A review on sustainable smart homes and home automation in TMall, Baidu and Know the Topic: Big data analytics approach

Abstract

A smart home provides residents with medical care, life assistance, security, and environmental sustainability. At the same time, automation technology has become the core part of innovative home technology that includes the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and blockchain. This research uses a big data approach to extract and analyze the keywords related to the smart homes on various websites such as Baidu, TMall, Know the Topic and understands the smart home market in China. The results reveal that Beijing and Shenzhen have the most significant number of searches for the smart homes. The top three most popular smart appliances include smart toilets, speakers, and television. People aged 30–39 are the group with the largest number of individuals searching for smart homes.