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Subject: Poll Results: Data Mining Application Areas

The previous KDnuggets Poll asked:
Industries/fields where you applied data mining in the past 12 months ?

The were 358 responses from 138 voters - an average of 2.6 application areas per respondent.

The top 5 areas are:

  • CRM (26.1% of respondents)
  • Banking (23.9%)
  • Direct Marketing/ Fundraising (20.3%)
  • Science (18.8%)
  • Fraud Detection (18.8%)
The areas with the largest growth from 2006 to 2007 are:
  • Banking, 3200% increase
  • Entertainment/ Music, 200% increase
  • Science, 117% increase
  • Health care/ HR, 100% increase
  • Medical/ Pharma, 63% increase
The areas with the most decline from 2006 to are:

  • Investment / Stocks, 64% decrease
  • Travel/Hospitality, 40% decrease
  • Web content mining/Search, 40% decrease
For more information and more detailed comparison with 2006 results, see

2007 Poll on Data Mining Applications by Industry.

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