Ben Zauzmer - Oscarmetrics Expected Value

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Ben Zauzmer is an assistant general manager with the New York Mets, and he’s better known publicly for his book Oscarmetrics and his Twitter account @BensOscarMath, where he uses data to project winners of the Academy Awards. With this year’s Oscars ceremony coming on March 10, Ben joins Expected Value to talk about…
- How he got into the Oscars predictions business
- Creating an Oscars model from scratch
- The variables that go into his calculations
- Projecting nominees vs projecting winners
- Explaining probability
- Factoring in betting markets
- Reaction from the film community
- Majoring in applied mathematics at Harvard
- Course and skills recommended to aspiring analysts
- His favorite movie and favorite Best Picture winner
Show links
- @BensOscarMath on Twitter
- Buy Oscarmetrics on Bookshop or Amazon

Ben Zauzmer is an assistant general manager with the New York Mets, and he’s better known publicly for his book Oscarmetrics and his Twitter account @BensOscarMath, where he uses data to project winners of the Academy Awards. With this year’s Oscars ceremony coming on March 10, Ben joins Expected Value to talk about…
- How he got into the Oscars predictions business
- Creating an Oscars model from scratch
- The variables that go into his calculations
- Projecting nominees vs projecting winners
- Explaining probability
- Factoring in betting markets
- Reaction from the film community
- Majoring in applied mathematics at Harvard
- Course and skills recommended to aspiring analysts
- His favorite movie and favorite Best Picture winner
Show links
- @BensOscarMath on Twitter
- Buy Oscarmetrics on Bookshop or Amazon