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DATA ANALYSIS TIME!!!

Several very interesting findings from this survey that I'll lay out below, with the caveat that the sample size is incredibly small. Including the winner for which was the hardest region to buy eras tickets for and the easiest region to buy eras tickets for.

Over the course of the tour, the general consensus was that it was far more difficult to obtain tour tickets in America (first leg) than elsewhere. For several reasons, namely the tickemaster shitshow, the cost of resale tickets pricing many people out of the ability to attend, the fact that at that time of purchase the US shows were the only shows so non-US fans also participated spiking demand further whereas US fans had already seen the show by the time international dates dropped so demand was lower, etc etc. However, in a fascinating turn of events, of the North American, European, and Latin American pools of attendees, 75% of each group was able to attend the show closest to where they lived. Which makes the claim that it was equally as easy to attend a local show in North America, Europe, and Latin America. The personal experience bias and internet bias of America being more difficult to obtain tickets to is, empirically at least, false! This is even more fascinating that it evened out given the following per capita stats: with roughly 375 mil people in NA and 71 shows, that ends up with 1 show per 5 mil people. with roughly 742.3 mil people in Europe and 48 shows, that ends up with 1 show per 15 mil people. and with roughly 658 in Latam and 13 shows, that ends up with 1 show per 50 mil people. Obviously, the population of North America is more inclined towards Taylor Swift as an American popstar than the populations of non US countries, culturally, so that can factor into the outcomes evening out despite drastic differentiations per capita, which her touring team probably has the stats on and planned for accordingly. However, despite the wider distribution of shows per person in NA, it was not easier to get a ticket to your local show as 1 of 5 mil people than it was in the other markets where you were 1 of 15 mil or even 1 of 50 mil. One would think that NA attendees would be able to attend local shows at a higher percentage rate given those odds. By that assessment alone, you could ascertain that yes, it was in fact harder to get a local North American ticket as a North American resident. Inversely, it is massively impressive that Latam attendees were able to compete with NA attendees at an equal rate, given their odds were 1 in 50 mil compared to 1 in 5 mil for the NA population, with lesser shows per country than in the entirety of the US. Congrats to all the Latam fans who got so lucky!!

Contrastingly, only 55% of Australian/Asian attendees were able to attend their local show. This stat is more aligned with my expectations, however. Given how few shows there were in that region compared to population size. Of the remaining attendees who could not attend their local show, 26% traveled further within their country/region and 19% had to travel outside their country/region. With roughly (very roughly) 3.58 bil people in Asia (in the general region of Asia she toured) and 10 shows, that ends up with 1 show per 358 mil people. and with roughly 26 mil people in Australia and 7 shows, that ends up with 1 show per 3.7 mil people. Given the almost incomparable population size of the Asian region she toured, 55% of attendees able to attend their local show, or 81% of attendees able to attend in their region at all, that is expected (although higher than expected). However, given I had to group Asia and Australia together due to limited poll slots and how she organized her tour legs, i imagine Asia is weighing this a bit more than Australia. Aussies had the highest amount of shows per capita of any continental region, which you would imagine would make it the easiest ticket to obtain. So to see the stats average out to being the most difficult ticket to obtain is shocking. However ticketmaster also operated in Australia so that could be a contributing factor. Other than that, I can't come up with a reason to explain such low numbers compared to it's high per capita.

Of those unfortunate attendees of the first 3 pools, NA, Europe, and Latam, that did not get tickets to their local/closest show, the data does lend itself a bit more to the America-had-it-worse bias, but not entirely. 75% of remaining NA attendees had to travel further within NA while 25% had to leave the continent, 96% of remaining Europeans had to travel further within Europe while only 4% had to leave the continent, and 67% of Latam attendees had to travel further within Latam while 33% had to leave the region. With more shows per capita within NA compared to Europe and Europe nearly double the population size, it is startling that 25% had to leave NA to see the show when only 4% of Europeans had to do the same. Again, American popstar in America cultural bias could explain one part of that, but the far superior and efficient online ticketing systems of Europe and the laws against resale extortion in most European countries also likely came into play. Perhaps there were the same number of fans purchasing with the intent to attend in each region, but the influx of resellers into the NA ticket market was so high that it made it less likely to get tickets in North America despite nearly double the odds of the average European purchaser. Which, given no other information from polled participants, makes that datapoint more indicative of how dire the reseller issue in NA than anything else. Latam's percentages map out as expected given their show per capita, however it does beat the NA stats in terms of how easy it was to get regional tickets. Combining those stats, 93% of North Americans were able to get tickets within their own region, where only 91% of Latin Americans were able to say the same. It's a close race, but Latin America beats NA by a hair. (99% of Europeans were able to attend in Europe, for comparison lol congrats to you all). but none of them were able to beat the 81% of Australians/Asians who were able to get tickets within their own region.

Again, this is a small pool of people on an American-run predominantly English speaking website, so these results are skewed in that way. This also doesn't account for the conditions stated above that non US fans were not aware of the shows in their local areas until after much of the US first leg had already transpired, which could have spiked demand for US shows higher than others. Also, by that same assumption, it doesn't account for the TTPD set addition for the 2024 leg of the tour, which could have spiked demand for those North American shows and the European shows for those outside NA and Europe. And, of course, the fact that single attendees went to multiple shows in multiple regions. HOWEVER, the numbers working out how they did, with an even match of 3 of the 4 regions in acquiring tickets to their local shows, was not what i expected.

Regionally, Australia/Asia takes the trophy for most difficult tickets to get, which is interesting given Australia's per capita is higher than any other region, but Asia's per capita is massively lower. It has to be assumed Asia weighed down that stat more significantly than Australia, but at this point in time, I don't have the numbers to prove that, so Australia/Asia you are winners of this gauntlet!

Europe wins the region for easiest tickets to get, despite the US having a higher per capita. There are a number of factors we can point to that make Europe different from the other regions, as outlined above, but congrats to Europe for having, what data can vaguely back up, the most efficient and fair live event ticketing system of the 4 regions!

*There is NO button for those who didn't attend, as the poll options maxed out. Kindly do not vote in this poll if you didn't attend so you don't skew the data!

**For the same reason of limited poll slot options on tumblr, Asia and Australia are grouped together by their longitudinal/time zone proximity and how the tour legs were divided up by Taylor. I am aware they are not one geographic region and not as geographically close to each other as other regions listed here, don't worry, so no need to aggressively inform me in the tags!

***By the same tour leg categorization, North America here means Canada and the United States. Yes I'm aware Central America is within the continent of NA, but for the purpose of this poll, it is grouped primarily by leg, and Latin America is the primary categorization. The term North America here is used as a shorthand for Canada and the United States for the sake of brevity.

****Also due to not enough poll slots, there were not enough slots to add one for those who live outside the touring regions of the Eras Tour and traveled from those regions to an Eras tour region. I am aware there are people who live outside of the regions listed above, and that you attended the Eras show and that's great! But for the purpose of this poll, it is only for those who live in the Eras touring region. Kindly do not vote if you don't live in the Eras touring region so as not to skew the data!