Facebook Data Science Team Slices Open The Pigskin, Analyzes NFL Fans
With Super Bowl XLVII set to kick off Sunday, the Facebook Data Science Team put National Football League fans on the social network under the microscope, finding that one in 10 U.S. Facebook users have declared their allegiances to NFL teams.
With Super Bowl XLVII set to kick off Sunday, the Facebook Data Science Team put National Football League fans on the social network under the microscope, finding that one in 10 U.S. Facebook users have declared their allegiances to NFL teams.
The Facebook Data Science Team looked at the number of likes gained by NFL teams on game days and found that wins brought more new likes than losses, adding that those numbers skyrocketed for playoff games, with winning teams still acquiring more likes, but even losing teams blowing away the average number of likes for regular-season victories.
The Facebook Data Science Team also created maps showing the NFL teams with the most likes in every county in the U.S.,
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