> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.highailabs.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Verified Data Sheet
> The real, queried numbers behind Professor High scripts — plus the rule about which ones belong on camera and which ones do not.
## 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](/social/scripts/overview) 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.**
1. **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.
2. **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](https://doi.org/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.
```sql theme={null}
-- Distinct strain names known (the "over 20,000" figure)
SELECT count(DISTINCT lower(trim(display_name))) AS distinct_names
FROM competitor_strains;
```
```sql theme={null}
-- 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;
```
```sql theme={null}
-- 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;
```
```sql theme={null}
-- 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:
```bash theme={null}
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
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.
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."
## Related
The packs that consume this data.
Where the proportion-based hooks live.