Degrees
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Link any two people on screen through films they both appear in, or look up anyone’s Bacon number.
1step
Shortest route
Jack Egan is 1 step from Billy Wayne, through Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
The Kevin Bacon test
Distance to Kevin Bacon
Jack Egan
3 steps
to Kevin Bacon
Billy Wayne
2 steps
to Kevin Bacon
Average reach
3.55
Jack's steps to anyone
Average reach
3.34
Billy's steps to anyone
Kevin Bacon averages 2.67 steps to everyone he can reach. Lower is closer to the middle of the movie world.