Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon—sometimes called Bacon's Law, or the Oracle of Bacon—is an ancient parlor game in which mortal players engage in a perilous battle of trying to connect the cinematic appearances of various human celebrities to the filmography of the One True Kevin Bacon in less than six steps.

In a recent installment of the Stat Signifiant newsletter, Californian data scientist Daniel Parris conducts a comprehensive statistical analysis of Bacon's Law.

https://www.statsignificant.com/p/quantifying-the-kevin-bacon-game