Why Your Friends Have More Friends than You

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[@LOL_MANN]

Bro really said Hamburg is Berlin 💀

[@memeabledata]

@@LOL_MANN My bad 😬

[@LOL_MANN]

@@memeabledata It's all good, we are just people after all

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[@maroo1849]

gutted with this correction 😭 i got way too excited seeing Hamburg mentioned

[@goodboi1725]

I can't stop laughing at how smooth the introduction of the popular guy was. Man's living his life.

[@manbagan]

despite his left hand

[@goodboi1725]

@@manbagan You sure he ain't just throwing gang signs?

[@jokerpilled2535]

Dude is obviously a Chad NPC

[@goodboi1725]

@@jokerpilled2535 To be feared or reveled by the player? *Both.*

[@dzdawlatzwamel9795]

@@jokerpilled2535 More like an NPC with the chad mask

[@thisguy8949]

There was a storybook I read. A rabbit was having a birthday party and invited his 3 friends He assumed his friends had their own friends and told each one to invite 2 friends He was expecting a total of 10 people including himself. His 3 friends invited each other. They still had a great time.

[@miaumeows]

thats actually cute

[@philgamer_309]

Cute

[@mattouleid3085]

😂😂 cute

[@mayasl1339]

wholesome

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

yay!

[@darkmattergamesofficial]

I feel like we are quick to apply the term “friend” to people who are really just friendly acquaintances. Take out acquaintances and the really “popular” individuals might be left with less real friends than those on the outskirts of the social network.

[@jd.epictures2323]

Yeah right. Also the one guy might call every one of these acquaintances friend, while the other guy with more actual friends might call the acquaintances acquaintances, therefore thinking he has less friends when they compare each other while it's just a matter of definition

[@darkmattergamesofficial]

Seems like most people label what really are acquaintances as "friend" now, the vernacular has changed.

[@lw1824]

friends? i have lots of friends! do i hang out with any of them? *hardly.* acquaintances! i have lots of acquaintances! i have a few friends. like... 4. and i'm not really close to them, unfortunately. i'm working on it

[@jonathannash8471]

Exactly. I would say I have 8 friends, 3 good friends (I would trust them to help me bury a body, Rich Hall definition), and probably at least 50 acquaintances I regularly interact with (at least once a fortnight). If I expand any more I have hundreds of acquaintances. I could expand the friends to 20+ if I wanted to as well, but I like to keep it at the 8 that I would gladly go to the pub with almost anytime, and the 3 good friends I would drop anything to help them if they needed it.

[@RacingPepe]

Seems like this video was aimed towards younger people. Comparing follower counts in itself is a very young-person thing to do. The real meaning of "friend" and the phrase "I love you" has faded. People use these terms with complete strangers on the internet after having a fun chat for a few hours. It's lost its meaning entirely.

[@Cruzader310]

So basically, no matter how good you are at something, there's always someone better than you out there.

[@cloud5464]

I mean what about the person that’s better than you? You could say there’s someone better than them but once you go through everyone in the world there will be someone who is the best, and everyone is worse than them. So it does matter how good you are at something

[@ClayLama]

And this someone is usually Chinese

[@liste302]

yes, because the chances of you being the best at anything are pretty low when we consider there are around eight billion people on earth

[@grav8455]

​@@liste302 for real lmao, these one liners man 😂

[@amoththatthinks]

laughing your ASS out@@grav8455

[@reynoldskynaston9529]

Basically it is very unlikely to be the most “popular” friend in your group of friends because you can have many friends but only one can be the most “popular”

[@hehe8138]

Incorrect. People with less friends can be more liked than people who have lots of friends. That was not the point. The point is, unless you are Chad, your friends, on average, have more friends than you do. This is because if you are out making friends with people, who are you more likely to make friends with? The shut in who rarely talks to anyone or someone who is meeting lots of people? You are more likely to run into the second guy.

[@BladeStar420]

There can only be one?.... There can only be one. HIGHLANDERRRRRRRRR (never seen this movie)

[@cocob0l0]

@@hehe8138Chad is a country wtf are you talking about

[@madhououinkyoma]

@@hehe8138 The people that are the most liked by the most people tend to have the most friends. Obviously there’s exceptions to the rule but his point is valid.

[@hehe8138]

@@madhououinkyoma it could be true in some cases, but that was not the point of the video

[@JBproductions.]

6:53 “Sorry, but I can't check if the friendship Paradox applies to you if you don’t have friends in the first place” lol 💀💀

[@LawrenceTimme]

F 💀

[@sor3999]

Must be fresh accounts because every account slowly accumulates bot followers.

[@tim..indeed]

​@@sor3999 You only accumulate bot followers if you interact with posts.

[@StarJ3M]

and the music continues as if he didn't just flame those people with 0 followers he says it so stoically to 😭

[@AloneSitoYTTM]

Im doomed 😭

[@notapplicable7292]

The dating and gym examples kinda blew my mind. I always understood the narrow case of friends but had never realized how generalizable it obviously is. Given free choice to participate and a normal distribution of investment, it will always be true.

[@jimmcneal5292]

Imagine having relationships with a girl who is more "experienced" than you💀

[@Alex-mm2vw]

​@@jimmcneal5292So what lol

[@jimmcneal5292]

@@Alex-mm2vw it's ewww

[@attilathehun9654]

​@@jimmcneal5292that's like any girl that ever had somebody?

[@jimmcneal5292]

@@attilathehun9654 true, having relationships/starting family with nоn-virgins is еwww, but her having higher number than you adds insuIt to an injurу

[@CantoCangjie]

I grew up at public schools and my friends having more friends than me always challenged my self-esteem. However since I was in high school I already had been thinking “if I need to maintain so many friendships I will be so tired. It’s like working. How can they hang out with so many people every day?” It turned out I’m actually an introvert. Now I’m at my 30s and being able to be alone is actually a super power. I can manifest so many things while being alone. I don’t need to social at all. I just do it for my business or a certain purpose sometimes. I’m enjoying my life so much.

[@ZuluIndelucht]

I want to ask you the question. Do you think If you start actively trying to be an extrovert and overcome your introvert personality. Do you think you’d go back to being an introvert? For myself the answer is no. I was an introvert, but overcame it and I’ll never go back. I could easily entertain myself and was never bored, but being together with others helps you grow as a person and really is more fun (in my opinion) than being alone. I have to say i do feel bored now sometimes. Witch is new for me.

[@technicalmaster-mind]

@@ZuluIndelucht literally same (Writing my emotions so didn't think much of grammar pardon if u feel hard to read and yhh extensively long sorry 😅😂) I never liked parties family gatherings and till 10th grade my whole life went alone in home with too less or no frnds not going out after schl hrs for months but as i remember now i never felt lone But in 12th grade i found some frnds and im from a country where most people get it hard to get 3 times meal let alone the internet so everyone around me was extrovert so i thought i should also transit myself like that (the society turns you into how they are finally after 15yrs of your life) BEST MEMORIES I MADE But since i was introvert by start, i hadn't talent to make more frnds but just luckily got memorable frnds for short time now im in uni and my highschool frnds went other cities for their unis and ofc they're extrovert by start they're happy must've made new frnds and ME NOW ALWAYS GET THE FEEL OF LONELINESS HOWEVER THAT'S HOW I HAD BEEN SPENDING MY LIFE BY START BUT NEVER FELT THIS CONSTANT INTERNAL FEELING OF LOWNESS now i realise that the best temporary memories are poison for rest of my life i wish i become like before i.e. no problem in being like what im now as i was before in my life except that 1 yr 12th grade phase In our city there aren't much good educational institutes so t I get relieved when i meet them after living 1/2 months in other city back to home town we all come to meet our families for some days and pretty much enjoy eachothers company those 4/5 days those now being some of the days in which i don't feel low but the rest of month!

[@590af]

Socializing is a human need, it's backed up by psychology and research. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that being a lone for too long, actually affects your brain's health or something like that... it leads to deterioration of your cognitive abilities or something like that. You can enjoy yourself and enjoy being alone while steel needing social interaction, you just need to balance it.

[@CantoCangjie]

@@590afnoted.

[@stressfreegames3524]

@@ZuluIndelucht Idk, you might be an ambivert which is I think is a rare trait when your both introverted and extroverted rather than being one or the other 🤔 (plus you shouldn't say overcome like that cause that's implying being introverted is a bad thing when it's not)

[@27jerry27]

Quality > Quantity

[@siantopablo9149]

​@@Kosin-gf7ioyou can never live like that buddy

[@Duck-3]

​​@@siantopablo9149 i got 17 years worth of evidence that proves you otherwise

[@replitzit]

​@siantopablo9149 I'm currently doing it, so your wrong

[@theoddgamer7147]

@@replitzit You a shut in....

[@Nahoko_Satomi]

@@Kosin-gf7ioI’d rather be alone than getting a terrible friend

[@Sylphaeri]

These are some very nicely made videos, especially with: 1) cited sources 2) video corrections and further clarifications on the video 3) no clickbait i hope these data analyses continue

[@nikhilmajeti1874]

Yeah

[@vVearon]

i don’t have friends.

[@datdude3327]

even they have more than you

[@newhonk]

i can be your friend

[@Tpbraut]

​@@newhonkstranger danger!! ⚠️

[@vVearon]

@@newhonk i like hamsters. you are friend.

[@newhonk]

@@Tpbraut nono its ok

[@kkwsn00]

once, i was crying because my friends never had time for me and always hung out with their other friends, and outside i always see people have many friends. my dad came to me, and said, i don't have many friends, because i'm a person who can get along better with real friends. he told me the many friends of my friends are most likely to be fake, and my case is a good thing, because having less but real friends is better than having many but fake friends. (i'm sorry if my english is bad!)

[@yomna.is.normal]

That's wholesome

[@arI-Yabs]

Being popular is a bit lonely in itself. I used to be friends with multiple friend groups and hung out with almost the entire course at uni and same in highschool but the depth and intimacy that comes with a smaller social life was always missing and I was constantly somewhat out of touch with very essential parts of myself. It was also quite hard to settle for a relationship due to the vast amount of options that were available so I would often remain a bit emotionally malnourished (wasn't aware of this until the pandemic hit me)

[@ThePenguin134]

eh everyones different. Im friends with loads of people but I still have loads of fun. Naturally I still do small group stuff, but I find hanging out with as many people as possible a lot of fun

[@Adri9570]

Ahh, yes...the _dating app effect_ getting more victims every day. Another reason to explore other planets and leave this doomed one. - The Joker, probably.

[@gustavusadolphus4344]

Having over choice is always better then not having any choices. Someone who has "too many choices" can always just pick one and make it work. If you don't have any choices there's jack shit you can do. Just remember that

[@arI-Yabs]

@@Adri9570 I never used dating apps.

[@Chatoyancify]

The lack of deep connections thins out the factors that help in choosing a partner. Therefore, for people with no close friends, there are still no choices. The notion of having "too many choices" is not accurate, unless, of course, you are choosing based on shallow factors. Popular people can feel just as lonely as those with no friends.

[@agme8045]

For most of the year I only talked with like 3 people in uni (this is my first year) and I felt kinda bad in the sense that I wasn’t making many friends and a lot of other people seemed to be socializing way more. But this last week I somehow ended up socializing with a larger group of people who are all friends with each other, and they even invited me to one of their ‘little hangouts’ and tbh I hated it, i don’t feel comfortable with such large groups of people plus I feel like I have nothing in common with them. Sure they are nice but socializing with them literally drains me. I much rather just hang out with the 2/3 people I’ve been hanging out with for the past couple of months lol

[@BlueBobbin]

Nice to hear you are opening up a bit, enjoy it

[@kacperrools]

commenting to just appricate the kindness of @@BlueBobbin, your encouragment of a stranger made me smile. thank you.

[@fornex5615]

U doing great i think for me in 2 years at uni still 0 friends i talk to nobody i know that's a problem but i just can't talk to anyone like a ghost

[@salli2883]

@@fornex5615 Find at least one person in one class who seems like a good person and cares about the things your learning. Go up to them and ask to sit with them (and their group if there with others). If your not racist, sexist or start every sentence by bringing others down, then your gonna be able to get along with them and have people to talk to and do anything with. Just a few people you can message for help and go through life with will make an extreme difference for the better in most aspects. This is coming from someone who was in your situation when I started uni and now I have a few people that I respect a lot and they also respect me.

[@zeffery101]

yea but it gets boring. I was the same for a while. So I started hanging out more with "connectors" that are the popular ones that everyone is friends with and they can invite me to stuff where I can meet 1-2 people that I actually would like to hang out with more often

[@PaulPritsche]

You already had me at 1:12, absolutely love how the video is made!

[@amoththatthinks]

that was you?!

[@HypnosisBear]

Hell yeah!

[@mako5708]

Your channel is becoming gold. Please more like these videos, explaining life around us by well-understandable data story telling :)

[@TiffanyCoIDV]

I think a mistake we have made as a society is that we call acquaintances "friends". My parents are very sociable people, I have learned from them that is more about giving back favours or just spending a good time than actual deep connections. You can only have a few of those. But shallow relationships can be very beneficial to you and the people you interact with (even if it may seem superficial and it may take some work). So, to my fellow introverts, just be nice to the people surrounding you, try to initiate conversation, don't worry about a deep connection (unless you want them to be one of the 1-3 actual friends you'll have) and remember that we are social creatures and that networking is CRUCIAL if you want too have an easier time in this world.

[@pingu6028]

exactly, nothing wrong with shallow conections. A smile, a few words can be a lot better than nothing. Knowing someone who can repair a car or knows how to do taxes is fine too. People are addicted to outcomes - but we cant control them anyway. A smile to the cashier doesnt cost you anything and if its not returned so what? But if its returned it can give you a good start in the day - the both of you. Also doesnt mean you have to become best buddies/marry each other now.

[@irontree3842]

This is exactly how I behave ! I only have two or three friends with who I actually talk about my private life (girls, future plans, how I feel about this or that...) but I can have a laugh the exact way with them than with like 15 or 20 dudes I know from highschool. The first important thing to remember is that I totally trust the first three and not the others. The second is that all these dudes with who I hangout everyday (except my close friends, precising it because I don't know if that's always the case) hangout with even more people than me and it feels like they also have more "close" friends than me, but that's not the case. They are mostly faking it. I don't know wich way to socialize is the healthier, so I just act what I feel is the best way, wich leads me to the first option.

[@sokokokoko]

If you ask me about how many friends I have I honestly won't think to include the shallow connections. I just consider them some people I like who are nice but wouldn't call that a friend

[@rustin2380]

Pin worthy comment

[@ema-idiomas-musica4111]

My mom always told me that some people who seem like friends today can turn into foes tomorrow, so I'm selective when it comes to choosing my friends. For instance, there are those who may be interested in what you have to offer, but not all of them are genuinely your friends. She also says that I should avoid telling personal things because my "friends" could use that information against me later.

[@isaacdalziel5772]

I would warn you against following her advice too closely, particularly the last part. I've had one or two friends that I ended up falling out with. It was still worth being friends with them, and they never used personal information against me. It's much better than being lonely.

[@ema-idiomas-musica4111]

@@isaacdalziel5772 Thank you. Yes, you're absolutely right. Sometimes, we learn better from our own mistakes than from other people's advice. I'll try to take her suggestions with a grain of salt; otherwise, it can be difficult to make good friends.

[@aki-cy4ev]

my mother told me the exact same but she also grew up in an area where you couldn't trust anybody outside your family. times have changed and my friendships are extremely rewarding because i have found friends with whom i can be extremely open with. some friends did turn out to be awful later and then it becomes a matter of deciding which information you feel comfortable with sharing at which level of intimacy.

[@pi4795]

It's really hard to tell the intentions of people. As a rule of thumb, if a person talks bad or in a way that you don't like about other people, expect that they would do the same with you

[@MOMAZOSPATO]

So true, ive been humilliated and embarassed by “friends” because i told them personal info.

[@ashe_]

Another fantastic video, i spat my drink out when the popular kid bursts through the door with that music. Truly memeable data!

[@guilhermemaia3790]

Fascinating topic! It's both comforting and intriguing to realize that this is a common perception among many of us. Great job breaking down this complex topic!

[@AlphaMC]

I'm an introvert, so I'd rather spend time alone than with others. It's always good to hang out with friends, but you shouldn't let them influence your life more than yourself.

[@DukeofWellington443]

Hey Im too, but lately feeling very lonely, can we connect?

[@nimansabandara6361]

Hope y'all be friends 🤞

[@gfueladdict5655]

really goes back to the old saying, if you're the best in a room, you're probably in the wrong room. Maybe it's not actually a bad thing

[@Korosensei5891]

Why can you explain please ? 🙏

[@elpeluca7780]

​​@@Korosensei5891it means being out of your comfort zone. If you're the best, there's no challenge. Not being the best means you're likely trying to improve

[@Korosensei5891]

@@elpeluca7780 oh now I get it, thanks for the explanation ❤️🤜🤛

[@tim..indeed]

Incredibly high production value for a channel called "Memeable Data" lol. Thank you

[@FireBIaze]

This has to be the best integration of an ad i've ever seen. Well done!

[@ZTimeGamingYT]

As a person who can be classified as an introvert, or "a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone" according to Merriam-Webster, I already know the feeling of not having many friends in the first place lol. This is from my own personal experience with living my life. Really insightful video!

[@tonim.8016]

few friends that you can fully trust >>> many friends of which some or even many or even all are using you to their advantage only but let you down once you need something from them.

[@cricketshorts332]

Introverts Are Actually The Matured Extroverts As Time Goes By They Tend To Understand This @@tonim.8016

[@manaembepis]

I don't think its because you're an introvert, could be that you're just anti-social

[@juli_louie]

​@@manaembepisasocial* that term Is not correct

[@HypnosisBear]

What really matters is having good friends and not more friends. We should make friends with like minded people. Quality > Quantity

[@gummy5862]

I know I’m not a super agreeable person and I refuse to mold myself to make other people comfortable. This is why I’ve never had a friend group, too many characters and personalities to accommodate to. And it’s why I’m selective with who I call a friend.

[@Nicromatic]

However, all your calculations (and the friendship paradox) is about taking the average degree (or number of friends). It is quite intuitive to see how hubs (or people with many friends) would skew the average. What would it look like if you looked at the median number of Twitter followers for those accounts you looked at? This would make sense since I don't care about the average number of friends my friends have, but rather, how many of my friends have more friends than me.

[@TheFizzingWhizbee]

Would be curious about this too!

[@stijn4771]

Leaving a comment here in case something is done with this. Interesting idea!

[@drorbenuliel9280]

This was exactly my thoughts! I am curious as well.

[@zahraamin164]

Yeah I thought about that too

[@wassup4532]

If you use the median you can really compare yourself to others and the final result would tell you if you really are worse socially than others. This video is just dumb and poor clickbait.

[@ssjEasterBunny]

The fact that the door hits the locker at 1:06 is such perfection.

[@JuliusBriggs]

honestly the only thing that really matters is having a few good, close and real friends that have your back and will talk with you about anything if you even have one of those you can count your blessings in life this video also mistakes acquaintances for friends, which is fine for the sake of demonstrating the phenomenon being discussed don't make that same mistake in real life tho

[@elliotcmoussa]

Plot twist: The reason the paradox was discovered in the first place was because all of the statisticians who researched it have no friends, so they made a phenomena to make themselves feel better.

[@ethanpetersen810]

3:24 Ah, no wonder I’ve never had COVID…

[@SebWilkes]

4:07 "Goes to the gym every Janurary 2nd" ... top kek

[@zukushi2533]

I feel like this is very inmportant data in our society right now, especially people that struggle with the feeling of being lonely and maybe even are depressed because of it. Gen Z in general has a lonelyness struggle. Great video, i definitly will be able to use this in future discussions!

[@witchreturns2263]

People who struggle or feel lonely should go out and also to local events, organisations etc and not to rely on statisticss

[@zukushi2533]

@@witchreturns2263 that shows you never been in the situation. It just simply aint that easy, i dont even know where to start lmao.

[@witchreturns2263]

@@zukushi2533 Than stay like this, it's a choice after all

[@patw9175]

@@witchreturns2263 it's impossibly easy to not be a passive aggressive jerk and you still couldn't manage.

[@GoogleAccount-jn5qb]

@@witchreturns2263 That was poorly worded.

[@rimanpele]

jokes on you, i have no friends

[@PROJECT_FALTERS]

This channel is a gem 💎

[@leprechaun3677]

What a phenomenal video; you’ve got my subscribe and I’m now adding the sponsor to my news sources, thanks so much!

[@timwo1f]

We need more of these Videos!

[@fuzzy-02]

Thank you a lot! When you generalized and showed the better fifs player, gym guy, dating etc. It widened my scoped. I had never fully consciously thought about my sampling by onky looking at my friends

[@squashbanana]

Wow this video was insanely interesting. I was absolutely flabbergasted when I saw you only had under 100k subscribers. Well done mate, instantly subscribed!

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[@OP-yw3ws]

Amazing video!!! I love how easy to understand your vids are

[@raulyazbeck7425]

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[@akelych]

Your vids are awesome. Keep it up

[@mattd2026]

So cool to see the practicality with that community post you did!

[@VliegKunstenaar]

The quality of your video is astounding! Happy to have found your channel sir, keep the work up!

[@mattispower8322]

Very cool video! Great job. Did anyone else notice that at 3:12 he titled Berlin as Hamburg? xD

[@335449286]

Great video I love the designs of the characters and look forward to more fun videos like this

[@bandiddums]

I've got a lot of people who I would really like to consider as my friends but whenever I see them being a lot more friendly with some other people makes me feel left out. Seeing them joke around, just having a blast makes me feel really insecure and I would end up distancing myself from said "friend". In addition to that, I tend to care more about myself rather than other people because my whole life I've been a secluded and isolated kid so I have a hard time trying to form some deeper bonds with other people, which really sucks because I want to care more for other people and to be able to relate to them but I can't exactly do that by myself. I think I have some kind of a toxic trait as well, something like a overly possessive personality. Watching this video does make me feel a bit better about it but I don't think I'll be able to improve my situation

[@ENDI8089]

Same i never get invited anywhere by them.

[@technicalmaster-mind]

You're not alone with in the world with these personality traits my frnd

[@bl3524]

Go to therapy

[@alfasusi5415]

I suggest you talk with a professional, read about personalities, emotional locks, and improve yourself

[@beaugearing]

“lets assume every one has two friends” 0:50 that cuts deep man.

[@timjoske5384]

As soon as the cool guy opened the door and the music started playing you got a sub. My kind of content! This is great. I also barely ever comment

[@zack6012]

I think part of it too is you may be more willing to call a popular person your friend where that popular person may not view you as a close friend. You may be more popular than you think, but those people you know that have fewer friends than you, you are not willing to call a friend when they think that you are to them. You only end up comparing yourself to people better than you. this already happens we don't follow people on social media who have fewer followers, less intelligent, and/ or less attractive than ourself. You create this illusion that everyone is better than you

[@riri1718]

This comment is more profound than the video, and I did find the video eye opening. Thank you.

[@artisticcrossbreed]

So, I might be considered "The popular one" in many of my friend groups. I have 15+ friends who I communicate and hang out with regularly. It's weird being on the other side of this, because I have had a lot of my friends refer to me as someone who makes friends easily (which is true) but I have some friends with even more friends than I. In particular one of my friend groups where are ALL that person with 15+ friends. We each have our own large friend groups that don't really intersect with each other. For a long time, I considered them "the popular ones" till people started pointing out that I was exactly the same. It's all about perspective.

[@QuoteBlink]

Last month I was Batman, last week I was Ryan Gosling, but today I am Napoleon (There's nothing we can do)

[@Joaofigueiredo126]

I have a good experience with this situation and for me, is quiet easy to explain. I have a childhood friend (25 years) and we studied at the same school, university and worked at the same company once. He made a lot of friends in these places and I don't. Why? He's handsome and rich. I'm a just standard guy. I realised that people are so open to listen and connect to him, while I always struggle to connect with people, despite the fact we have almost the same personality.

[@teatowel11]

This is not a good explanation of the paradox. A better insight would be to consider that you are friends with the rich handsome guy who you went to school, university and worked with as opposed to other people who you had similar connections with. So yes you're freind may be more rich and handsome which may be why he has more friends, the paradox isn't about that. It's about the fact you are more likely to have less friends than your friends because we all tend to make friends with the same people.

[@FauxReal.]

what you go through is called the beauty premium, which is why more attractive people have more friends and benefits

[@ricardocm77]

Excelente!! Outro vídeo de qualidade ímpar. O céu é o limite 💪😎

[@oyuyuy]

Twitter isn't really a networking site though, most people only follow large accounts and that aren't expected to follow back

[@alfador321]

That cool guy reveal was damn funny

[@kryptoknight992]

*Enters like He's the most extroverted guy on the planet* Narrator: "He's friends with *6* people!"

[@jackwalker4887]

I laughed out loud when the popular guy walked into the room, that was fantastic! btw, at 3:07 that red dot isn't Hamburg but Berlin)

[@HypnosisBear]

1:12 Fuckin' love it! Did not expect that! Subscribed!!

[@arminxvs3372]

Interesting video but my question for this phenomenon: Why does this seem to apply only in one way? Means, if all my friends have more friends than me, and I am a friend of them, shouldn't I have more friends than them as well - thus paradox?

[@KrasBadan]

Not all your friends. Your average friend. Your friends probably have other friends than you, and it's more probable that these friends have more friends than the friend you're checking. Also, when you choose the friend to check, it's more probable that he has less friends than your average friend, because just the few of your friends skew the statistics up. And in reverse, if your friend wants to check his random friend, for example you, he'll probably choose someone who has less friends than his average friend.

[@xMigma]

Really, your channel is amazing! Good job

[@cartoonhyperfixated]

I want to hug everyone in this comment section oh my God

[@nikhilmajeti1874]

Such a wonderful and thought provoking video. Thank you memeable data and youtube🎉

[@1H4NDC14PP1N6]

Love these videos! So interesting and well done. You're going to be huge! Keep going bro!

[@imaboostedanimal2774]

I can't believe you tricked me into learning math against my will. Liked

[@turanbirligi6969]

I dont know but my imaginary friends only have me i know that for sure 💀💀

[@debbiefiuza]

It’s me, I’m that person. It’s not even about being “popular” or having 3x as many connections as other people. It’s about being random. I’m on the tangent of many social groups, having 1-2 friends in a lot of groups (we did an experiment in my 4th semester in college). People were shocked and jealous because I’m pretty much a weirdo.

[@hugegamer8004]

This is interesting because it refers to a certain culture I haven't come across. In my school so far, me and all of my friends have roughly the same amount of friends. We are an isolated group with a mutual dislike for the other friend groups. Some of us have various connections to specific people in those other friend groups, but there is little overlap.

[@Satan_Official]

Because I go for quality over quantity, that's why I keep my circle of friends small, definitely optional, definitely not because I'm an awful and hateful creature.

[@CarlosMorales-es4xv]

Love your videos!! Learning and having some laughs at the same time !

[@The-Crusty-Man]

This is just making me question my life choices.

[@linksgrunverkiffterminecra385]

Good Video, but at 3:06 you labeled the German capital Berlin as Hamburg, another big city in Germany.

[@memeabledata]

My bad! I had to manually adjust the positioning of the pins and I might have messed up some cities

[@rascaljoy]

I have an endless rotating supply of acquaintances, but very very few people I would actually call “friend.” I am of the belief that the term “friend” is usually used a little more loosely depending on how it’s defined.

[@Patowtow]

1:43 That thing about each friend now having 3.7 friends is just senseless maths-it makes absolutely no sense in practice. We're talking about people here. You can't have '0.7' of a person. The answer to the question "Do your friends have more friends than you?" can only ultimately be 'Yes' or 'No'. So on a case-by-case basis, it's actually only those on the far edges, with the fewest friends, whom you could actually say have less friends than their friends. For everyone else, the answer is 'No'.

[@UnKnown-xl1iy]

“hey bro how many friends do you have?” “oh, i have 3.7 friends” “wait, whose the 0.7?” bros basement: 💀🦴

[@3ncy]

cool vid! But what happened to the left hand of all these people??

[@memeabledata]

Something went wrong when I rigged the characters 😬

[@musikbrezel]

I have one friend. I don't see her often, she struggles with an eating disorder and depression. She's the most loving, empathetic person I've ever met and I love her dearly. I also have some acquaintances who are fun to hang out with every now and then, but I wouldn't call them my friends as I wouldn't be vulnerable with them or think about them often. This one friend I think about daily :)

[@And_Nunes]

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[@memeabledata]

Obrigado!

[@hiro047]

that's a really great video

[@abcfx7391]

As you grow, it will be hard to make new friends. For me, a friend is someone that I can trust. I have many "friends," but I can't trust them at all. If something bad happens to me, they won't be there to support.

[@vicocloutier9607]

your videos are great, keep it up !

[@emilyau8023]

I simply just have super low tolerance for dumb people.

[@geomarketingpartner]

Smart approach. Develop yourself more! eg. 4K basic skills, Integral spyral dynamics.

[@miaumeows]

REALLL

[@jecksstar8321]

Hey, you are kindof like Primer. Love it! You'll be doing great!

[@lao-ce8982]

Ok, 1 minute in and my guess would be, that this phenomena occurs because of how we go up on the ladder of the amount friends someone has. The higher we go, the less individuals will be on each level. There is a small amount of people that this paradox does not apply to, but the majority of people will experience this, since most of us is in the lower levels.

[@jbvalle]

This was incredibly fascinating!

[@k1tozen668]

I would argue the friendship paradox isn't as extreme. In the original example with the three groups of friends and one popular guy, the friendship paradox only applies to the outermost people with two friends. This is because their friends all have more friends than themself. However, the people who have three friends both have one friend who also has three friends (equal), one friend who has two friends (less) and one friend who has six friends (more), so on average they see an equal number of people with less friends than them compared to people with more. For personal connections, we shouldn't be using the mean number of friends per person in the friend group, but rather the median number of friends, as you having more or less than the median determines whether or not you feel like you have less or more friends than your friends. Thanks for reading!

[@drorbenuliel9280]

Yep that was what I was thinking as well

[@technicalmaster-mind]

You debunked the video

[@zedzempai123]

bro I swear these videos are the best data visualisation thing that exists on the internet

[@whatisthishelpplz]

damn great job youtube recommending this to me when im depressing myself over the fact that a few of my friends are starting to dislike me and that i cant make new friends at all (im the loneliest person to live in finland)

[@CrypticCobra]

As someone with no friends, I find it hard to believe they have more friends then me.

[@crzy_editz1814]

Step 1: get friends

[@twtdata]

Very valuable content. Great video. Keep up the good work

[@Asterism_Desmos]

I always find this paradox interesting every time I hear it lol

[@dianacardoso4885]

As the friend who has many friends, my advice on making friends is: leave your comfort zone. It's very uncomfortable to do that but it really changed my life! Get out there, get an extracurricular or an activity. Theater is a great way to get out of your comfort zone! Also, don't be scared to compliment people, most of the time they appreciate it and if they don't, move on to the next person. If you're alone, go to another person who is alone and ask if they mind some company. This is how I went from someone shy with very few friends to the person who knows everyone and is not afraid to speak up! Highly recommend, 10/10

[@maydelisar]

Congrats for such a video!🎉Full of creativity, and I believe it explains the concept really well. Looking forward for more content!!!!😊

[@theRealJohnnyG.]

I just discovered this cannel and I love it already!

[@EvilMinds]

1:22 Doesn't look like he's popular in this frame

[@destinywilson3162]

“A friend to all is a friend to none” ~ Aristotle "If you're a friend of everybody, you're an enemy to yourself. ~Mike Tyson

[@imperialhonorguard1483]

To love all equally is to love none well.

[@miaumeows]

this!!!

[@tylerrandolph6193]

Lesson here, don't be friends with popular people.

[@Drunkgg775]

I don't have friend, rest in peace my old friend.