Found it interesting, so thought I'd share. I knew Lewis was popular, but didn't realise he was so much more popular than everybody else (though can't help the fact that Seb and Kimi don't have Facebook accounts).
Interactive Map That Shows Which Countries Support Which F1 Teams & Drivers
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beanzmeanzheinzharald
, May 02 2017 09:10
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 09:19
I assume it looks at how many 'positive' posts in twitter and Facebook mention the different drivers, and uses that to take into account how popular they are. That would be why Seb etc is low as he doesn't have an account that a user can mention... but they still can see 'Vettel' etc..
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 09:30
I actually did this in 2015 with a twitter sentiment analysis. I got quite different results. Oh well, maybe my coding skills are worse than I thought...I assume it looks at how many 'positive' posts in twitter and Facebook mention the different drivers
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 09:31
No china for kimi? I call this BS
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 09:34
I actually did this in 2015 with a twitter sentiment analysis. I got quite different results. Oh well, maybe my coding skills are worse than I thought...
Yep, a member of my family is doing exactly the same thing for Pepsi Co. And looking as positive or negative mentions for all their products.
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 09:35
No china for kimi? I call this BS
China doesn't seem to be on the list. Again that may be due to use of western social media (twitter & Facebook) over there. They probably have their own social media sites that they use, that are not being taken into account in this analysis.
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 09:38
The second most popular country for Mercedes is Algeria, after India.
This data is weird.
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 09:42
unibet.co.uk
not visited their homepage but I suspect this is a gambling site and this is merely a database showing which country has laid most bets on which team/driver. That would explain some of the bizarre results.
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 09:45
Thanks for registering just so you could tell us. 
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 09:46
Why do most teams have India as the country their biggest fan group? F1 that big in India?
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 09:56
It's easy to be popular on so-called social media outlets, especially in Egypt, India, the Philippines and Bangladesh.
For obvious reasons.
For obvious reasons.
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 10:04
Sauber biggest fans are from India apparently
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 10:06
If its done by pure volume, than India makes a lot of sense given the size of its population - and that China has strict internet controls.
As with anythnig statistical, the way the data is compiled can seriously skew the underlying story.
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 10:08
I actually did this in 2015 with a twitter sentiment analysis. I got quite different results. Oh well, maybe my coding skills are worse than I thought...
OT: You code?
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 10:10
Close the thread and remove the url. Pathetic.
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 10:15
I'm disappointed in you all, no one has mentioned that we have a new member in 2017 who has joined as a Harry-Heinz fan.
One with such an incredible username too.
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 10:20
Yeah, it was a university assigment, using Matlab and R. I was allowed to chose the subject, so of course it had to be F1 relatedOT: You code?
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 10:27
Not so sure about this data 
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 10:59
I'm disappointed in you all, no one has mentioned that we have a new member in 2017 who has joined as a Harry-Heinz fan.
One with such an incredible username too.
First time poster, long-time lurker!
Heinz Harald-Frentzen was (according to my Mum) one of my first words as a child. The mind boggles.
Edited by beanzmeanzheinzharald, 02 May 2017 - 11:00.
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 11:05
The second most popular country for Mercedes is Algeria, after India.
This data is weird.
Why do most teams have India as the country their biggest fan group? F1 that big in India?
both these countries (and china and egypt etc) host massive clickfarms. You know, the 'buy 1000 facebook likes/retweets/whatevers for $x' thing. These farms want to stay under the radar so they tend to 'like' lots of popular pages, to basically defeat the algorithms that aim to catch them
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 11:18
both these countries (and china and egypt etc) host massive clickfarms. You know, the 'buy 1000 facebook likes/retweets/whatevers for $x' thing. These farms want to stay under the radar so they tend to 'like' lots of popular pages, to basically defeat the algorithms that aim to catch them
Are people really that sad they need to buy likes on social media?
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 12:17
Are people really that sad they need to buy likes on social media?
it's not always people as individuals satisfying their vanity ... likes/interactions etc raise the value of brands. OK obviously coca cola doesn't need to buy likes, but small/fringe stuff with 50,000 likes ... well that's how they get them.
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 12:24
The Roborace twitter count is doing this pretty blatant for exampleAre people really that sad they need to buy likes on social media?
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Posted 02 May 2017 - 12:31
So this thread is a heroic effort to show which teams need to buy likes?
