Quantitative Analysis of Social Popularity of Entertainments Using Mathematical Model for Hit Phenomena for Japanese Pop Girl Group AKB48

Abstract

The method of the quantitative estimation of the popularity of the entertainers are presented as an application of the mathematical theory for hit phenomena, the theory to solve the human-human interaction dynamically based on the statistical physics. The Japanese most popular girl group AKB48 is analyzed using the SNS data. The results agree very well, so that the mathematical theory for hit phenomena can be applied to the estimation of the popularity for entertainment activities.