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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Browsed the article, and couldn’t find the answer, into how an avid fan is identified. I’m also surprised, at the difference between Alberta’s teams, Vancouver and then Winnipeg’s.
Compound that with, Kansas City & Houston, and especially Vegas & Seattle.
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This appears to be the original source of the images:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...e-stanley-cup/
It's from May 2013 and uses the popularity of the Google search term "NHL" in each media market, which is a pretty dubious method for determining "avidity". Also, there doesn't seem to be any explanation as to how the percentage of "avid" fans is determined from the search numbers.
