#!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ gen_bsky_pop_graph.py: Generates a graph of the total users on Bluesky in matplotlib using  preformatted data from various sources. data_array is formatted in the style of "2024-01-31, 5", where the first element is the ISO-8601  date, and where the second element is the total population of Bluesky (existing accounts) at the end of each date listed (ie. at 23:59). Note that there may be a variance of about +/- 500 users between trackers and data sources. As the graph grows with time, there may be a need to amend the visibility or frequency of the ticks,  locators, and data points/labels. """ __authors__ = "VintageNebula" __version__ = "1.4.0" __date__ = "2024-07-01" __status__ = "public" __license__ = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"  from datetime import datetime import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.dates as mdates from matplotlib.ticker import FuncFormatter, MultipleLocator  data_array = [     # The following portion of data is from "Bluesky and the AT Protocol: Usable Decentralized     # Social Media" by Martin Kleppmann, available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03239. Licensed     # under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. For more details, please visit:     # https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.     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274",     "2023-02-10, 275", "2023-02-11, 277", "2023-02-12, 279", "2023-02-13, 282",     "2023-02-15, 289", "2023-02-16, 311", "2023-02-17, 320", "2023-02-18, 333",     "2023-02-19, 339", "2023-02-20, 342", "2023-02-21, 346", "2023-02-22, 356",     "2023-02-23, 399", "2023-02-24, 432", "2023-02-25, 480", "2023-02-26, 489",     "2023-02-27, 589", "2023-02-28, 657", "2023-03-01, 1037", "2023-03-02, 1387",     "2023-03-03, 1814", "2023-03-04, 2175", "2023-03-05, 2326", "2023-03-06, 2590",     "2023-03-07, 3012", "2023-03-08, 3321", "2023-03-09, 3530", "2023-03-10, 3650",     "2023-03-11, 3738", "2023-03-12, 3817", "2023-03-13, 3958", "2023-03-14, 4040",     "2023-03-15, 4175", "2023-03-16, 4276", "2023-03-17, 4360", "2023-03-18, 4480",     "2023-03-19, 4542", "2023-03-20, 4582", "2023-03-21, 4677", "2023-03-22, 4769",     "2023-03-23, 4808", "2023-03-24, 4835", "2023-03-25, 4962", "2023-03-26, 5118",     "2023-03-27, 5271", "2023-03-28, 5378", "2023-03-29, 5439", "2023-03-30, 5496",     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3091891", "2024-01-27, 3094422", "2024-01-28, 3097124", "2024-01-29, 3100356",     "2024-01-30, 3107039", "2024-01-31, 3121850", "2024-02-01, 3140008", "2024-02-02, 3154479",     "2024-02-03, 3168299",     # End of data supplied by Martin Kleppmann.     # Missing data approximated using linear interpolation, Internet Archive.     "2024-02-04, 3187980", "2024-02-05, 3207661", "2024-02-06, 3433226", "2024-02-07, 4088025",     # Beginning of data gathered by jaz.bsky.social     "2024-02-08, 4432203", "2024-02-09, 4570216", "2024-02-10, 4666798", "2024-02-11, 4757049",     "2024-02-12, 4811068", "2024-02-13, 4849070", "2024-02-14, 4858312", "2024-02-15, 4881705",     "2024-02-16, 4899886", "2024-02-17, 4916721", "2024-02-18, 4935407", "2024-02-19, 4952084",     "2024-02-20, 4971871", "2024-02-21, 4991745", "2024-02-22, 5006053", "2024-02-23, 5019561",     "2024-02-24, 5031247", "2024-02-25, 5044627", "2024-02-26, 5056553", "2024-02-27, 5067960",     "2024-02-28, 5078594", "2024-02-29, 5090025", "2024-03-01, 5099009", "2024-03-02, 5107586",     "2024-03-03, 5115734", "2024-03-04, 5123650", "2024-03-05, 5131674", "2024-03-06, 5139313",     "2024-03-07, 5146813", "2024-03-08, 5154932", "2024-03-09, 5163543", "2024-03-10, 5171848",     "2024-03-11, 5179454", "2024-03-12, 5187322", "2024-03-13, 5194968", "2024-03-14, 5203210",     "2024-03-15, 5210243", "2024-03-16, 5216048", "2024-03-17, 5221716", "2024-03-18, 5226977",     "2024-03-19, 5232757", "2024-03-20, 5239602", "2024-03-21, 5245770", "2024-03-22, 5251049",     "2024-03-23, 5257039", "2024-03-24, 5262910", "2024-03-25, 5269076", "2024-03-26, 5274974",     "2024-03-27, 5280278", "2024-03-28, 5286136", "2024-03-29, 5291439", "2024-03-30, 5296232",     "2024-03-31, 5301249", "2024-04-01, 5305827", "2024-04-02, 5311023", "2024-04-03, 5316212",     "2024-04-04, 5321206", "2024-04-05, 5325976", "2024-04-06, 5330463", "2024-04-07, 5372537",     "2024-04-08, 5407180", "2024-04-09, 5421651", "2024-04-10, 5437582", "2024-04-11, 5455018",     "2024-04-12, 5471866", "2024-04-13, 5489161", "2024-04-14, 5502621", "2024-04-15, 5511857",     "2024-04-16, 5525560", "2024-04-17, 5533684", "2024-04-18, 5538455", "2024-04-19, 5542777",     "2024-04-20, 5547038", "2024-04-21, 5551055", "2024-04-22, 5554821", "2024-04-23, 5558553",     "2024-04-24, 5562221", "2024-04-25, 5565822", "2024-04-26, 5569364", "2024-04-27, 5572730",     "2024-04-28, 5576184", "2024-04-29, 5580941", "2024-04-30, 5585312", "2024-05-01, 5589425",     "2024-05-02, 5592993", "2024-05-03, 5596264", "2024-05-04, 5599579", "2024-05-05, 5602813",     "2024-05-06, 5606518", "2024-05-07, 5609813", "2024-05-08, 5613117", "2024-05-09, 5616648",     "2024-05-10, 5619937", "2024-05-11, 5623224", "2024-05-12, 5626214", "2024-05-13, 5629117",     "2024-05-14, 5631856", "2024-05-15, 5634855", "2024-05-16, 5637786", "2024-05-17, 5640573",     "2024-05-18, 5643671", "2024-05-19, 5646611", "2024-05-20, 5649426", "2024-05-21, 5652726",     "2024-05-22, 5656077", "2024-05-23, 5660160", "2024-05-24, 5663423", "2024-05-25, 5666586",     "2024-05-26, 5669773", "2024-05-27, 5674338", "2024-05-28, 5677825", "2024-05-29, 5681494",     "2024-05-30, 5685029", "2024-05-31, 5695026", "2024-06-01, 5698531", "2024-06-02, 5701877",     "2024-06-03, 5705411", "2024-06-04, 5708717", "2024-06-05, 5711829", "2024-06-06, 5714625",     "2024-06-07, 5717341", "2024-06-08, 5804310", "2024-06-09, 5822411", "2024-06-10, 5829823",     "2024-06-11, 5839512", "2024-06-12, 5856822", "2024-06-13, 5880617", "2024-06-14, 5890794",     "2024-06-15, 5910786", "2024-06-16, 5924338", "2024-06-17, 5932536", "2024-06-18, 5938768",     "2024-06-19, 5944088", "2024-06-20, 5948423", "2024-06-21, 5952514", "2024-06-22, 5956543",     # Missing data approximated using linear interpolation.     "2024-06-23, 5960099", "2024-06-24, 5963655", "2024-06-25, 5967211", "2024-06-26, 5970766",     "2024-06-27, 5974322", "2024-06-28, 5977878",     # Continuing data gathered by jaz.bsky.social.     "2024-06-29, 5981434", "2024-06-30, 5984675", "2024-07-01, 5988217" ]  # Parse dates and values from the data array. date_rng = [datetime.strptime(row.split(',')[0].strip(), "%Y-%m-%d") for row in data_array] y_values = [int(row.split(',')[1].replace(',', '').strip()) for row in data_array]  # Create an initial plot, set the figure size. fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(15, 9))  # Plot the main data line. ax.plot(date_rng, y_values, zorder=2) ax.fill_between(date_rng, y_values, color="skyblue", alpha=0.4, zorder=1)  # Set the major and minor locators for x-axis; only show odd months (to avoid crowding) ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(mdates.MonthLocator(bymonth=[1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11])) ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(mdates.MonthLocator()) ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter("%Y-%m"))  # Set the major and minor locators for y-axis. ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(MultipleLocator(1000000))  # Major ticks every 1,000,000 ax.yaxis.set_minor_locator(MultipleLocator(500000))  # Minor ticks every 500,000  # Format y-axis labels with commas (,) for large numbers. ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(FuncFormatter(lambda x, _: f'{int(x):,}'))  # Set ticks inside the plot and also on the opposite side, set axis label font size. ax.tick_params(axis='x', which='both', direction='in', top=True) ax.tick_params(axis='y', which='both', direction='in', right=True) ax.tick_params(axis='both', which='major', labelsize=12)  # Make sure y-axis starts at 0. ax.set_ylim(bottom=0)  # Enable background grid. ax.grid(True, linestyle=":", linewidth=0.5)  # Hide y-axis offset number (1e6, etc.) ax.yaxis.offsetText.set_visible(False)  # Highlight and label the first data point of each month. months = set() for date, value in zip(date_rng, y_values):     if date.strftime("%Y-%m") not in months:         ax.scatter(date, value, color='C0', marker='o', alpha=1, zorder=3)         ax.annotate(f'{value:,}', (date, value), textcoords="offset points",                     xytext=(0, 5), ha='center', fontsize=10)  # Smaller font size for annotations         months.add(date.strftime("%Y-%m"))  # Adjust layout and output plot. plt.tight_layout() plt.show()