Category Archives: Statistics
Religious Interest Among Young Facebook Users is Big. But Why?
Stephen Wolfram yesterday published Data Science of the Facebook World, an analysis of data from people who have allowed his website, Wolfram Alpha, access to their Facebook lives. Two charts touch on religion, and we’re not totally sure what to … Continue reading
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The Ups and Downs of the Bible: A Sentiment Analysis of Scripture
What are the most upbeat parts of the Bible? One of our Bible Gateway colleagues has created a statistical overview of the Bible using a technique called “sentiment analysis.” The results identify the cheeriest and gloomiest sections of Scripture. Continue reading
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How People Share the Bible (Verses) vs. Read the Bible (Chapters)
People tend to read longer passages of Scripture online but share shorter passages on Facebook and Twitter—usually a single verse at a time. Here are some charts that quantify the difference in behavior between sharing and reading the Bible. Continue reading
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Top Five Passages From Our Top Ten Cities
From time to time we like to take a look at our stats to see if we can learn anything new about how people are using Bible Gateway. This morning we looked up statistics on traffic from major cities over the past month. We were specifically looking to see what passages people in different cities were looking up. What follows is a list of the top ten cities based on traffic from the past month to Bible Gateway as well as the top five passages—irrespective of translation—that each city was reading…. Continue reading
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