内包表記、おしゃれですね。
# underscore.jsのpluckみたいなやつ users = [{"userid":1, "likes":"cats"},{"userid":2, "likes":"cats"},{"userid":3, "likes":"dogs"}] userids = [x["userid"] for x in users] print userids > [1, 2, 3] # underscore.jsのgroupByみたいなやつ from itertools import * users = sorted(users, key = lambda user: user['likes']) favs = dict((k, list(u)) for k, u in groupby(users, lambda user : user['likes'])) print favs > {'cats': [{'userid': 1, 'likes': 'cats'}, {'userid': 2, 'likes': 'cats'}], 'dogs': [{'userid': 3, 'likes': 'dogs'}]}