Comments on: The Geography of Netflix Rentals http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/11/the-geography-of-netflix-rentals/ Strength in Numbers Thu, 24 May 2012 15:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Favoriter pÃ¥ nätet – January 25, 2010 http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/11/the-geography-of-netflix-rentals/#comment-38406 Favoriter pÃ¥ nätet – January 25, 2010 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:08:16 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4759#comment-38406 [...] The Geography of Netflix Rentals- New York Times gör grafik som visar hur populära filmer är i olika regioner. En rolig idé med ett fantastiskt utförande. [...] [...] The Geography of Netflix Rentals- New York Times gör grafik som visar hur populära filmer är i olika regioner. En rolig idé med ett fantastiskt utförande. [...]

]]> By: Jeff Weir http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/11/the-geography-of-netflix-rentals/#comment-38276 Jeff Weir Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:04:26 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4759#comment-38276 Looks like an opportunity missed to me. As I commented over at the Junk Charts blog, It would be interesting to see correlations between types of movies rented and some socio-economic factors. Here an xy graph would really shine. And it would be interesting to see how strongly rental rank was correlated with metascore (i.e. critical rank). The average metascore of the top 20 rentals was 59.85; compared to (gasp) 59 for the bottom 20 rentals. Looks like an opportunity missed to me. As I commented over at the Junk Charts blog, It would be interesting to see correlations between types of movies rented and some socio-economic factors. Here an xy graph would really shine. And it would be interesting to see how strongly rental rank was correlated with metascore (i.e. critical rank). The average metascore of the top 20 rentals was 59.85; compared to (gasp) 59 for the bottom 20 rentals.

]]> By: Favoriter pÃ¥ nätet – January 21, 2010 http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/11/the-geography-of-netflix-rentals/#comment-38260 Favoriter pÃ¥ nätet – January 21, 2010 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:49:23 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4759#comment-38260 [...] The Geography of Netflix Rentals- New York Times gör grafik som visar hur populära filmer är i olika regioner. En rolig idé med ett fantastiskt utförande. [...] [...] The Geography of Netflix Rentals- New York Times gör grafik som visar hur populära filmer är i olika regioner. En rolig idé med ett fantastiskt utförande. [...]

]]> By: numbersguy http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/11/the-geography-of-netflix-rentals/#comment-38213 numbersguy Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:31:02 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4759#comment-38213 This map (the NYTimes version) was covered by my local news when it came out. They just mentioned the Seattle area and not the nation, but still... cool. Anyway one thing I think would be cool is if you could "reverse" it. If you could enter the movies YOU watched over the past year and have netflix tell you where you should live. "Your rental queue is most like those in zipcode 54321." Going one step further, doing a visualization on THAT... namely assuming 10% of people rent movies out of line with their zipcode and that those 10% have zero "friction" in moving... how long would take for this "resettlement" process to stabilize? This map (the NYTimes version) was covered by my local news when it came out. They just mentioned the Seattle area and not the nation, but still… cool.

Anyway one thing I think would be cool is if you could “reverse” it. If you could enter the movies YOU watched over the past year and have netflix tell you where you should live. “Your rental queue is most like those in zipcode 54321.”

Going one step further, doing a visualization on THAT… namely assuming 10% of people rent movies out of line with their zipcode and that those 10% have zero “friction” in moving… how long would take for this “resettlement” process to stabilize?

]]> By: Favoriter pÃ¥ nätet – January 17, 2010 http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/11/the-geography-of-netflix-rentals/#comment-38186 Favoriter pÃ¥ nätet – January 17, 2010 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:21:48 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4759#comment-38186 [...] The Geography of Netflix Rentals- New York Times gör grafik som visar hur populära filmer är i olika regioner. En rolig idé med ett fantastiskt utförande. [...] [...] The Geography of Netflix Rentals- New York Times gör grafik som visar hur populära filmer är i olika regioner. En rolig idé med ett fantastiskt utförande. [...]

]]> By: Netflix vs Google Maps via NY Times « Bytes Hotdish http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/11/the-geography-of-netflix-rentals/#comment-38178 Netflix vs Google Maps via NY Times « Bytes Hotdish Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:28:47 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4759#comment-38178 [...] (ranked #2 in 55408) than it was up in the northern suburbs (#26 in 55443).  As pointed out by Nathan at FlowingData.com, there was an interesting split in the DC area over rentals of Frost/Nixon [...] [...] (ranked #2 in 55408) than it was up in the northern suburbs (#26 in 55443).  As pointed out by Nathan at FlowingData.com, there was an interesting split in the DC area over rentals of Frost/Nixon [...]

]]> By: com3.es | Best in Blogs: Words of Year/Decade; Conan’s Meme Team; Tweeting for Haiti http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/11/the-geography-of-netflix-rentals/#comment-38143 com3.es | Best in Blogs: Words of Year/Decade; Conan’s Meme Team; Tweeting for Haiti Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:02:44 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4759#comment-38143 [...] zip code in 10 cities. “Great job, NYT. I think I just spent a good hour browsing this one. How’s that for engaging data?” says Flowing Data. FD and NewTeeVee are both all over the data with screen grabs of the most [...] [...] zip code in 10 cities. “Great job, NYT. I think I just spent a good hour browsing this one. How’s that for engaging data?” says Flowing Data. FD and NewTeeVee are both all over the data with screen grabs of the most [...]

]]> By: Nathan Yau http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/11/the-geography-of-netflix-rentals/#comment-38052 Nathan Yau Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:23:39 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4759#comment-38052 The graphic says Netflix provided the data, so I'm guessing no, unfortunately. The graphic says Netflix provided the data, so I’m guessing no, unfortunately.

]]> By: Pete http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/11/the-geography-of-netflix-rentals/#comment-38051 Pete Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:17:37 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4759#comment-38051 Did Netflix release this data? I didn't see that mentioned in the NYT article. I would like to do my own analysis. Did Netflix release this data? I didn’t see that mentioned in the NYT article. I would like to do my own analysis.

]]> By: Shaun http://flowingdata.com/2010/01/11/the-geography-of-netflix-rentals/#comment-38041 Shaun Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:05:58 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4759#comment-38041 Nice post, Nathan. As Eduardo suggested, I would definitely like to see some temporal information to be able to assess the dynamic of rentals. Perhaps to see where "hot spots" start and the subsequent "ripples". Does anyone know if the Netflix recommendation engine utilizes geographic information. The geographic segmentation across various movies definitely suggests it should be used. Nice post, Nathan. As Eduardo suggested, I would definitely like to see some temporal information to be able to assess the dynamic of rentals. Perhaps to see where “hot spots” start and the subsequent “ripples”.

Does anyone know if the Netflix recommendation engine utilizes geographic information. The geographic segmentation across various movies definitely suggests it should be used.

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