As the database fills with verse, patterns emerge. Do not mistake quantification for understanding.
Key Metrics
| Total haiku | 78,089 |
| Hidden haiku | 4,252 |
| Site age | 29 years, 98 days |
| Average per day | ≈ 7.3 |
| One haiku every | ≈ 11,820 seconds |
| Trend direction | Ongoing |
Haiku Rate Over Time
Each point represents one calendar year.
Temporal Extremes
| Most prolific year |
2001 (12,229) |
| Least prolific year |
1996 (74) |
| Most prolific month |
March 2001 (2,574) |
| Most prolific day |
January 11, 2003 (1,062)
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Moderation Rate Over Time
Percentage of submissions hidden per year.
Language Metrics
| Haiku per year | 2,693 |
| Haiku per month | 224 |
| Haiku per week | 51 |
| Haiku per hour | 0.3 |
| Days per haiku | 0.14 |
| Haiku per haiku | 1.0 |
| Average words per haiku | 14.5 |
| Median words per haiku | 13 |
| Average lines per haiku | 2.75 |
| Longest haiku (by word count) |
825 words |
| Shortest haiku (by word count) |
1 words |
| Punctuation-heavy haiku |
20,293 (28%)
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| Distinct words observed |
77,011 |
Most Frequently Occurring Words
| not |
6,492 |
| like |
5,287 |
| haiku |
4,566 |
| no |
3,973 |
| its |
3,767 |
| one |
3,609 |
| up |
3,522 |
| out |
2,990 |
| dont |
2,904 |
| some |
2,722 |
Most Common Two-Word Phrases
| i am |
1,832 |
| bad haiku |
858 |
| i dont |
828 |
| i think |
777 |
| i want |
497 |
| i know |
467 |
| when i |
459 |
| i love |
412 |
| fuck off |
408 |
| i like |
382 |
Distribution
Submission Breakdown
Most Common Locations
| Toronto |
475 haiku |
| Usa |
376 haiku |
| Manchester |
332 haiku |
| seattle |
280 haiku |
| Yuggoth |
247 haiku |
*These visualizations represent the data accurately.