POPULARITY PREDICTION OF 9GAG POSTS BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS

Authors

  • Svetislav Simić Autor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24867/11BE15Simic

Keywords:

data mining, data analysis, computer vision, machine learning, regression analysis

Abstract

This paper presents multiple experiments with machine learning models for predicting the popularity of 9gag posts. The focus is on post popularity prediction based on image analysis. The images were analyzed by extracting three groups of features: (1) a set of objects detected on the image, (2) detection of a popular meme pattern on the image, and (3) length of the textual data contained in an image. The second approach of image analysis was a deep learning end-to-end approach. The presented image analysis models are parts of a broader system that predicts the post popularity by combining various sources of information: image, text, and metadata. The paper discusses multiple approaches to integrate this information.

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Published

2020-12-25

Issue

Section

Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering