All PyCon 2023 talks sorted by the view count

[mkl]

Why the meaningless "+" in "+4k" etc., instead of the ">4k" that makes sense? Or "4k+".

It's interesting that number 1 has more than 5 times the views of number 2; must have been linked somewhere popular. Also interesting that at least two of the top 10 are about Rust or Rust libraries.

There are a lot more PyCons than just US and AU, too, some of which will have talks with a lot of views: https://pycon.org/#national-conferences

[NooneAtAll3]

I love how that very same page has correct "most watched talks across 100+ software engineering conferences" to compare to

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In case someone doesn't understand the normal convention: "+X" is "additional X", while "X+" means "more than X". And lately people keep misusing them

[itsoktocry]

>It's interesting that number 1 has more than 5 times the views of number 2; must have been linked somewhere popular.

Is their a virtuous cycle in searching "pycon" in YouTube?

[kevincox]

> Keynote Speaker - Ned Batchelder

I don't get why conferences do this. I understand that it is supposed to be an honor to be "Keynote" but it says literally nothing about what the talk is. I end up just skipping over these because I have no information on the topic of the talk.

[patrick91]

I think it's usually because they don't get the talk title until later in the organisation (Keynotes are usually invited and don't send a proposal)

[warvariuc]

I think if the page included descriptions of the videos (from YT) it would have been much better.

[wslh]

I like to compare personal interests to the average.

I like the #96 talk by Michał Gałka about "Creating USB gadgets with Python" [1]

BTW I am tired of GIL discussions since two decades ago, so I skip everything that talks about it except if there is a solution. I think in Python more like a practical programming language that specific limitations in current implementations. Regarding GIL I think we have waste much more time talking about it than the time required for the solution.

I continue with my preferences list, all below #100 in the ranking:

The Samweli Mwakisambwe talk about "Using Python and PyQgis to make cool maps" [2] (#105) seems very interesting to play with maps when you don't want to be an expert on them.

Jimmy Lai (#115), Python Linters at Scale (I work in cybersecurity) [3]

Gajendra Deshpande (#132) Three Musketeers: Sherlock Holmes, Mathematics and Python [4]

"Code Review of Senior Python Engineers (#161) by Keith Yang [5].

Detecting Wireless Jammers and Hackers with JADE by Caner Kilinc [6].

Interactive Lectures and Active Learning with Python in Scientific by Jonas Lindemann [7].

[Gently] Chasing birds with code by Chayim Kirshen and Meir Shpilraien [8]

Charlas - Marlene Marchena: Mi viaje personal enseñando programación a alumnos neurodivergentes [9]

Débora Azevedo: Cooperación internacional en la comunidad de Python [10] [11]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34XnnAFO8O0

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py93-Z8BUBY

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygZwfVKkpfk

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyFFj1_lu_s

[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A63CL3ogzpM

[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjiq-4SXOyE

[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaF5PrheDWQ

[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BisOzixucPU

[9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmIKk1wGSvE

[10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMe1cPyJ4hE

[11] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEqH6Hv4NLk

[url00]

Thank you for posting this list. The linked list is large and overwhelming so I mostly stayed to what I know. It's great to see someone else's perspective.

[stavros]

That USB talk looks really interesting, thank you!

Edit: Actually they all look interesting, thanks!

[rainonmoon]

I was at PyCon AU (my first one and a wonderful time) and I'm surprised to see "Digital Rights / Digital Wrongs" so far down the list! Possibly a relatively niche topic for the audience but I found it a gripping and massively informative watch, especially for anyone following the work of orgs like the EFF.