If The Twitter Community Were 100 People

I like the perspective on Twitter provided by the below graphic created by David McCandless from his Information is Beautiful blog. It simplifies the view of the Twitter community by synthsizing it down to 100 people. It also provides an interesting perspective on what people are tweeting about on different days of the week. For instance, real life tweets occur on Saturdays, one of the lowest volume days.

As someone who is very active on Twitter and fits in at the high end of engagement, it is interesting to note how many are not actively engaged. You can also find this graphic on flickr.

2008 Year End World Internet Population - 1.574 Billion

The 2008 Year End World Internet Population statistics are out and we have now reached 1.574 billion people globally using the internet. North America has the highest penetration rate with 73.1%. Asia has the highest internet population with over 650 million. Overall the internet population penetration rate is now at 23.5% and the two fastest growing regions are the Middle East and Africa. To see all the statistics, go to Internet World Stats, Usage and Population Statistics.