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Thursday, August 7, 2008
The Internet Thinks I’m a Boy
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 47%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 53%
Site Male-Female Ratio
google.com 0.98
facebook.com 0.83
cnn.com 1.35
imdb.com 1.06
merriam-webster.com 0.89
usaa.com 1.08
Okay, it really thinks I’m a hermaphrodite.
I don’t think that’s better.
Using your browser URL history to estimate gender
I want to note it does not check frequency of visits or duration of visits, because my most frequently visited site is http://www.wunderground.com/US/WV/Morgantown.html
Here are the stats for my home laptop:
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 60%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 40%
Site Male-Female Ratio
amazon.com 0.9
imdb.com 1.06
flickr.com 1.15
nytimes.com 1.13
gmail.com 0.9
gardeners.com 0.6
Apparently men don’t shop at Gardener’s. Too bad I had to order more compost bags and filters–they ruined my stats!
But if I delete Garderner’s from my history:
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 47%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 53%
Site Male-Female Ratio
amazon.com 0.9
imdb.com 1.06
flickr.com 1.15
nytimes.com 1.13
gmail.com 0.9
I get the exact same ratio I had on my work computer.