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Feel vs data: dating markets in three cities

Short-form explainer experiments01 / SERIES

Are there really more women than men in New York? Do young people in Tokyo not date? Four one-minute vertical films check common claims against data.

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Four pilot films of about one minute and a three-city compilation, each taking a widely repeated claim about dating and testing it with population and survey data: more women than men in New York is partly true, young people in Tokyo not dating is largely true, and Shanghai’s sex ratio claim is half right; the fourth uses a small model to show that a gap of a few people can leave one side short.

**Status: **Four pilots and a compilation (2026-10-13); the series has not continued yet.

The films are Chinese vertical versions made for short-video platforms; English and Japanese versions are still on the to-do list. Pictures and music are generated in code.

Compilation: three cities

The first three films joined, with an opening and a summary.

Chinese captions · 9:16 · 03:15Playback starts only when selected.

01 New York

More women than men in New York? Verdict: partly true.

Chinese captions · 9:16 · 01:04Playback starts only when selected.

02 Tokyo

Young people in Tokyo do not date? Verdict: largely true.

Chinese captions · 9:16 · 01:04Playback starts only when selected.

03 Shanghai

More men or more women in Shanghai? Verdict: half right each way.

Chinese captions · 9:16 · 01:04Playback starts only when selected.

04 The model

A difference of one person does not matter? Verdict: false.

Chinese captions · 9:16 · 01:04Playback starts only when selected.

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