Every basho, I create a chart that tracks the popularity of the basho on Reddit.com/r/sumo, as measured by the number of daily discussion thread comments. I made one again for the Haru Basho 2019, which includes the popularity of the Kyushu Basho 2018 and the Hatsu Basho 2019. Click here to see a full-sized image... Continue Reading →
I created a chart for the popularity of the Aki Basho 2018 as well as the popularity of the Kyushu Basho 2018 on Reddit.com/r/sumo, as measured by the number of daily discussion thread views and comments. Unfortunately, between this basho and the last one, Reddit disabled the feature to view the number of post views. ... Continue Reading →
Like last basho, I created a chart for the popularity of the Aki Basho 2018 across days on Reddit.com/r/sumo, as measured by the number of daily post views and comments. Well, I created this chart again for the Kyushu Basho 2018! Click here to get a full-sized image of the chart! Interestingly, the number of... Continue Reading →
I've always been curious about the popularity of the bashos across days. Do they start with a wide viewership and then fade across the days? Or do they start with a small viewership that builds up to the very end? I decided to (somewhat) answer this question by looking at the Aki Basho 2018 posts... Continue Reading →
North American Sumo 