Ngram.com Explainer Video

[curious] Want to see how the world's vocabulary has changed over the last five hundred years? [beat] Stop guessing... and start measuring with the Google Books Ngram Viewer. It’s a search engine that scans over [slows down] five hundred billion words [speeds up] from five million digitized books. It turns history into data—watch "The Great War" become "World War One" right on the chart. [pause] But it’s not just for history. Use an asterisk to find top associations—like "University of... [inquisitive] *what*?" You can even do math to sum up terms, or use tags to distinguish a noun from a verb. [excited] Now, here’s the pro-tip most people miss. Don't just look at the lines. [emphasized] Click the year range at the bottom. That takes you directly into the library to read the actual books in context. Whether you're tracking brand wars or social trends, it’s the ultimate tool for "Culturomics." [warm] Go to books dot google dot com slash ngrams to explore. And subscribe for more ways to visualize your world.

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