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:
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Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez
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
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Credit: Win McNamee
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
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Credit: 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
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
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