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Urban venue popularity patterns analyzed in London and Barcelona

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Researchers analyzed 5.5 years of Foursquare data for approximately 10,000 urban venues across London and Barcelona. They identified six recurring popularity trajectory shapes: Fall, Rise, Rise & Fall, Steady, Ephemeral, and Underdogs. The study found no evidence of a U-shaped recovery trajectory and determined that venue proximity, rather than deprivation or population density, is a predictor of performance. Venues with similar popularity shapes tend to cluster together geographically. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Wang Ngai Yeung, Lakmal Meegahapola, Daniele Quercia, Riccardo Di Clemente ·

    Popularity Trajectories and Mixing Patterns of Urban Venues in Two European Cities

    arXiv:2610.18917v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Urban venues such as restaurants, shops, bars and parks host the daily life of a city, and their collective rise and fall signals how vibrant a neighbourhood is. The usual assumption is that a venue's fortunes follow its neighbour…

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