A Dance With Dragons/Statistical Analysis

This page contains some statistical analysis of A Dance with Dragons, the fifth book in A Song of Ice and Fire.

For a full series overview see A Song of Ice and Fire/Statistical analysis, and for other books in the series see:

Chapter by Chapter Breakdown[]

Chapter	Character	Word Count	Percentage
Prologue	Varamyr	6,075	1.48%
Chapter 1	Tyrion	6,797	1.65%
Chapter 2	Daenerys	6,550	1.59%
Chapter 3	Jon	5,932	1.44%
Chapter 4	Bran	4,778	1.16%
Chapter 5	Tyrion	5,353	1.30%
Chapter 6	Quentyn	5,151	1.25%
Chapter 7	Jon	7,552	1.84%
Chapter 8	Tyrion	4,373	1.06%
Chapter 9	Davos	4,767	1.16%
Chapter 10	Jon	6,181	1.50%
Chapter 11	Daenerys	5,817	1.42%
Chapter 12	Reek	3,724	0.91%
Chapter 13	Bran	4,291	1.04%
Chapter 14	Tyrion	5,639	1.37%
Chapter 15	Davos	4,794	1.17%
Chapter 16	Daenerys	6,522	1.59%
Chapter 17	Jon	5,925	1.44%
Chapter 18	Tyrion	4,748	1.16%
Chapter 19	Davos	4,344	1.06%
Chapter 20	Reek	6,279	1.53%
Chapter 21	Jon	3,972	0.97%
Chapter 22	Tyrion	7,386	1.80%
Chapter 23	Daenerys	5,527	1.35%
Chapter 24	Connington	5,916	1.44%
Chapter 25	Quentyn	5,344	1.30%
Chapter 26	Asha	8,486	2.07%
Chapter 27	Tyrion	9,410	2.29%
Chapter 28	Jon	4,183	1.02%
Chapter 29	Davos	5,758	1.40%
Chapter 30	Daenerys	4,821	1.17%
Chapter 31	Melisandre	5,702	1.39%
Chapter 32	Reek	6,089	1.48%
Chapter 33	Tyrion	6,053	1.47%
Chapter 34	Bran	6,073	1.48%
Chapter 35	Jon	5,416	1.32%
Chapter 36	Daenerys	4,724	1.15%
Chapter 37	Theon	7,493	1.82%
Chapter 38	Areo	6,083	1.48%
Chapter 39	Jon	3,976	0.97%
Chapter 40	Tyrion	5,345	1.30%
Chapter 41	Theon	5,673	1.38%
Chapter 42	Asha	6,357	1.55%
Chapter 43	Daenerys	6,300	1.53%
Chapter 44	Jon	5,821	1.42%
Chapter 45	Arya	5,517	1.34%
Chapter 46	Theon	5,411	1.32%
Chapter 47	Tyrion	6,084	1.48%
Chapter 48	Jaime	6,097	1.48%
Chapter 49	Jon	5,834	1.42%
Chapter 50	Daenerys	5,060	1.23%
Chapter 51	Theon	6,324	1.54%
Chapter 52	Daenerys	5,618	1.37%
Chapter 53	Jon	7,040	1.71%
Chapter 54	Cersei	5,738	1.40%
Chapter 55	Barristan	4,739	1.15%
Chapter 56	Victarion	5,741	1.40%
Chapter 57	Tyrion	6,618	1.61%
Chapter 58	Jon	6,030	1.47%
Chapter 59	Barristan	4,106	1.00%
Chapter 60	Quentyn	3,211	0.78%
Chapter 61	Connington	5,477	1.33%
Chapter 62	Asha	5,839	1.42%
Chapter 63	Victarion	3,683	0.90%
Chapter 64	Arya	5,753	1.40%
Chapter 65	Cersei	5,608	1.37%
Chapter 66	Tyrion	5,029	1.22%
Chapter 67	Barristan	6,456	1.57%
Chapter 68	Quentyn	4,930	1.20%
Chapter 69	Jon	6,212	1.51%
Chapter 70	Barristan	6,442	1.57%
Chapter 71	Daenerys	6,770	1.65%
Epilogue	Kevan	6,926	1.69%

Unique POV Breakdown[]

Character (17)	# of POVs (73)	% of Total POVs	Word Count (410,769)	% of Word Count
Jon Snow	13	17.81%	74,074	18.03%
Tyrion Lannister	12	16.44%	72,835	17.73%
Daenerys Targaryen	10	13.70%	57,709	14.05%
Theon Greyjoy	7	9.59%	40,993	9.98%
Barristan Selmy	4	5.48%	21,743	9.98%
Asha Greyjoy	3	4.11%	20,682	5.29%
Davos Seaworth	4	5.48%	19,663	4.79%
Quentyn Martell	4	5.48%	18,636	4.54%
Bran Stark	3	4.11%	15,142	5.03%
Jon Connington	2	2.74%	11,393	3.69%
Cersei Lannister	2	2.74%	11,346	2.74%
Arya Stark	2	2.74%	11,270	2.77%
Victarion Greyjoy	2	2.74%	9,424	2.76%
Kevan Lannister	1	1.37%	6,926	1.39%
Jaime Lannister	1	1.37%	6,097	1.69%
Areo Hotah	1	1.37%	6,083	1.48%
Varamyr	1	1.37%	6,075	1.48%
Melisandre	1	1.37%	5,702	1.39%