From ted.com: TED is a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 110 languages.
The dataset here have info about various ted talks from 1972 to 2017.
With this dataset we will be answering these questions:
- Who are top viewed, commented, and longest duration speakers.
- How many talks have happened over monnhts/years.
- Which are most funny, inspiring, confusing talks.
- Which are the top talk categories like Tech, Culture, Parenting, Education, etc.