Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Ngram

If you haven't seen it before, Google Books has a really neat app called Ngram Viewer.  It allows you to search Google's scanned books and compare frequency of words and phrases over time.  Easy to use and a lot of fun to play around with.  Here's one I ran comparing Punk, Hip Hop and Heavy Metal.



Given the fast rise of Hip Hop I guess I need to stay relevant so here you go:


This is a more politically oriented Ngram:  Jeffersonian v Hamiltonian.  Interesting results.

1 comment:

  1. My Ngram...Beatles way on top, Rolling Stones and Beach Boys a close second and third in that order. dm

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