Every Country’s Preference For Cats or Dog Mapped
Clearly, there are dog people, and there are cat people. In fact, research reveals humans have identified as either cat or dog lovers since the stone age! This made the Budget Direct Pet Insurance team wonder, do we live in a ‘dog people’ world or a ‘cat people’ world?
The team decided to turn to Instagram to find out. They analyzed hashtag and geolocation data to settle the debate once and for all.
The Budget Direct Pet Insurance team analyzed Instagram posts using the following hashtags: #ilovecats, #catloversclub, #catlovers, #ilovedogs, #dogloversclub & #doglovers, and then extracting the geolocation data of each post. With this information in hand, they awarded the pet’s victory with the higher share of posts. This analysis was done both at a country, state, and city-level to crown the most dog/cat-loving cities in the world. Finally, Budget Direct Pet Insurance produced maps with the highest proportion of dog/cat lovers.
Here’s a preview of the results in a world map:
Cants Vs. Dogs: Which Is the Most Popular Around the World?
