Memo to Beatards: It's Over (Original Scientific Research)
Nov 9, 2017 0:43:58 GMT
Post by antiram on Nov 9, 2017 0:43:58 GMT
Hope you don't mind me posting this non-directly-Hoofman-forum-related thread. I just had to share it with someone...
I got a little curious about the enduring popularity of the Fabbies, and wanted an unbiased measure of how popular they still were, so I approached it scientifically.
I turned to Google Trends.
The first graph covers 14 years, 2004-2017. Statistics are Worldwide. The Beatles trendline (in blue) is unmistakable and worrisome for Beatards. The Beatles make the news about a third as often as they did in 2004, and the decline has been quite steady. At the current rate of decline, interest in the Beatles should reach 0 in approximately ten years or so, probably after the remaining two get their death spikes. One can imagine the despair of the still-breathing SHites in 2027...
To give this some more context, here are trends for Beatles (again in Blue), Justin Bieber (Red), Michael Jackson (Yellow), Rihanna (Green), and NRBQ (Purple) over the past year only:
Yes, even in death, Michael Jackson's popularity dwarfs that of the Beatles.
So the argument that the Beatles are still as popular as ever, and that the kids of today are becoming Beatarded in great numbers is not supported by the evidence.
After all even Pokemon (Red, below) is more popular than the Beatles these days:
Sorry Beatards. All Things Really Do Pass...
I got a little curious about the enduring popularity of the Fabbies, and wanted an unbiased measure of how popular they still were, so I approached it scientifically.
I turned to Google Trends.The first graph covers 14 years, 2004-2017. Statistics are Worldwide. The Beatles trendline (in blue) is unmistakable and worrisome for Beatards. The Beatles make the news about a third as often as they did in 2004, and the decline has been quite steady. At the current rate of decline, interest in the Beatles should reach 0 in approximately ten years or so, probably after the remaining two get their death spikes. One can imagine the despair of the still-breathing SHites in 2027...
To give this some more context, here are trends for Beatles (again in Blue), Justin Bieber (Red), Michael Jackson (Yellow), Rihanna (Green), and NRBQ (Purple) over the past year only:
Yes, even in death, Michael Jackson's popularity dwarfs that of the Beatles.
So the argument that the Beatles are still as popular as ever, and that the kids of today are becoming Beatarded in great numbers is not supported by the evidence.
After all even Pokemon (Red, below) is more popular than the Beatles these days:
Sorry Beatards. All Things Really Do Pass...
