# Small world networks A graph where most nodes are not connected to each other but a few distantly connected nodes make it so all nodes are only a few hoops from each other. They appear in many real world phenomena <!-- #mental-model --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Small+world+networks) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Small+world+networks)