COMMENTS
What a cool map! It doesn't seem unusual for California to be among the trendsetting states, but Utah as #1? Who knew?
Makes sense to see California do so well, considering all the tech industries in there.
Congrats to Utah!
Love the map by the way. Very good job.
Shouldn't the national average be 50%? If not then the national average is 66% of what?
Very cool. I never thought about this angle before, but it does provide some interesting perspectives.
@ Paul. On average, the US states scored a 66% on Twitter Grader. So, basically 50% of the people are above 66%, 50 % are below it.
@Luke, I was surprised, too that Utah is above the national curve! Of course, California has a larger number of people graded (176708) and Utah (8571). So this is only one way to look at the data - we have a list of top states on Twitter.Grader.com here where California is #1. http://bit.ly/6tWzpY
On that chart, Utah is #33. However, what we wanted to show with this infographic is how the states compare to the national average of 66%. It's a different benchmark for analysis, but I think it's fascinating to look at the data from all different angles. California might be one of those States who have a lot of people who are bringing down their average, where overall, people in Utah using Twitter are generally above average.
Intereting that Iowa is "zero" with their place in the election primary with the Iowa Caucas. Okay, so maybe I'm the only one that thinks this :p
Very good commentary and analytics.
What a well executed map!
Is there a map of overall Twitter usage by state?
@Rikin We don't have a map yet of overall Twitter usage by state, but that's a very good idea for a future infographic.
The Utah thing might be a Twitter quirk? I checked my twitter grade and it said my location was Utah. I went over to Twitter and looked and sure enough, somehow my location was switched from Iowa to Utah. I changed it back.
Can we get a Canadian one too?
It would have been really interesting to see a rankings of both the states and the cities on a per capita basis, rather than raw scores.