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Do you have any data on this? There are certainly heavy consumers but my (not data backed) feeling was that there's a fat tail - if there are thousands of high
by brittohalloran 9y ago
Do you have any data on this? There are certainly heavy consumers but my (not data backed) feeling was that there's a fat tail - if there are thousands of high consumption binge drinkers then there are millions of casual "several drinks a week" drinkers that would dominate the actual dollars spent.
Also, unlike say internet bandwidth, there is actually a logistical limit to how much alcohol you could consume in a week, and it doesn't seem like it could be much more than 1 order of magnitude over the average casual consumer (3-4 drinks vs. 30-40 per week).
- __s 9y agoIt shows up anywhere Zipf's Law shows up http://academyofwinebusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/File-014.pdf http://academyofwinebusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/25/think-you-drink-a-lot-this-chart-will-tell-you/?utm_term=.0740bc442f39 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/25/think...
- paulddraper 9y agoMoreover, I would expect that heavy drinkers to purchase much cheaper alcohol than one-glass-of-wine-at-a-restaurant drinkers.
- tasty_freeze 9y agoWashington Post had an article and a chart on it. The top decile has 74 drinks per week, way more than the bottom 90% combined. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/25/think-you-drink-a-lot-this-chart-will-tell-you/?utm_term=.74527673ce0a https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/25/think...
- brittohalloran 8y agoUnbelievable. Thanks. The top decile actually consume over 75% of the alcohol (by number of drinks, probably less by dollars)