There have been a lot of numbers coming out lately about Twitter usage: I’ve written about a few.
But sometimes (often) it’s hard to comprehend exactly what these abstract numbers mean.
Enter Information is Beautiful, who posted last Friday these sweet graphics based on recent Twitter statistics.
Pretty and mostly effective, though some of the comments on the original post point out obvious flaws with the visualization:
“If there’s only 100 twitter users how can five of them have more than 100 followers?”
“The first picture in this post is misleading. Mapping a data set of percentages on a graphic of 100 people creates the illusion that these numbers are mutually exclusive – for example that people who have more than 100 followers and people who create 75% of the tweets have no intersection.”
But, for the most part, these images help illustrate the impact of Twitter.
Leigh Makay says:
This is great Cheryl. Do you mind if I put this up on PowerPoint to show my students that pictures do make it more interesting?
Aug 18, 2009, 4:34 pmJacob Stoops says:
That is some interesting info about Tweeting, and from what I’ve experienced so far it seems to be dead on! Way to unearth another gem Cheryl!
Aug 18, 2009, 7:47 pmTwitter Statistics says:
My hourly statistics seem to show the same thing yours do. I plan on releasing new stats every week, so it will be interesting to see if this carries through.
Next week I will begin releasing weekly statistics to show the busiest days. From the preliminary results it seems like Thursday is the busiest day but we agree that Mondays are the least busy. I am curious how this will pan out.
Aug 18, 2009, 10:54 pmMihaela (Dr. V) says:
The stats are beautifully presented and informative, but the lolCheryl on this one cracks me up! too funny!
Aug 18, 2009, 3:43 pmbaregxo says:
How do I Twitter my Flickr photos?
Aug 18, 2009, 6:20 pm