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Facebook tells which TV shows are most ‘liked’ in every Cobb city

By Ben Brasch
Jan 3, 2017

You may not often take a look at all your “likes” on Facebook, but The New York Times did.

The Times' data blog The Upshot reviewed active Facebook users in a given ZIP code and saw which of 50 TV shows had the most "likes."

Using heat maps to illustrate, the blog claims the analysis shows the much-talked-about cultural and racial divide present in America today.

It divvies up the country into cities, rural areas and what it calls The Black Belt — “a swath that extends from the Mississippi River along the Eastern Seaboard up to Washington, but also including city centers and other places with large nonwhite populations.”

The post also includes a search function at the bottom that shows which programs city's residents "like" and don't "like" as much as other cities. It also shows you which cities have the most similar and dissimilar tastes in shows according to "likes."

Check out Cobb’s results below:

Writers and actors attend a "Modern Family" wedding episode screening May 19, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Writers and actors attend a "Modern Family" wedding episode screening May 19, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Acworth

♦Above-average fans of:

•Modern Family

•Real Housewives of Atlanta

•Scandal

♦Below-average fans of:

•Duck Dynasty

•Ridiculousness

•The Voice

♦Most similar to:

•Lexington, Kentucky

•Fort Pierce, Florida

•Wilmington, North Carolina

Television personality and CEO of Duck Commander, Willie Robertson speaking on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio.  (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Television personality and CEO of Duck Commander, Willie Robertson speaking on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio.  (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Austell

♦Above-average fans of:

•Scandal

•Real Housewives of Atlanta

•Love & Hip Hop

♦Below-average fans of:

•Duck Dynasty

•The Voice

•NCIS

♦Most similar to:

•Detroit, Michigan

•Charlotte, North Carolina

•Columbia, South Carolina

This undated image released by ABC shows Kerry Washington in a scene from “Scandal.” (AP Photo/ABC, Richard Cartwright)
This undated image released by ABC shows Kerry Washington in a scene from “Scandal.” (AP Photo/ABC, Richard Cartwright)

Kennesaw

♦Above-average fans of:

•Real Housewives of Atlanta

•Scandal

•Modern Family

♦Below-average fans of:

•Duck Dynasty

•Ridiculousness

•The Voice

♦Most similar to:

•Orlando, Florida

•Raleigh, North Carolina

•Nashville, Tennessee

Mableton

♦Above-average fans of:

•Scandal

•Real Housewives of Atlanta

•Love & Hip Hop

♦Below-average fans of:

•Duck Dynasty

•The Voice

•NCIS

♦Most similar to:

•Charlotte, North Carolina

•Richmond, Virginia

•Saint Louis, Missouri

Stevie J and Joseline Hernandez are two of the most polarizing stars in this history of VH1’s “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta.” CONTRIBUTED BY VH1
Stevie J and Joseline Hernandez are two of the most polarizing stars in this history of VH1’s “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta.” CONTRIBUTED BY VH1

Marietta

♦Above-average fans of:

•Love & Hip Hop

•Scandal

•Real Housewives of Atlanta

♦Below-average fans of:

•Duck Dynasty

•The Voice

•Ridiculousness

♦Most similar to:

•Richmond, Virginia

•Tallahassee, Florida

•Raleigh, North Carolina

Powder Springs

♦Above-average fans of:

•Love & Hip Hop

•Scandal

•Real Housewives of Atlanta

♦Below-average fans of:

•Duck Dynasty

•The Voice

•The Big Bang Theory

♦Most similar to:

•Charlotte, North Carolina

•Savannah

•Jacksonville, Florida

Smyrna

♦Above-average fans of:

•Love & Hip Hop

•Scandal

•Real Housewives of Atlanta

♦Below-average fans of:

•Duck Dynasty

•The Voice

•NCIS

♦Most similar to:

•Charlotte, North Carolina

•Richmond, Virginia

•Raleigh, North Carolina

About the Author

Ben Brasch is the reporter tasked with keeping Fulton County government accountable. The Florida native moved to Atlanta for a job with The AJC. If there's something important to you going on in Fulton, he wants to know about it. Help him better metro Atlanta by dropping a line, anonymously or otherwise.

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