Mapping Oscar movies

Our new project, Mapping America’s Taste in Oscar Films, is live. It was designed by Polygraph and it maps YouTube trailer views of Oscar-nominated movies during their opening week. This is part of a series of visualizations that includes other projects like World Potus, Rhythm of Food, Inaugurate, and The Year in Language. (If you're interested in how the data was put together, scroll down; there is a note at the bottom of the page.)

Here are the maps for three movies I enjoyed last year: Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, and Hidden Figures. Notice the patterns: