3. About Me
• First-ever third-party Twitter developer
• Developed groundbreaking mapping
visualization of Twitter traffic (Twittervision),
exhibited at MoMA
• Entrepreneur and urban activist in Baltimore
• Long-time student of maps & data
9. Technique
• Use All Parts of Twitter API: Streaming (Track/Follow/Geo), REST, Search
• Use Crowdsourced Credentials to Amplify Capacity
• Find Tweets + Users In Target Geography
• Look at who those users follow
• Record top-followed users if they are in target geography
• Repeat — Inspect as you go, discarding BieberHoles + OneDirection
Landmines
• 7 Days yielded ~17M users, ~62M connections
• ~53K users, 5.5M connections in Puerto Rico
• Same basic approach can work for LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.
12. Puerto Rico, June 2014
2.5 to 7.3 Years
2.3 to 5.4
Years
2.3 to 7.1 Years
(San Juan + Arecibo)
1.4 to 5.4 Years
1.7 to 5.8 Years
1.0 to 5.0 Years
(Ponce)
13. Mobile vs. Desktop
2.5 to 7.3 Years
68% Mobile
2.3 to 5.4
Years
56% Mobile
2.3 to 7.1 Years
80% Mobile
1.4 to 5.4 Years
88% Mobile
1.7 to 5.8 Years
94% Mobile
1.0 to 5.0 Years
95% Mobile
14. English vs. Español
52% Spanish
67% Spanish
54% Spanish74% Spanish
58% English
(or Non-Spanish)
77% Spanish
15. Common Operating Systems
iOS 34%
Android 30%
Web 20%
Android 30%
iOS 20%
Web 20%
iOS 48%
Android 30%
Web 12%
iOS 50%
Android 37%
Web 7%
iOS 72%
Android 20%
Web 4%
iOS 60%
Android 35%
Web 3%
43. Join In!
• Contribute your Credentials —
http://twitter.peoplemaps.org and
http://peoplemaps.org
• Make your own graph visualizations: http://
gephi.org
David Troy, CEO
@davetroy
dave@410labs.com
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