Interactive Twitter Heat Map Shows iOS vs. Android vs. BlackBerry Usage Across the Globe [Images]

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Posted June 22, 2013 at 4:48pm by Shalom Levytam

Check out this impressive Twitter heat map tool that shows iOS vs. Android vs. BlackBerry usage across the globe.

More than 280 million Tweets posted from mobile phones reveal geographic usage patterns in unprecedented detail.

The tool was created by ex-Googler and self-proclaimed "map geek" Eric Fischer. The Atlantic recently used it to show that if you map the iPhone users in any city, "you know where the rich live".

Check out a few images below or hit the link to try the tool for yourself.

Read More [via Fortune] [via Atlantic]

Interactive Twitter Heat Map Shows iOS vs. Android vs. BlackBerry Usage Across the Globe [Images]

L.A. - (Red is iPhone, Green is Android)

New York

Chicago

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Mikael - June 24, 2013 at 8:46am

Nuff Said iphone is king .. Snappy, design, quality feel ,ios eco system, gears , size etc etc .. Android is just a mess of funtions .. Tweak tweak tweak .. Change launcher ,, root bla bla...soo glad i left android after a year of tweaking:))only and then im 100 honest.. The only thing i miss on android is the torrent clients.. But nowdays im a streamer .. Peeeeace

JP - June 24, 2013 at 3:57am

It's true, i live in miami,and overtown, liberty city and homestead all green, miami beach, coral gables and west miami, all red....

iCrunch - June 24, 2013 at 3:30am

I've lived in both NYC and L.A. and I can tell you this much: iPhone users live predominantly in nicer, richer areas, whereas Android users are in the ghet-TOH! hahah...Even Chicago looks to be similar, with the notorious South Side all Android and the northern parts as well as the nicer downtown and adjacent areas are all iPhone. hahah

Julian1729 - June 25, 2013 at 1:40am

Well Android does offer phones of a lower cost and quality, ones who live in a place where financial matters are not the best, would be more opened to purchase.

Nitro Junkie - June 23, 2013 at 1:32pm

Junk android trac phones in the inner city.

somebody - June 23, 2013 at 12:41pm

What these maps tell you is that red shows up better than green on a black background.

Knowledge - June 23, 2013 at 11:37am

I guess people who use Blackberry have better things to do than tweet.

steff - June 23, 2013 at 3:58am

iphone users Tweet from the highway in greater numbers...

Jim James - June 23, 2013 at 3:15am

This map is a very telling one. It basically can tell you income demographics. Take Washington DC area for example. Look at the beltway and immediate surrounding areas. Draw a straight line down the middle of the ring/beltway. iPhones on the left and Android on the right. Fairly segregated.

Alehic - June 22, 2013 at 11:51pm

It looks like iPhone users tweet more frequently than users of other operating systems.

Glasmo - June 23, 2013 at 6:22am

Don't feed the petty beast.

Alex - June 22, 2013 at 11:04pm

One should have selected three well mixable colors, and plot the color based on 3 colors contribution. :) Otherwise the last plotted color (will be set by whoever paid for the research) will prevail.

Steve - June 22, 2013 at 10:58pm

iPhone users may tweet more than Android. Draw your own conclusions

icla - June 22, 2013 at 9:48pm

Yes. Following your idea. In the respective order, It's also, people with just enough money, and people that have money to spend on just about anything they want.

Colin - June 22, 2013 at 9:40pm

Hold up... what PERCENTAGE of users of the respective phones tweet?

Jon - June 22, 2013 at 9:34pm

The epicentres of all major cities all use BlackBerry... That's where the money is...

sdfsdf - June 22, 2013 at 8:56pm

That map is kind of silly, there are actually quite a few more Androids in use today than iPhones. The algorithm just plotted the red dots last...

Jon - June 22, 2013 at 8:18pm

So everybody in Manhattan NY uses iphones? Yea right.... Thats not how the streets looks like.... A fake report...

icla - June 22, 2013 at 9:43pm

I wonder if you would still say "Fake Report" if Android devices are dominating the map.

wut is this - June 22, 2013 at 6:24pm

Hey, I live in Florida and have an Android. My Roomate has an iPhone and his red dot int he map is overlapping my green dot!

Thethruthisoutthere - June 22, 2013 at 5:55pm

The poor sector (or average people) with Android, the rich sector iPhone.

Ben - June 22, 2013 at 5:37pm

iPhone rules in America but not elsewhere...

Nikolay Andreev - June 22, 2013 at 5:35pm

This map is a bit misleading since it overlays iPhone on top of Android. If its the other way around the results would look very different.