A week ago, Damon Cortesi (who happens to be one rockin’ guy) wrote a little Perl script to help Twitter users create some really pretty graphs that chart their Twitter usage over the past year. In the week or so that has followed, everyone has been posting their Twitter stats on their websites or on Flickr, allowing the Twitter community to see just how the service is being used by different people.

I posted my stats on Flickr and Squandrous about a week ago, but I thought I’d share them with you here and perhaps take a closer look at them while I’m at it.

Many kudos for Damon for helping me create these really pretty charts. Now let’s take a look at what it all means.

Tweets per month

I started using Twitter towards the end of January 2007. Of course, Twitter is a richer tool when you’re following more people and you connect with other Twitterers, so it makes sense that my usage has been increasing as the year has progressed. The few dips — mainly in July, September, and November — correspond to the times of the year where I was doing a lot of traveling and didn’t have much access to the web or my mobile.

Tweets per day

I’m not surprised at all that my frequency of Twitter use drops over the weekend. After all, I’m much more likely to be away from my computer and too busy to check my SMS messages on Friday nights and during the day on Saturday. Sunday, of course, is football day, and who uses the web when the NFL is on?

Tweets per hour

The scary thing that this chart proves is that I usually go to bed around or after 1am and I’m definitely awake before 6am. Maybe I need to work on that. Also, while I’ve noticed that Twitter usage for most people peaks at lunch time, mine actually drops. This might have something to do with the fact that lunch time is the only time during my work day when I consciously get away from my computer.

Top @s

I’m not quite sure what the difference is between the two @ graphs, especially since they both contain roughly the same people. They’re all wonderful people though, so if you’re on Twitter, make sure you’re following all of them.

What it all means

That’s a silly heading, because I don’t really know what it all means. What it does indicate, however, is that if you’re not on Twitter yet, you’re seriously missing out. And if you are on Twitter, add me. Because I’m a nice guy. Sometimes.