Hsu Po-yun of the New Aspect Promotion Corporation estimates that, taking Taipei as his example, before 1982 the number of people who participated in some arts activity once a week was 1,200, with 7,500 or so going once a month. After the opening of the popular Cloud Gate Dance Troupe gave the arts a boost, the figures went up to 5,000 and 20,000 respectively.
新象中心負責人許博允根據他的調查指出，民國六十二年之前，台北市每週一次參與文化活動的人口約在一千二百人次，每月一次約七千五百人至七千八百人次；六十二年以後每週一次，參與文化活動約五千人次，每月一次約兩萬人次。