects where the book uses the term and where the blog takes it up.

Discussed in the book

Chapters where “Long tail” is discussed at length, ranked by how directly each section treats it.