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This past year has seen a rising interest in long-lost hobbies due to shelter-in-place, social distancing, and lockdown orders. Google Trends and Polygraph charted the hobbies that saw the biggest spikes each day of the year.
I’m surprised that sourdough or bread-making is on there, but maybe they didn’t fall under the hobby definition they used.
Tags: coronavirus, Google, hobbies, Polygraph, trends
Posted by in coronavirus, Google, hobbies, Polygraph, Statistical Visualization, trends
People go to Google to find information about things, and when new words appear or grow popular in a language, search trends typically reflect the growth. This scrolly and interactive collaboration between the Google News Lab and Polygraph shows you the words that surged the most, their geography, and where they fit in with past words such as “selfie” and “slay.” [Thanks, Jenn]
Posted by in Google, Infographics, Polygraph, search
Picking basketball players for a professional team is no easy task. College and high school players picked high in the draft might end up average in the NBA, and those picked low might actually be fine professional players. Russell Goldenberg for Polygraph dives into 20 years of NBA draft picks to find the biggest busts, the biggest steals, and convergence to the mean.
Tags: basketball, Polygraph, sports
Posted by in basketball, Polygraph, sports, Statistical Visualization