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Five of the top 10 neighbors are fellow athletes who shared a clubhouse with Kris Bryant — and the sixth is the team itself. Anthony Rizzo leads at 0.98, followed by Kyle Schwarber at 0.98 and Jake Arrieta at 0.97. The Chicago Cubs organization sits at 0.96, and David Ross and Javier Báez round out the core cluster at 0.95 and 0.93. These six form a tight, coherent band — the audience that follows Bryant is, in large part, the Cubs fan base following its 2016 championship roster.
The two-peak shape, however, signals a second neighborhood pulling away from that Cubs core. Starting around position 7, the neighbor set shifts toward Midwest-inflected sports culture: Big Ten Network at 0.84, Nick Swardson at 0.83, PointsBet Sportsbook at 0.83, and Cut 4 at 0.82. This second cluster mixes TV channels, comedians, and sports-betting brands — a broader male sports-media audience that overlaps with Bryant's followers but has no particular Cubs allegiance. The gap between 0.93 (Báez) and 0.84 (Big Ten Network) marks the structural break between the two peaks clearly.
Together, the top 10 reveal an audience anchored in one specific team era but with a secondary layer of general Midwest sports-media consumption that extends well beyond baseball.
