Developer
breaks 'The Simpsons' down by the numbers
In the last 27 years, the writers and animators behind
The Simpsons have built a vast fictional world that presents plenty of opportunities for analysis.*
Todd W. Schneider, a
Developer at Genius, took a deep dive into
Simpsons data using scripts pulled from
Simpsons World. From there, he wrote code that organizes dialogue by character and then ranks each character by number of words spoken.
Schneider's findings, published in
a post on his personal website, cover both main and supporting character dialogue and the locations within the show where these conversations take place. His piece also takes a larger look at the show's declining ratings, and how those
numbers stack up against wider trends in TV viewership.
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