Chattersome Labs

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Here's the Craft Beer Belt

Many people who enjoy craft beer use the great Untappd app to share what they like -- a certain beer at a certain venue. Maybe give it a rating.

Many Untapped users' check-ins also post to Twitter. We compiled over two million of those tweets to build a US map view of relative craft beer interest.

Each state below is shaded by its ratio of unique Untappd users vs state population.

US map of relative interest in craft beer -- the Craft Beer Belt

table of US states with relative interest in craft beer -- Untapped users per million population

Monday, April 2, 2018

Here's where people are talking about March Madness

Where are people talking about March Madness most?

In states where there are fans, and have schools in the tournament. Other reasons?

Different reasons for different states? Discuss.

map of US states, each shaded by % population tweeting about March Madness

Monday, February 12, 2018

Happy National Blank Day!

We’ve all seen the hashtags out there that let you know, Today is National Blank Day. Celebrating puppies, pizza, boyfriends --- we’ve seen it all. They’re certainly pervasive, sometimes frivolous, often fun.

One wonders who is the arbiter of such things. This is a great example of how Twitter can make clear what is or isn’t without any central authority saying so. If it didn’t get recorded on Twitter, it didn’t happen, simple as that.

So, who determines what this day is? Sometimes it’s corporations celebrating a favorite product. Or movements raising awareness for a cause. Several sites maintain the official list, and there is some overlap, but all don’t quite agree. So instead we turned to Twitter.

We looked at millions of tweets from 2017, particularly hashtags that end in the word ‘day.’ They start with a pound sign and end in the word ‘day’ because sometimes it’s National Blank Day, or World Blank Day, or International Blank Day.

We found a few thousand of them. Here are the top 30 overall, plus a chronological list of 277 for the year.

See which ones you recognize, because they’re all real -- they happened on Twitter.

international womens day, national puppy day, national siblings day, national dog day, national pet day, national boyfriend day, national coffee day, national bestfriends day, national selfie day, national girlfriend day, national comingout day, national donut day, national pizza day, national beer day, national taco day, national bestfriend day, national margarita day, world mentalhealth day, international cat day, national loveyourpet day, national icecream day, national pancake day, national napping day, national sibling day, national hotdog day, world emoji day, national wine day, national cat day, world poetry day, national signing day

world introvert day, national spaghetti day, national trivia day, national bird day, national cuddleup day, national bobblehead day, national milk day, national hat day, national popcorn day, national cheeselovers day, national dj day, national hugging day, national pie day, national compliment day, national peanutbutter day, national opposite day, national spouses day, national chocolatecake day, national spouse day, national croissant day

national signing day, world hijab day, world wetlands day, national wearred day, world cancer day, national weatherpersons day, international clash day, national pizza day, national bagel day, world radio day, world readaloud day, national drinkwine day, national loveyourpet day, national margarita day, national chili day, national strawberry day

national pig day, world book day, world wildlife day, national oreocookie day, national pancake day, national cereal day, international womens day, national womens day, international womans day, national meatball day, international womensevery day, national napping day, national nap day, national pi day, national panda day, world poetry day, national ag day, world downsyndrome day, world water day, national puppy day, national pup day, international puppy day, national cheesesteak day, world theatre day, national doctors day, national crayon day

world autismawareness day, national huganewsperson day, national walking day, national volleyball day, national burrito day, national studentathlete day, national beer day, world health day, national unicorn day, national siblings day, national pet day, national sibling day, national grilledcheese day, national pets day, national haikupoetry day, national highfive day, national lookalike day, national tea day, world penguin day, national pretzel day, national golf day, national superhero day, international dance day

national decision day, national concert day, world pressfreedom day, international firefighters day, national teachers day, national teacher day, national eatwhatyouwant day, national chocolatechip day, national piercing day, international museum day, world goth day, world turtle day, national brothers day, national brother day, national wine day, national hamburger day, national burger day

world milk day, national donut day, national doughnut day, national trails day, national cancersurvivors day, national cheese day, world environment day, global running day, national running day, national chocolateicecream day, national bestfriends day, national bestfriend day, world oceans day, world ocean day, national bff day, national sex day, national bestfreinds day, national ros day, national rose day, national icedtea day, national bourbon day, world softball day, national lobster day, national mascot day, national flipflop day, national martini day, world refugee day, national selfie day, international yoga day, world giraffe day, national sefie day, national pink day, national sunglasses day, national handshake day

national bikini day, national friedchicken day, international kissing day, international kiss day, world chocolate day, national kissing day, national pinacolada day, national frenchfry day, national frenchfries day, national macandcheese day, national icecream day, world emoji day, world emojii day, national emoji day, national hotdog day, national junkfood day, national tequila day, national intern day, national scotch day, national newjersey day, national milkchocolate day, national lipstick day, national dance day, national chickenwing day, national cheesecake day, national mutt day

national girlfriend day, national girlfriends day, national girfriend day, national girlfrien day, national icecreamsandwich day, national coloringbook day, national girlfiend day, national gf day, national watermelon day, national ipa day, international beer day, national chocolatechipcookie day, national oyster day, national underwear day, national sisters day, national friendship day, national sister day, national lighthouse day, international cat day, international cats day, national booklovers day, national lazy day, world lion day, national smores day, world elephant day, national lefthanders day, national relaxation day, national tellajoke day, national rollercoaster day, national rum day, national nonprofit day, world photo day, world photography day, national aviation day, national radio day, national waffle day, national dog day, national dogs day, international dog day, national bowtie day

national prayer day, national cheesepizza day, national readabook day, national beerlovers day, international literacy day, world suicideprevention day, national videogames day, national peanut day, national cheeseburger day, national pepperonipizza day, national comicbook day, international chest day, national voterregistration day, world tourism day, national chocolatemilk day, national poetry day, national drinkbeer day, national poerty day, national coffee day, national coffe day, international coffee day, international podcast day

national boyfriend day, national taco day, national boyfriends day, national boyfrien day, national bf day, world animal day, national vodka day, world teachers day, world ballet day, world teacher day, world smile day, world mentalhealth day, world mentalheath day, national comingout day, world mentahealth day, international girls day, national farmers day, national dessert day, national pug day, national boss day, world food day, national pasta day, national chocolatecupcake day, national holi day, international sloth day, national food day, national pumpkin day, national chocolate day, national cat day, national candycorn day

world vegan day, national menmakedinner day, national sandwich day, national nachos day, national nacho day, world adoption day, world kindness day, world kindess day, world diabetes day, national pickle day, national philanthropy day, national fastfood day, national takeahike day, world prematurity day, international mens day, world childrens day, national frenchtoast day

world aids day, world widehandsome day, national cookie day, national brownie day, national cupcake day, national bacon day

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Here’s what people talked about in 2017

Summarizing the year, by the words that came and went on Twitter.

This is a little bit about Twitter, but it’s more about the propagation of whatever percolated through the culture in 2017. Wherever something newsworthy starts out, Twitter picks up on it. If something happens on any social channel or just on the regular news, people come back to their Twitter account to talk it out.

Words and phrases used on Twitter are a proxy for, in a word, everything. Events happen, and end up on Twitter. Examining the resulting word trends is like holding a mirror up to ourselves.

The charts below are from millions of US tweets from 1/1/2017 to 1/1/2018. We looked at words and phrases up to four words long, building a year-long timeline for each.

Simply choosing words that didn’t occur every day eliminated most uninteresting words. We include only those occurring less than half the year.

There are 216 words and phrases that we’re calling the top words of the year. We saw each of these at least 20,000 times, and since our Twitter feed sees a roughly 1% sample of US tweets, these words were likely used at least 1 million times or more among all US tweets.

These are the telling words that people used a lot, but only part of the time -- once a week, once a month, or just once for the year.

An interesting view on each is its usage chart through the year. Sorting words by when they peaked allows a browse and reflection on events in time order.

People talked a lot in 2017, and it was about politics, television, football, holidays, memes, and the weather. Among other things.

#happynewyear, happy new year, valentine's day, #valentinesday, mardi gras, #internationalwomensday, #stpatricksday, st patrick's day, #nationalpuppyday, april fools, 4/20, cinco de mayo, mother's day, #mothersday, memorial day, father's day, fathers day, #4thofjuly, 4th of july, independence day, labor day, friday the 13th, happy halloween, #halloween, pumpkins, #thanksgiving, happy thanksgiving, new years eve, #2018

christmas music, christmas tree, christmas party, christmas shopping, christmas eve, the holidays, want for christmas, #christmas, #merrychristmas, holiday season, merry christmas, happy holidays

prom dress, senior night, for spring break, first day of school, hoco, finals week

#sundayfunday, #mondaymotivation, #tuesdaythoughts, #mcm, #wednesdaywisdom, #throwbackthursday, #tgif, #saturdaymorning#humpday, #tbt, #fridayfeeling, #wcw, #thursdaythoughts, #flashbackfriday, #fbf

cash me, #missuniverse, #sxsw, #btsbbmas, fidget spinner, chyna, open for a surprise, iphone x, tom petty, weinstein, #metoo, 280 characters, gucci gang, dilly, black friday, the last jedi, #thelastjedi, @edkrassen

#thebachelor, the bachelor, #goldenglobes, #neweditionbet, #scandal, #snl, #grammys, @midnight, #htgawm, #oscars, oscars, #lhhatl, #empire, 13 reasons why, #rhoa, #bbmas, #thebachelorette, #betawards, #teenchoice, #got, #livepd, @amazonchannels, #gotmvp, #ahscult, #insecurehbo, #bb19, #thisisus, #twd

#inauguration, the inauguration, #womensmarch, women's march, #alternativefacts, #muslimban, #nobannowall, travel ban, gorsuch, nunes, #trumpcare, @realdonaldtrump @abc, @oreillyfactor, trumpcare, #ahca, covfefe, #covfefe, @kathygriffin, sean spicer, @scaramucci, @lisamurkowski, white supremacists, statues, daca, #daca, #takeaknee, kneel, kneeling, gun control, manafort, franken, @mooresenate, roy moore, public safety, #netneutrality, net neutrality, tax bill

#olsenwpmoychallenge, #nationalchampionship, #seahawks, #cowboysnation, #gopackgo, #dallascowboys, aaron rodgers, field goal, @packers, #packers, #herewego, the steelers, the packers, fumble, superbowl, #sb51, #superbowl, the pats, #nfldraft, #httr, punt, #flyeaglesfly, heisman, a td

#nbavote, #royalrumble, #marchmadness, march madness, #wrestlemania, #bucciovertimechallenge, preds, #defendtheland, #nbafinals, #letsgopens, #stanleycup, game 5, floyd mayweather, conor mcgregor, @thenotoriousmma, canelo, #usmnt, #flythew, #thisteam, #hr4hr, #worldseries, #earnhistory

#winter, #snow, in the snow, full moon, snow day, solar eclipse, the eclipse, #solareclipse2017, #eclipse, #eclipse2017, #hurricaneharvey, hurricane harvey, a hurricane, #harvey, #houstonstrong, hurricane irma, #hurricaneirma, irma, #irma, the hurricane, #fall, its cold