Is "Machine Learning" overtaking "Big Data"?
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro
Part-time philosopher, Retired, Data Scientist, KDD and KDnuggets Founder, was LinkedIn Top Voice on Data Science & Analytics
Big Data surged in popularity both as a field and as a popular buzzword around 2011.
However, lately is has been losing its luster and Gartner in 2015 removed Big Data from its Hype Curve, replacing it with Machine Learning.
We note that 2012 KDnuggets Poll asked When will Big Data go out of fashion, and the median prediction was 2015, so KDnuggets readers were on target (although they expected Smart Data to replace Big Data, not Machine Learning).
Is "Machine Learning" now more popular than "Big Data"?
We investigate this using Google Trends.
Looking at the last 5 years, May 2012 - Apr 2017, worldwide, Big Data vs Machine Learning on Google Trends, we see that "Machine Learning" popularity is growing faster, and just this week (Apr 30 - May 6, 2017), the search volume for Machine Learning matched Big Data search volume for the first time!
Fig. 1: Google Trends, May 2012 - April 2017, Worldwide
"Big Data" vs "Machine Learning" search terms worldwide
The drops in search volume correspond to Christmas/New Year holiday periods.
If we limit the comparison just to United States, we see that "Machine Learning" already overtook "Big Data" around October 2016.
Fig. 2: Google Trends, May 2012 - April 2017, USA ,
"Big Data" vs "Machine Learning" search terms
Finally, we also add 3 other popular search terms: "Artificial Intelligence", "Data Science", and "Deep Learning", and examine Google Trends for BD, ML, AI, DS, and DQ, worldwide, from May 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2017.
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Machine Learning overtaking Big Data?
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PhD in GIS and Remote Sensing
6yI think users may search using different keywords and search engines. Therefore, the use of google trends to come up with such conclusion is a bit weird.
Senior Data Scientist - Global Markets Technology @ Bank of America Merrill Lynch | Gen AI | Global Markets GPT
6yAren't these closely coupled. Why separate out , i would say machine learning would make use of big data .
Data Science Lead @ Binance
6yFalse comparison, machine learning can only live and breath in big data.
OrdinalsBot, Novum Insights and MetaLink Capital
6yHowever, if you compare AI, Artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning you get a very different looking picture. May be a false comparison? Though no doubt "machine learning" is a fashionable term. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=ai,artificial%20intelligence,big%20data
Data Nerd | Chemical Engineer | Healthcare Strategy
6ytotally agreed!