Verified Data Sheet

Why This Page Exists

Professor High’s value proposition is that he does not make things up. This page is the source of truth for any figure a script pack leans on. But the more important job of this page is telling you what not to say.

Rule One: Inventory Is Not A Story

Do not build hooks, captions, or on-screen text around how many strains we have. A database count is a company fact, not an audience fact. Nobody has ever shared a video because a company had a big table.

The number of strains we track is a credibility footnote, not a content premise. It belongs in an about page, not in a hook. What does travel is the shape of the data — proportions, ratios, and rarity:

Weak (inventory)	Strong (proportion)
“I analyzed 2,748 strains"	"Half of all cannabis is the same terpene"
"11 strains out of 2,708 hit 30% THC"	"Almost no strain actually hits 30% THC"
"37 strains are linalool-dominant"	"Roughly 1 in 66 strains is linalool-dominant"
"Terpinolene appears in 113 of our strains"	"Terpinolene leads about 1 in 22 strains”

A proportion is a claim about cannabis. A count is a claim about us. Always make the claim about cannabis.

Rule Two: The Positioning Is On-Demand Research

When scale genuinely needs stating — a brand beat, an app CTA, a bio line — the correct framing is coverage plus on-demand research, not a fixed inventory:

“Over 20,000 strains, and you can research any strain on demand.”

That is the actual product. The catalog is not a finished list we are counting up to; it is a starting surface, and anything not yet researched can be researched when someone asks. Framing it as a fixed number makes a living system sound like a static one — and invites the exact question we do not want (“is my strain in there?”).

Say this	Not this
”Over 20,000 strains. Research any of them on demand."	"We have 2,748 researched strains."
"Any strain you can name, we can run."	"Our database contains 19,000 strains."
"If it is not researched yet, ask and it will be."	"That strain is not in our database.”

Last Verified

August 4, 2026 — queried against production.

Scale (Reference Only — Not Script Material)

Metric	Verified Value
Distinct strain names known	21,123
Strains with full research and a terpene profile	2,748
Strains with a classified dominant terpene	2,531
Strains with an AI-generated soundtrack	802
Strains with a THC figure	2,708

These figures exist so nobody guesses when scale genuinely has to be stated. Round to “over 20,000 strains” in any public phrasing. The deeper counts are internal — they are denominators for the proportions below, not talking points.

Terpene Dominance Distribution

The most useful dataset in the content library. Almost every strong hook comes from here, and none of them require citing a database size.

Dominant Terpene	Share	Roughly
Myrcene	46.3%	Nearly half of all strains
Limonene	25.5%	About 1 in 4
Caryophyllene	15.3%	About 1 in 7
Terpinolene	4.5%	About 1 in 22
Pinene	2.0%	About 1 in 50
Linalool	1.5%	About 1 in 66
Ocimene	0.6%	About 1 in 170
Humulene	0.6%	About 1 in 180

Re-verified 2026-08-08 against strains_v2 (2,533 of 2,750 strains carry a dominant terpene). The previous figures — myrcene 45.8%, limonene 25.4%, caryophyllene 15.2%, top three 86.4% — have drifted upward slightly as the corpus grew. Scripts already shot against the old numbers are still substantively correct; use the numbers above for anything new.

Safe on-camera claims:

Three terpenes — myrcene, limonene, caryophyllene — lead 87% of all classified strains.
Nearly half of all cannabis is myrcene-dominant.
Terpinolene leads about 1 in 22 strains. It is genuinely rare.
Linalool — the terpene most associated with calm — leads about 1 in 66.

Two different 86% figures exist. Never merge them into one sentence.

Ours (the table above). Three terpenes are the dominant terpene in ~87% of our classified strains. This is a fact about how many strains each terpene leads, measured on our own database. This is the one the hooks KG-04 and DD-03 cite.
The German chemovar study’s. Nine terpenes — β-myrcene, β-caryophyllene, limonene, linalool, α-humulene, α-pinene, β-pinene, terpinolene and fenchol — account for 86% of the variation in terpene profiles (DOI: 10.1089/can.2024.0127). This is a fact about how much chemistry those nine explain, measured on 140 German medicinal flowers.

The numbers are a coincidence. Saying “the German study found three terpenes are 86% of cannabis” is false on both counts — wrong terpene count and wrong statistic — and it is the single easiest way to get our science credibility challenged. If a script cites the study, it must say nine.

Caryophyllene and Beta-Caryophyllene are stored as separate labels but are the same compound. The 15.3% figure is the combined share. Always use the combined number; the split is a data-hygiene artifact.

THC Reality Check

Metric	Verified Value	On-Camera Phrasing
Average THC	20.5%	“The average strain is about 20%“
Share at or above 25%	10.6%	“Only about 1 in 10 strains reaches 25%“
Share at or above 30%	0.4%	“Fewer than 1 in 200 strains reaches 30%“
Highest figure on record	34.8%	“The highest we have ever recorded is under 35%”

Safe on-camera claims:

Only about 1 in 10 strains reaches 25% THC.
Fewer than 1 in 200 reaches 30%. If a menu is full of 30%+ flower, the menu is the problem.
The average good strain is around 20%. That is what normal looks like.

Top Strains By Popularity

Name-drops the audience recognizes. All fifteen have an AI soundtrack.

Rank	Strain	Dominant Terpene	THC %
1	Blue Dream	Myrcene	20.5
2	Gelato	Caryophyllene	21.5
3	OG Kush	Myrcene	22.0
4	Girl Scout Cookies	Caryophyllene	23.5
5	Wedding Cake	Caryophyllene	24.5
6	Gorilla Glue #4	Caryophyllene	24.5
7	Sour Diesel	Limonene	21.5
8	Northern Lights	Myrcene	21.5
9	Jack Herer	Terpinolene	21.5
10	Runtz	Limonene	23.0
11	White Widow	Myrcene	20.0
12	Granddaddy Purple	Myrcene	22.0
13	Ice Cream Cake	Limonene	24.0
14	Super Lemon Haze	Limonene	20.5
15	Permanent Marker	Myrcene	28.0

Safe on-camera claims:

Jack Herer is the only terpinolene-dominant strain in the top ten. That is why it feels different from everything around it.
Sour Diesel is limonene-dominant, not myrcene-dominant, despite the reputation.
Not one strain in the top ten clears 25% THC. The most popular cannabis in the country is not the strongest.

Refresh Queries

Run before each content batch, then update the “Last Verified” date.

-- Distinct strain names known (the "over 20,000" figure)
SELECT count(DISTINCT lower(trim(display_name))) AS distinct_names
FROM competitor_strains;

-- Researched strain scale
SELECT
  (SELECT count(*) FROM strains_v2) AS researched,
  (SELECT count(*) FROM strains_v2 WHERE audio_url IS NOT NULL) AS with_music,
  (SELECT count(*) FROM strains_v2 WHERE dominant_terpene IS NOT NULL) AS with_dominant_terp;

-- Terpene dominance distribution (the script material)
SELECT dominant_terpene, count(*) AS n,
       round(100.0 * count(*) / sum(count(*)) OVER (), 1) AS pct
FROM strains_v2
WHERE dominant_terpene IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY dominant_terpene
ORDER BY n DESC
LIMIT 12;

-- THC reality check, as proportions
SELECT
  round(100.0 * count(*) FILTER (WHERE thc_pct >= 25) / count(*) FILTER (WHERE thc_pct IS NOT NULL), 1) AS pct_over_25,
  round(100.0 * count(*) FILTER (WHERE thc_pct >= 30) / count(*) FILTER (WHERE thc_pct IS NOT NULL), 1) AS pct_over_30,
  round(avg(thc_pct)::numeric, 1) AS avg_thc,
  round(max(thc_pct)::numeric, 1) AS max_thc
FROM strains_v2;

Per-Strain Lookups

For any strain not on this page, pull it live rather than guessing:

curl -s "https://api.thisiswhyimhigh.com/api/v1/strains/slug/SLUG/complete" \
  | jq '.data.strain | {name: .nameDisplay, thc: .thcPct, dominant: .dominantTerpene}'

If a strain has not been researched yet, that is not a gap to hide — it is the product. Run it, then make the episode about the result.

Claim Discipline

Allowed

Proportions and ratios from this page. Terpene-effect associations framed as association. Peer-reviewed mechanisms named as research. Label and price observations stated as observation.

Not allowed

Any medical claim — “cures,” “treats,” “heals.” Effect predictions stated as certainty. Figures not on this page or pulled live. Naming a specific lab or dispensary as fraudulent. Database-size bragging.

The safe construction for effects is mechanism-plus-hedge:

“Myrcene is the most common dominant terpene in cannabis, and research associates it with sedation. That is a pattern, not a prescription — your chemistry gets a vote.”

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​Why This Page Exists

​Rule One: Inventory Is Not A Story

​Rule Two: The Positioning Is On-Demand Research

​Last Verified

​Scale (Reference Only — Not Script Material)

​Terpene Dominance Distribution

​THC Reality Check

​Top Strains By Popularity

​Refresh Queries

​Per-Strain Lookups

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Why This Page Exists

Rule One: Inventory Is Not A Story

Rule Two: The Positioning Is On-Demand Research

Last Verified

Scale (Reference Only — Not Script Material)

Terpene Dominance Distribution

THC Reality Check

Top Strains By Popularity

Refresh Queries

Per-Strain Lookups

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