Dataclysm

{{Short description|Book by Christian Rudder}}{{Infobox novel

| author = Christian Rudder

| image = Dataclysm.jpg

| caption = First edition (publ. Crown Publishing)

| isbn = 978-0-38-534737-2

| pub_date = September 9, 2014

| publisher = Crown Publishing

}}

Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) is a book by OkCupid founder Christian Rudder that discusses how the vast trove of aggregated online data about individuals helps explain everything from political beliefs to speech patterns.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/09/06/345884282/online-dating-stats-reveal-a-dataclysm-of-telling-trends|title=Online Dating Stats Reveal A 'Dataclysm' Of Telling Trends|author=|first=|date=September 6, 2014|website=|publisher=NPR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131131358/https://www.npr.org/2014/09/06/345884282/online-dating-stats-reveal-a-dataclysm-of-telling-trends|archive-date=January 31, 2019|url-status=live|accessdate=April 5, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/25/2710913|title=Make Me a Match|last=Paumgarten|first=Nick|date=August 25, 2014|website=The New Yorker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314155439/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/25/2710913|archive-date=March 14, 2016|url-status=live|accessdate=April 5, 2016}}{{Cite web |date=2014-07-28 |title=Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Dataclysm-Who-We-Are-When-We-Think-No-One-s-Looking-Christian-Rudder/pid=6863504 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Booklist |archive-date=2017-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101035323/http://www.booklistonline.com/Dataclysm-Who-We-Are-When-We-Think-No-One-s-Looking-Christian-Rudder/pid=6863504 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2014-07-26 |title=Dataclysm |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christian-rudder/dataclysm/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Kirkus Reviews}} Much of the book details his findings after mining his own dataset in OkCupid.

Dataclysm was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Nonfiction.{{Cite web |title=Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21480734-dataclysm?ref=nav_sb_noss_l_9 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}