The Epochal Phenomenon of Pokeman Go: Visualization of Search and Download Trends

[radhikapc]

The GitHub repo: http://localhost:8888/notebooks/Downloads/Lede/20Julylede/02-classwork/homework1/inspirational/homework_1_1_radhika.ipynb

In the past one week, all the social media feeds, from my friends, pages I subscribe to, and news, were about the legendary phenomenon of Pokemon Go. I am neither an app nor a gaming enthusiast. However, it's not surprising that someone naturally becomes curious when the entire world begins to talk about something unprecedented. So I set out to grab dataset from all the available sources, such as Google trends, Github.

First, I have decided to emulate the graphs given at https://www.inverse.com/article/18272-4-pokemon-go-graphs-that-show-just-how-big-the-game-is. This link was given in the critiques.pdf in the 02-classwork.zip foder.

pokemon_trend.pdf
subreddit.pdf

Then, I picked up some of the trendy search terms, such as 'clinton', 'trump', 'islamic state', 'got' and ran the code to discover what's going on.
google_trend.pdf

Additionally, I have tried to discover the fluctuations in download trend for your favourite apps: Whatsapp, Facebook, Tinder, and now Pokemon Go.

app_trend.pdf

My pitch was (use the number): #14

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[raschuetz]

Pokemon Go is certainly trending! BBC did a similar piece. I think it'd be helpful to think of what you want to do that these other pieces haven't. Maybe you could look at it over a wider range of time (how has it done historically compared to Candy Crush?) or over Pokemon's history (how have other Nintendo games done in the past?).

[honjy]

I like this because everyone's talking about Pokemon Go. I'd look at other games that have trended in the past (or are trending now) and see how they compare? Also curious to see if there's a way to find out if Nintendo's actually making any money (yet) from this.

[radhikapc]

Thanks for the review. I am hunting for data sources on games that created similar ripples, so that I can create an interesting angle to the current story. What I have now is from Google trends page. Will explore more for datasets to make the story compelling enough.

[radhikapc]

[raschuetz]

Wow, look at Angry Birds! Does Nintendo Entertainment System include Pokemon Go?

[radhikapc]

So, here is an updated version of the graph. Please suggest improvement.

[radhikapc]

@jsoma This project hasn't received any Editorial review, yet !

[playfairbot]

Closing pitch since story has been opened at #38