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More useless Internet knowledge: Who is talking about what where?

Lexicalist reads through internet and twitter chatter to break down what people talk about by age, gender, and geography.

Here is “oil spill” (up about 12,000% the last month, mentioned once out of every 11,826 words):

Lighter blue, clearly, means the word is more common.

Here is “africa”:

People are talking about Africa 31% more than a month ago. Top states? DC and… Alabama!

  1. DC (5.9%)
  2. Alabama (5.3%)
  3. Montana (3.2%)
  4. New York (3.1%)
  5. Arkansas (2.6%)

Finally, if you ever asked yourself, “why don’t I see more Internet chatter on cattle?” it’s because you live in the wrong state:

Readers: prize for the best search word. Post links in comments.

Thanks to David Atkin for the pointer.

12 Responses

  1. The word “unjust” is used
    63.1% of the time by males
    36.9% of the time by females
    Used more frequently with age

    The word “unfair” is used
    45.1% of the time by males
    54.9% of the time by females
    Used equally across all ages

    Hayek and Keynes don’t come up yet.

  2. Re: the high value in WV for “Prius,” many people there commute to government jobs in the greater Washington area, and a Prius gets you into the HOV lane without a passenger

  5. From what I gather people in Alaska are twice as interested in Jesus than people in West Virginia…

    Jesus:
    1 Alaska 7.5%
    2 West Virginia 3.4%
    3 Missouri 3.3%
    4 Kentucky 3.1%
    5 Alabama 3.0%

    … and people in Massachusetts are a lot more interested in their own country than anyone else in it:

    USA:
    1 Massachusetts 27.3%
    2 Nevada 3.2%
    3 Minnesota 2.6%
    4 Washington 2.3%
    5 Wyoming 2.1%

  8. Check out the strange patterns for “Gold Standard”:
    1 New York 29.5%
    2 Massachusetts 19.1%
    3 Texas 14.3%
    4 Washington 13.5%
    5 Georgia 9.4%
    6 California 8.0%
    7 Illinois 6.2%

    …Whereupon it immediately drops off, leaving a statistical 0.0% for the other 43 states.

  9. Militia:
    1 Alaska 12.4%
    2 Oklahoma 9.4%
    3 Michigan 5.9%
    4 Utah 4.6%
    5 Colorado 4.3%

    Jah:
    1 Wyoming 27.2%
    2 New Jersey 11.4%
    3 New Hampshire 9.3%
    4 Florida 5.3%
    5 Indiana 4.5%

    Antioxidants
    1 Nebraska 24.4%
    2 Hawaii 22.4%
    3 Arizona 5.2%
    4 Colorado 5.2%
    5 New York 4.7%

    Moonshine
    1 Kentucky 29.4%
    2 North Carolina 12.2%
    3 Illinois 10.8%
    4 Virginia 7.0%
    5 DC 6.0%

    Prius:
    1 Oregon 7.4%
    2 West Virginia 7.0% (!!)
    3 Nevada 6.9%
    4 New Mexico 4.9%
    5 California 4.5%

    Prophecy:
    1 Wyoming 24.7%
    2 Colorado 7.2%
    3 Texas 4.0%
    4 Indiana 3.9%
    5 Missouri 3.7%

  10. % of men who talk about:

    scotch: 68.9
    beer: 67.2
    whisky: 65.7
    absinthe: 64.0
    bourbon: 63.6
    gin: 59.4
    rum: 53.1
    tequila: 49.7
    vodka: 49.6
    champagne: 48.3
    wine: 46.5
    cognac: 45.8

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