100 Days of Networks

100 Days of Networks

Day 90 of #100daysofnetworks

Trend Analysis of the World Wide Web

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David Knickerbocker
May 18, 2026
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Wow, I had to do a double-take to make sure! Today is Day 90! That is hard to even imagine. That is a lot of graph analysis and writing!

Today, I’ve got something very special for you. We are going to do Trend Analysis of the World Wide Web itself! Typically, historically, this kind of thing has been done with social media data, as that is easiest for people to gather, but I know how to do this across the entire internet.

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For today’s demonstration, I downloaded ALL of my data from my database. I downloaded several months of claims that have been made on the internet, and today we are going to analyze them and learn what is happening in the world. This gives a much more complete picture than reading one news story, hearing the news on social media, or hearing things from your friends.

How much stuff happens on the internet every day? A LOT. I am starting small, and I already have good visibility.

Half a million internet claims. Let’s go!

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