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How do we measure technological and cultural progress continuously, accurately, and with the most relevance? I took a sample 24 hours of public Twitter traffic from Peoplebrowsr, population data from Wolfram Alpha, and came up with Tweets per Capita as an interesting economic and cultural indicator.
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@DOM SAGOLLA
DOM.NET
WCIT 2010
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLDWITH 140 CHARACTERS
INCLUSION
20 MINUTES
How do we measure
technological
and cultural progress
quickly, accurately,
and with the most relevance?
TWEETS PER CAPITA
One day in May
Normalized by Year
Sorted by # of Messages
Took Top 30 Output
Sampled Middle & LastBased on Population
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD
WITH 140 CHARACTERS
Total countries: 60
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BEST Tweets Per Capita 24-hours: May 16 2009 & 2010
CountryOne Day in 2010
normalizedOne Day in 2009
normalized
Growth Percentage 2009 to 2010
2010 tweets per capita per month
1. Singapore 688,781 90,937 757 4.5
2. Netherlands 1,170,748 204,560 572 2.1
3. Australia 1,286,871 377,808 341 1.8
4. New Zealand 245,378 65,601 374 1.7
5. USA 17,721,271 6,007,384 295 1.7
6. Canada 1,448,704 447,033 324 1.3
7. Ireland 189,753 35,182 539 1.3
8. Puerto Rico 155,392 16,057 968 1.2
9. Brazil 6,652,450 375,661 1,771 1.0
10. UK 2,022,785 471,130 429 1.0
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WORST Tweets Per Capita 24-hours: May 16 2009 & 2010
CountryOne Day in 2010
normalizedOne Day in 2009
normalized
Growth Percentage 2009 to 2010
2010 tweets per capita per month
1. DRC 118 0 0.01. Ethiopia 365 608 60 0.0 !2. Kosovo 51 0 0.03. Sudan 1,701 301 565 0.04. Bangladesh 7,263 1,167 622 0.05. Uzbekistan 1,485 17 8,717 0.06. Somalia 488 133 366 0.07. Nepal 7,206 1,465 492 0.08. Pakistan 46,610 6,401 728 0.09. Nigeria 55,162 3,096 1,782 0.010. BVI 10 6 181 0.011. Haiti 4,811 667 721 0.0
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BEST Tweet Growth 24-hours: May 16 2009 & 2010
CountryOne Day in 2010
normalizedOne Day in 2009
normalized
Growth Percentage 2009 to 2010
2010 tweets per capita per month
1. Uzbekistan 1,485 17 8,717 0.0
2. Indonesia 6,134,744 110,098 5,572 0.8
3. Venezuela 707,650 18,142 3,901 0.8
4. Turkey 290,096 11,158 2,600 0.1
5. Thailand 668,514 29,650 2,255 0.36. Japan 3,031,742 162,380 1,867 0.7
7. Nigeria 55,162 3,096 1,782 0.0
8. Brazil 6,652,450 375,661 1,771 1.09. Egypt 47,884 2,871 1,668 0.010. Saudi Arabia 39,141 2,743 1,427 0.0
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WORST Tweet Growth 24-hours: May 16 2009 & 2010
CountryOne Day in 2010
normalizedOne Day in 2009
normalized
Growth Percentage 2009 to 2010
2010 tweets per capita per month
1. Iran 84,101 273,211 31 0.0 !2. Ethiopia 365 608 60 0.0 !3. British Virgin 10 6 181 0.0
4. US Virgin 185 65 283 0.1
5. USA 17,721,271 6,007,384 295 1.7
6. Canada 1,448,704 447,033 324 1.3
7. Portugal 162,578 49,885 326 0.5
8. Israel 73,774 21,771 339 0.0
9. Australia 1,286,871 377,808 341 1.8
10. Aruba 2,853 784 364 0.8
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BEST Tweet Output 2010 24-hours: May 16 2009 & 2010
CountryOne Day in 2010
normalizedOne Day in 2009
normalized
Growth Percentage 2009 to 2010
2010 tweets per capita per month
1. USA 17,721,271 6,007,384 295 1.7
2. Brazil 6,652,450 375,661 1,771 1.0
3. Indonesia 6,134,744 110,098 5,572 0.8
4. Japan 3,031,742 162,380 1,867 0.7
5. UK 2,022,785 471,130 429 1.0
6. Canada 1,448,704 447,033 324 1.3
7. Australia 1,286,871 377,808 341 1.8
8. Netherlands 1,170,748 204,560 572 2.1
9. India 895,429 119,865 747 0.0
10. Germany 876,216 189,635 462 0.3
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WORST Tweet Output 2010 24-hours: May 16 2009 & 2010
CountryOne Day in 2010
normalizedOne Day in 2009
normalized
Growth Percentage 2009 to 2010
2010 tweets per capita per month
1. British Virgin 10 6 181 0.0
2. Gibraltar 15 0 0.0
3. Kosovo 51 0 0.0
4. DRC 118 0 0.0
5. US Virgin 185 65 283 0.1
6. Ethiopia 365 608 60 0.0 !7. Somalia 488 133 366 0.0
8. Uzbekistan 1,485 17 8,717 0.0
9. Sudan 1,701 301 565 0.0
10. NL Antilles 2,575 275 935 0.4
PROTESTS
On the night of 14 June the pro-Ahmadinejad Basij paramilitary group raided Tehran University, injuring many.
On June 15, Twitter was asked by the US State Department to move a maintenance window so that they could continue to monitor events.
IRAN
12,762 on June 14, 2009
472,115 on June 20, 2009
Image: Wikipedia
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84,101 on May 16, 2010
-31% Tweet Growth
~0 Tweets Per Capita / Mo.
HAITI
879 on Jan 11, 2010
3033 on Jan 13, 2010
Image: Wikipedia
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4811 on May 16, 2010
721% Tweet Growth
~0 Tweets Per Capita / Mo.
CHILE
75,550 on Feb 26, 2010
89,382 on Feb 27, 2010
Image: Wikipedia
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432,243 on May 16, 2010
1,079% Tweet Growth
0.8 Tweets Per Capita / Mo.
Image: BoingBoing
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VENEZUELA
707,650 on May 16, 2010
28,100,000 people
3,901% Tweet Growth
0.8 Tweets Per Capita / Mo.
@chavezcandanga404,786 followers
NETHERLANDS
1,170,748 on May 16, 2010
572% Tweet Growth
2.1 Tweets Per Capita / Mo.
Amsterdam
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16,500,000 people
GIVE THEM A VOICE
Find the weakest signal.
Enable short codes.
Foster community.
Encourage speech.
Listen.
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD
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YOUR VOICE
LEAD
VALUE
MASTER
EVOLVE
ACCELERATE
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TWITTER DATA
San Francisco, CApeoplebrowsr.com
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POPULATION DATA
Champaign, ILwolframalpha.com
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