Super Bowl Snacks: A Big Data Visualization

Super Bowl XLVIII is shaping up to be the most data-intensive football game of all time. The NFL has brought in SAP to track everything from player statistics to social sentiment analysis. And for the fans at home, Tableau Software and Allrecipes.com have teamed up to determine the most popular snacks for the big game.

Just as Peyton Manning will be screaming “Omaha!” with special ferocity on Sunday and Richard Sherman will be out to prove that he is, indeed, the finest cornerback in the League, the Super Bowl demands that everybody up their game.

The food you serve says a lot about your dedication to team sport. Whether you rock the Lil Smokies at your Super Bowl party or nachos are more your thing, everybody has their own favorite snack. So heat up your wing sauce and get ready to dip into the finest food-related big data viz Tableau has to offer. Click on the image below.