>>6905418>pedantic numberfaggingWell, comes with the territory.
Here is the thing: the actual number (10k) is only a comparison with the number that, using the same process, was obtained before (8k, 7k). Using other methodologies wouldn't alter the observed trend.
Pic related contains the comparison between the average and the median.
As you can see, with the exception of the neutron star that Coco graduation happened to be (and a couple of other special occasions), the median and the mean average follow the same trend with a more or less fixed relation between both for the most part.
Using the mean is just simpler to eyeball without any different with regards to actually measuring the trend.
