I want to note that I realize now that using a diverging color gradient was stupid, so I corrected it at [https://imgur.com/a/linearcolorgradient-nl5Gq38](https://imgur.com/a/linearcolorgradient-nl5Gq38)
I am very surprised that even just one of them has a max value in horror, I gotta check out AMC+.
Very cool vis. It would be interesting to see this when controlling for the number or percentage of total films in each genre. Just noting that, visually, that there seems to be a lot of comedy and drama in general, so if you control for that it might give you a more accurate idea of the difference between services. Maybe you did that already though?
The color gradient is a bit confusing to me, my brain expects the scale to go pink-purple-blue, or dark blue-medium blue-light blue, something where the middle color is intermediate rather than pink-light blue-blue
When you spend more time analyzing streaming services than actually watching anything on them.🧐🍿
why did you use divergent palette for sequential data…
% from total hours the service offers would be interesting to see
If you introduced a quality baseline (say 5+ average rating) it’d probably be more useful as a general guide to value for money. Pumping out dross is cheap.
It could be very interesting to evaluate the quality of their databases — not just by genres, but also (or alternatively) by Rotten Tomatoes rating ranges, average ratings per category, etc.
The updated heat map looks great!
You should do a version with the strength on the rows instead. It’d be interesting to be able to look at it from a perspective of “This service has the best value if you like X Genre”.
Like a lot of the sites have drama as a relative strong point and they’re all weak on war relative to their other offerings, and obviously I could just look at the numbers to see who is “best” but I’d like the colours the other way. Like Peacock Premium clearly stands above everyone else in regards to War assuming your inputs are accurate, but the colours don’t really show that.
Best value for me is piracy
Interesting that reality tv is basically non-existent on streaming, given that it seems to be the main product of conventional broadcasters now because it is so much cheaper to make.
I’m surprised that peacock premium has more animation hours than Crunchyroll!
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I want to note that I realize now that using a diverging color gradient was stupid, so I corrected it at [https://imgur.com/a/linearcolorgradient-nl5Gq38](https://imgur.com/a/linearcolorgradient-nl5Gq38)
I am very surprised that even just one of them has a max value in horror, I gotta check out AMC+.
Very cool vis. It would be interesting to see this when controlling for the number or percentage of total films in each genre. Just noting that, visually, that there seems to be a lot of comedy and drama in general, so if you control for that it might give you a more accurate idea of the difference between services. Maybe you did that already though?
The color gradient is a bit confusing to me, my brain expects the scale to go pink-purple-blue, or dark blue-medium blue-light blue, something where the middle color is intermediate rather than pink-light blue-blue
When you spend more time analyzing streaming services than actually watching anything on them.🧐🍿
why did you use divergent palette for sequential data…
% from total hours the service offers would be interesting to see
If you introduced a quality baseline (say 5+ average rating) it’d probably be more useful as a general guide to value for money. Pumping out dross is cheap.
It could be very interesting to evaluate the quality of their databases — not just by genres, but also (or alternatively) by Rotten Tomatoes rating ranges, average ratings per category, etc.
The updated heat map looks great!
You should do a version with the strength on the rows instead. It’d be interesting to be able to look at it from a perspective of “This service has the best value if you like X Genre”.
Like a lot of the sites have drama as a relative strong point and they’re all weak on war relative to their other offerings, and obviously I could just look at the numbers to see who is “best” but I’d like the colours the other way. Like Peacock Premium clearly stands above everyone else in regards to War assuming your inputs are accurate, but the colours don’t really show that.
Best value for me is piracy
Interesting that reality tv is basically non-existent on streaming, given that it seems to be the main product of conventional broadcasters now because it is so much cheaper to make.
I’m surprised that peacock premium has more animation hours than Crunchyroll!
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