Sunday, 12 October 2014

See what IIT Kharagpur students search and download - Amazing Facts


It is quite interesting to know what an engineering student search in internet most. It is more interesting to know what an IIT student do. IITs are the premier educational institutes in engineering in the country. IIT is not just 'Indian Institute of Technology', it's a brand. Every 10+2 student dreams of getting into IIT. But very few get that chance. They are no different from others; only difference is that they performed well in that JEE exam. Let us see what these students of IIT search in internet.

IIT Kharagpur. more often called as IIT KGP, is the first IIT in the country with largest area of 2200 acres located in a remote place. But the institute has good internet connection all over it. Institute has a LAN connected DC hub with a maximum speed of 11-12 Mbps. Students search and download many things in this hub. Some say that there will be no life without DC in the campus. A survey was conducted based on the searches made by the users of the hub for a semester i.e. 4 months. Following lines are based on this survey.

Let us see the overall pie chart!

Porn leads the table taking 37% share of searches followed by Movies (30%) and TV Shows (15%). Let us see them in a table.

  1. PORN - 37%
  2. MOVIES - 30%
  3. TV SHOWS - 15%
  4. SOFTWARES & GAMES - 9%
  5. BOOKS & ACADEMIC STUFF - 6%
  6. OTHERS - 3%


Complete details of each category is given below.

1. PORN:

It is not surprising that students search porn most with 37% share. But the most surprising thing is that  students search porn mostly through the keywords related to Nationality.



  • Nationality -  26%  - Country names, languages, races etc.
  • Names of Sites/Persons -  16%  - Popular porn website names, Pornstar names, Actress names
  • Sexual Activity -  13%  - Type of sexual activity such as fuck, anal, blowjob, Masturbation etc.
  • Gender -  12%  - Based on gender such as boy, girl, lesbian, gay, transsexual, homosexual etc.
  • Body Parts -  11%  - Sensual body parts mainly Genitalia
  • Family Relations - 10%  - Personal relations such as wife, daughter, sister, mom etc.
  • Age Group -  4%  - Based on ages (Eg. 16 year old) and Age-groups (Eg. Preteen)
  • Others -  9%  - Other miscellaneous keywords

2. MOVIES:

Students of IIT Kharagpur search hollywood movies most followed by Hindi movies and Telugu films. It is quite interesting that 20% of movie share goes to Telugu; this is because there is a quite significant population of Telugu students in the Campus. Total share of movies section is about 30%.
  • English movies -  46%  - Also includes foreign movies other than English ones
  • Hindi Movies -  32%  - Bollywood movies
  • Telugu Movies -  20%  - Tollywood movies
  • Others -  2%  - Includes Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada etc.


3. TV SHOWS:

Most students of IIT Kharagpur are addicted to foreign TV Shows. They follow every episode of TV series strictly. In this category, both English TV shows, sports shows like WWE and anime shows are included. Indian TV shows are also searched but in low number. 15% of total keywords are related to TV Shows.
  • Foreign TV Shows -  78%  - English TV Shows, Sports shows like WWE
  • Anime Shows -  18%  - Anime shows i.e. Japanese
  • Indian TV Shows -  4%  - Indian Reality shows, comedy shows etc.


4. SOFTWARES & GAMES:

As engineering needs many softwares and applications, students download them and install. Also, trendy and classic games are the main fun and kick givers to the students. Near about 9% share goes to this category.
  • Softwares -  67%  - Coding tools, system tools, Design software and other Utility applications
  • Games -  33%  - PC based games. Check games with their type.
    • Warfare - 13% - War games like CS
    • Racing - 7% - Car, bike racing games like Need For Speed
    • Sports - 13% - Sports like FIFA, Ashes etc.


5. BOOKS & ACADEMIC STUFF:

Every student needs to complete lab report, assignments etc. They need e-books, e-textbooks, notes, slides, presentations etc. for their examinations and projects. Also, novels, story books are downloaded. But all these account to only 6% of total search keywords.





  • Academic Books -  78%  - Textbooks, e-books, notes, slides etc.
  • Novels -  22%  - Story books, novels, writings etc.


6. OTHERS:

Other than the things mentioned above, some things are also significantly downloaded like Documentaries, Music files etc. These amount to only 3% share.



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