Wednesday, October 27, 2010

OkTrends

"People who own iPhones have more sex than people with BlackBerrys. Atheists have the highest writing proficiency of any religious or nonreligious group. Nevada has more self-described geniuses per capita than any other state. Oregonians tend to be more gay-curious than other Americans.
The man behind these recent findings, Christian Rudder, is not a sociologist, nor does he consider himself an academic of any sort. Instead, he works for the dating Web site OkCupid. And his monthly blog, OkTrends, which he launched last year, is suddenly one of the most popular Web destinations—2 million people have visited in the last six weeks—for fans of fascinating data about how we live and love."
Read the rest of the article here.

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