Kanye West Less Influential Than Taylor Swift, Says Nielsen Study

Taylor Swift and Kanye West: Star-crossed superstars. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS).

Kanye West recently boasted that he’s 50% more influential than Stanley Kubrick, Pablo Picasso, Paul the Apostle or any other human being, dead or alive.

But, as West’s pal Jay Z says, “Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t.” And the numbers are in: according to Nielsen Talent Analytics, only 24% of U.S. adults consider West to be influential–versus 55% for Taylor Swift.

Nielsen’s numbers are de...