January 26, 2018

Where the cultural boundaries are

This data visualization fascinated me: the #1 song on YouTube in 3000 cities worldwide (I think in a 1-month window ending 12/17/2017).

Look at the US and it's borders, internal and external:


If you look at the site, you'll see that Havana (Camila Cabello) and Perfect (Ed Sheeran) are international mega-hits. But the three biggest rap songs Gucci Gang (Lil Pump), Gummo (6ix9ine), and Rockstar (see previous post) are uniquely popular in the United States.

Have a listen to Gucci Gang and you'll scratch your head see why:




1 Comments:

Blogger The Other Front said...

a) The Tiger is a nice touch

b) There are are moments when that dude looks a bit like Tom

c) Some time I'll try to watch it with the sound on

February 8, 2018 at 7:31 PM  

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