Welcome to The SNL Coefficient
And live from New York… we may not be in New York, but we’ve taken advantage of the wealth of data about media and Saturday Night Live to build the SNL coefficient. On this site, we’ve shared our first round of observations and analysis of the data, and invite to you send us your questions.
To navigate the site:
- In About the Project, learn about the two creators (Emily and Kathrine Esten) and the origins of the project.
- In Blog Archive, see analyses we’ve completed so far, contextualized by additional research into SNL alumni careers. Additional visualizations can be found here.
- In Introducing the Coefficient, see our justification of the project and some background on the coefficient formula
- Our Media Coefficient Visualization will take a few seconds to load, but explore the more than 4,000 media (movies, podcasts, television series, etc.) that include 2 or more SNL alum, ranked by SNL coefficient.
- Our Alum Coefficient Visualization allows you to view the coefficients of all SNL alum from every season, including writers and cast members. You can curate the list by season, role, and exclude Lorne Michaels.