Ipseology

the study of human identity
using large datasets
and computational methods

Tabular comparison of ipseology projects

Compare the features of completed and planned ipseology projects.

2023-03-30

  Human Identities across Nations of the Earth, Ngram Investigator (HINENI) Daily Annual Selves - Enumerated in Ngrams (DASEIN) Jason Jeffrey Jones Identity Trends V2 Jason J. Jones Identity Trends V1 Are Americans Defining Themselves More Politically Over Time?
Status In development In development Completed 2023 Completed 2020 Completed 2018; Published 2021
Scale 450 million global ever-observed-tweeting users 4.4 million consistently-observed-tweeting US users 10 million ever-observed-tweeting US users per year Cross: 10 million US users per year
Longi: 1.4 million US users per year 2015-2020
Cross: 10 million US users per year
Longi: 3.5 million US users per year 2015-2018
Sampling Method Cross-sectional Longitudinal Cross-sectional Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Cross-sectional and Longitudinal
Temporal Resolution Annual Daily Annual Annual Annual
Geographical Resolution National aggregation, 32 nations across six continents United States United States United States United States
Source 1% random sample stream of tweets Twitter REST API queries 1% random sample stream of tweets 1% random sample stream of tweets 1% random sample stream of tweets
Pre-Computed User Prevalences Ngrams and emojis Single Tokens Ngrams and emojis Single Tokens Single Tokens
Temporal Span 2012 - Present July 2022 - Present 2012 - Present 2015 - 2020 2015 - 2018
Updates Annually, ended 2023, manual Daily, continuous, automatic Annually, ended 2023, manual Annually, ended 2020, manual Annually, ended 2018, manual

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