Eclipse usage patterns
Aug 28, 2017 · 1 min read
Here’s the geographic distribution of TPE usage on the day of the total eclipse last week:

By way of comparison, here’s the same view but for the period of July 29 to Aug 28, 2017:

Mobile data traffic handling means that major aggregation points somewhat mask the finer detail, but I think you can still make out the line of totality in the top map, stretching from NW to SE across the country, particularly the chain of dots through Wyoming and Nebraska.
It’s also easy to tell that the eclipse was a late morning event for many users:


