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November streaming charts: Is it geeky if it’s mainstream?

December 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s worth keeping these charts in context. JustWatch does not know what people are watching; ironically, they just know what people are searching for.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: stats

Which are the most popular board games by country this year

November 29, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Is all this kid stuff? Not exclusively, The Toy Zone cites a The Hustle article that claims 58% of adult Americans have bought a toy for themselves.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: stats, toys

Map porn: The streaming giant’s biggest hits around the world

November 15, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Simple Ghar done the usual keyword research with those expensive Google-scraping third-party tools to calculate the most popular streaming shows worldwide.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: amazon prime video, apple tv+, disney+, netflix, stats

JustWatch October: Halloween didn’t dominate Halloween

November 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We can also see in the graph above what that does for the relative market share of the two options.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: justwatch, stats

Mind-boggling! 89% of Americans do not password-protect their wi-fi

November 7, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

89% of internet users in the United States do not password-protect their wi-fi, and 7% don’t even know whether a password exists.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: security, stats

Are eSports as popular as sports yet?

November 5, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It is JustWatch that has a comparison of League of Legends against traditional sports.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: justwatch, league of legends, stats

Geeky retailer calculates Lord of the Rings versus Wheel of Time versus Game of Thrones fantasy battle

October 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

While Merchoid cannot know the actual number of combatants in each fantasy army, here are some estimates based on the whole Game of Thrones timeline, Lord of the Rings’ War of the Ring, and The Wheel of Time’s The Last Battle, for the five strongest armies in each series.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: game of thrones, lord of the rings, merchoid, stats, wheel of time

Movie swears by the numbers

October 11, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When Firmin Gémier spoke the first line of Ubu Roi during the play’s premiere in 1896, the crowd was so shocked that it took 15 minutes to settle.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: stats

Stats: Dragons, Thor, Lord of the Rings and Rick and Morty show geeky series still dominate

October 8, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One of the quirks of JustWatch is that it’s a search engine, not a streaming platform. People using JustWatch are finding out where a show is so they can watch it.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: house of the dragon, justwatch, rick and morty, stats, the lord of the rings, thor: love and thunder

Wizards of the Coast’s privacy policy criticised

October 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s also concern around Wizards of the Coast’s video policies, as the company does not say how long any video data is kept.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: legal, stats, wizards of the coast

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