Is Sonic fan art disturbing? *data analysis*

I analyzed Sonic the Hedgehog fan art with data science!

Thank you to LargeStupidity for pointing out that DeviantArt only implemented tags in 2014, which might have affected the scraping process. This likely explains the distribution of artworks that I showed at 5:50.

Link to images, code and write-up: https://towardsdatascience.com/analyzing-sonic-fan-art-with-data-science-fddcaa8bbb68

0:00 Intro
1:34 The strange world of Sonic fan art
2:15 How much Sonic fan art is there?
2:30 Comparing Sonic to other characters and their fan art
4:13 Why is Sonic so popular?
5:06 My methodology for this project
5:58 Looking over the most viewed artworks in the dataset
13:42 I’m a liar!!
14:12 Analyzing the tags of artworks
15:30 The *furry* discussion
17:33 Continued network analysis
20:00 Conclusions
21:38 Jeez just end it already

#vastava #sonic #fanart

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S01E04 - The cultural impact of Content Cop *data analysis*