Who is the real main character of Game of Thrones?

Network of thrones

Two mathematicians turned A Song of Ice and Fire into a network of characters to find out who is really the most central.

Two mathematicians took the third Game of Thrones book, A Storm of Swords, and linked any two characters whose names appeared close together in the text. That gave them a giant web of who interacts with whom.

Using network maths, they measured each character’s importance. Tyrion came out on top, followed by Jon Snow and Sansa. Finally, a way to settle arguments about the main character with graphs instead of swords.

the verdict

You win or you get out-networked.