Occupy Wall Street Growth Map: How Fast Are 'Occupy' Facebook Pages Growing?

From the initial call to occupy Wall Street until the present day, the 'Occupy' movement has grown across the country and spread around the world. Using data from Collective Disorder on different 'Occupy' cities' Facebook pages, The Huffington Post has created a map that shows the movement's increasing popularity over time.

Click the play button on the map to view the movement's growth from October 3 through November 9. Please be patient while the map loads!

NOTES ON THE MAP:
The data for this map comes from developer Shane Castlen and the Facebook API. Castlen has been tracking the total number of likes on Facebook pages per day on CollectiveDisorder.com. The data is available from October 3, 2011, so the map does not include prior growth. The first Occupy Wall Street protest occurred on September 17, 2011, in New York City. The Huffington Post was unable to obtain older data on the pages.

The larger the circle size on the map, the greater the number of Facebook likes. The group sizes are plotted on a log scale to illustrate the changes in pages' sizes more clearly. However, this also decreases the apparent differences in size between the largest and smallest pages.

New groups have formed and been discovered since October 3, when page data was first collected. These pages were added to the original data at a later date, which is why some dots pop up in the middle of the animation.

 

 

Comments

[glennkromminga]

03:38 PM on 11/15/2011

OWS will fail unless they vote in coming elections. The Tea Party showed its power in the 2010 elections.

[Kenz300]

01:21 PM on 11/15/2011

Too many people and too few jobs. We have a food crisis, an oil crisis, an energy crisis, a water crisis, a financial crisis and a jobs crisis. Every problem is made harder to solve with the worlds ever growing population.

The world added a billion people in the last 12 years and will add another billion in the next 12 years. Where will all the jobs come from to support this massive population? This is not sustainable.

[enkelin]

10:05 PM on 11/14/2011

This man puts the OWS movement into words everyone can understand. Please listen, you will be amazed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3BYw4xjxE&feature=relmfu

[Rowwdy]

11:31 AM on 11/16/2011

*Thank you; from one of the many not the few…

[Felixio]

09:32 PM on 11/14/2011

Reality is that no matter what people say, the government, that is the representation of the people, it'll do what it pleases, so I guess democracy is out the window.

[kkdkdkdkdk]

06:39 PM on 11/14/2011

Just goes to show we have misfits all over the nation. Tent sales are up. Pooper scoopers are up. And drums are up. Weed sales are up. Pepper spray and stun gun sales are up. The Occupiers are causing a renewed economy. O, and yes tear gas sales are through the roof.

[Rowwdy]

11:40 AM on 11/16/2011

*Must be a Tea publican; Bachmann wanted the OWS to joint you guys, what’s-up with that?

[kkdkdkdkdk]

04:51 PM on 11/16/2011

Huh?

[Leywood Luckyjack]

12:17 PM on 11/13/2011

Our biggest problem is unsecured credit. Our society needs to learn how to stand alone before going mindlessly into financial ventures. True, the serious money is always there for the swift but like fruit the tree does get empty if you strip it.
There was never a money tree just the desire for one. Wouldn't it be nice if we all had a money tree? The credit system tells us we deserve one and convinces us with richly acted and designed adverts on our ADDICTION. Keep watching and you can always drag out your gold card. Wakey Wakey!

[Rowwdy]

11:42 AM on 11/16/2011

*The republican presidents have out spent the democratic presidents by 2.17 to 1 is that what you mean?

[Investomaniac]

10:25 AM on 11/13/2011

As long as Americans continue put their saving and hard earned money into stock market, Wall Street will continue to drain their pockets.. Oh surprise they have already drained our pockets. Solution: Quit putting money in the stock market. Quit putting your money in the banks. Quit keeping your savings (if you have any left) in the banks for them to make money off of you while at the same time they pay you less than a half percent in interest and then charge you outrageous interest on your morgages and loans. Why would you think that our government is going to regulate banks when the banks pay the people at the top of government to look the other way while they steal your money. Wake UP America!

[cdhj12000]

05:07 PM on 11/12/2011

Some people say that there isn't enough going on in Texas because nobody there cares. Is that true? I know Texas is George Bush's safe ground where he's a hero to most people (for some reason). He can't even go to some countries because he'll be arrested and charged with international crimes! You don't hear that stuff on the mainstream media in this country. Maybe some stereotypes, like some about Texas, are true.

[rusty apache]

12:23 PM on 11/13/2011

Rural Texas is pretty bleak, but in major metropolitan areas there are way fewer low information votors.

[cdhj12000]

01:20 PM on 11/13/2011

I hear there is a little going on, which could be considered enough--it's something anyway. I'm sure it will catch on in more places throughout the world in some constructive way eventually.

[mudshark12]

12:12 AM on 11/12/2011

Short Version:

HEY EVERYBODY, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT OWS IS UP TO, THEN CLICK THIS LINK.

Thank You.

https://sites.google.com/site/the99percentdeclaration/

[Alexey Braguine]

03:16 PM on 11/14/2011

Mud Shark!
The manifesto is an excellent document. By in large it will fix the system. Thanks for the heads up. faved and fanned

[mudshark12]

04:00 PM on 11/14/2011

Glad you like it. I intend to switch my party affiliation when the time comes because I don't see the current congress being to thrilled about this as it steps on too many toes and upsets too many apple carts.

I know for certain the Republicancer is going to HATE this with a passion. The democrats will have people on all different sides of this but I feel that many of them are going to make the jump over to the new party.

[enkelin]

10:07 PM on 11/14/2011

And here is the OWS Anthem. (you will be blown away)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3BYw4xjxE&feature=relmfu

[mudshark12]

10:48 PM on 11/14/2011

You were right! That was one of the best songs I've ever heard, I fanned you for sharing that with me.

[FACTISFACT]

09:13 PM on 11/11/2011

Go and join the "Occupy Wall Street" to find out For Whom the Bell Tolls. Could it be for the ouster of the Republican Congress and Burial of the Tea Party of the Devils or the beginning of the rich to pay Tax and or the victory of the Master of All Source of Power the PUBLIC the middle class and poor?

[arcanepsyche]

03:46 PM on 11/11/2011

That map thing was really confusing to use....

[LogicalMathMan]

01:08 PM on 11/11/2011

Dang! Us West coast folk sure haven't galvanized ourselves into action. I hope the OWS Berkeley fever spreads throughout CA.

[firewired]

12:45 PM on 11/11/2011

"Nobody's right...if everybody's wrong..." - Buffalo Springfield

[rontheking]

03:53 PM on 11/12/2011

Wrong. The 99ers are right.

[revrendsyne]

12:15 PM on 11/11/2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9smPt2YGLKI As Lemmy said, " just cos you got the power, that don't mean you got the right."

[WHEELS221]

01:20 PM on 11/11/2011

Sounds like your a republican. They've screwing us for years with all the money they have to "buy" otes and suppress voters at the polls. IT'S ALL OVER PAL..

[revrendsyne]

01:59 PM on 11/11/2011

wrong I'm very wstrong Dem and this song was and is pointeed right at Wall St and the Republicans.

[enkelin]

10:09 PM on 11/14/2011

Here is a better song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3BYw4xjxE&feature=relmfu

[BMcCue7]

09:09 AM on 11/13/2011

Motörhead!

[revrendsyne]

10:08 AM on 11/13/2011

Lemmy

[Amelia M DePew]

12:07 PM on 11/11/2011

To all the uniformed who think OWS need to march on the government-- THIS IS NOT ABOUT BEING AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, IT"S ABOUT BEING AGAINST THE FEW EXTREMELY RICH WHO THINK THEY CAN RUN THE GOVERNMENT FOR PERSONAL GAIN. FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE!

[revrendsyne]

12:57 PM on 11/11/2011

Good post.

[Ginzu Mawa]

02:48 PM on 11/11/2011

for the rich to run the gov, they need the help of corrupt politicians. elect anyone and they will be bought via the donor and lobbying system. until we have publically finances campaigns, the system is vulnerable to take over via bribery. redirecting policy toward personal enrichment of gangsters, at the expense of festering problems. http://www.opensecrets.org/

[fatuglynerd]

09:04 PM on 11/11/2011

Deflection.