Web Trend Map 4

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MiSc.at says:

Hooray! Can't wait to print it at Knallgrau office!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

twoeyes says:

Superb stuff - well done.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

genue.luben says:

nice!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

vutheara says:

Very nice map !
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

MarcTV says:

Very nice! But why is 'XBOX Live' part of the WTM4 but not Sonys 'PSN'? I prefer XBOX Live but I am still curious
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

aruban says:

Very nice, well done, again !
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

juho-v says:

Hyvä! Excellent! I also like the new background color.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

I love it!

Several corrections:
- Doppler should be Dopplr (if you’re referring to the web service)
- IMBD should be IMDb (b is written in lowercase)
- Deposite Files should be Deposit Files
- There are two entries for FontShop, is this intended?
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

juho-v says:

"Aftonbladed" should be "Aftonbladet"
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

RomanZolotarev says:

IMBD -> IMDb
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter van der Steege says:

Did you make this? How very nice done and what a great design You made my day . Great work..
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

seeal says:

nice work¡
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Xuoan says:

huge! well done. That's the first subway I'm ok to take on a daily basis...
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Hannah Donovan says:

Awesome work! I always look forward to these coming out :)

Bit of a spelling error on Last.fm, should be "Felix Miller" also, there's 3 founders at that company -- you're missing Richard Jones, who invented/created scrobbling.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

iA Inc. says:

Thanks, everyone. Keep the feedback coming. Thankful for every little detail you see. After four months of looking at it, we just don't see the mistakes anymore.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Silent Z says:

All the corrections I saw are already mentioned by previous commenters. Is this going to be able to purchase in poster form? I'm starting a new job soon and this would be great for a wall.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

iA Inc. says:

@Silent Z: Yeah, it'll be available in A0 (same size as version 3). So, you need a big wall...
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

C.Saetre says:

Excellent tube map - bravo.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

North East Kiwi says:

Brilliant!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Matias Kee says:

a-m-a-z-i-n-g-!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

gabyu says:

wow amazing !
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

saicode says:

neat.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

avlxyz says:

where's the classic "here be dragons"? :)
great job though!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

1031s says:

wow interesting !
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

nuetaipoo says:

i congratulate you on your web trend map success. the world needs more clean informational design like this. Although it's getting bit more eye candy than your earlier versions. dunno if that's good or bad, but Tufte might not approve it ;)

if you're refering to the 2ch admin, "Hiroyuki Nishino", it should be "Hiroyuki Nishimura". But i dunno why you're putting foreign sites here cause this map is way too western culture centric for them... which is kinda ironic with the whole japanese map thing and all... just my 2cents worth.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

me2flickr [deleted] says:

Web Trend Map 4 Final Beta — via boowon by 서울비

Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

me2flickr [deleted] says:

Web Trend Map 4 Final Beta 日本東京都 전철 노선도를 이용해서 만든 Web Trend Map입니다. Google은 신주쿠(新宿), Firefox는 도쿄역(東京驛). Web Trend를 도쿄 전철노선도로 만들어서 재미있군요. by StudioEgo

Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

iA Inc. says:

UPDATE: Thanks for the input. We just uploaded an updated version, incorporating 99% of your feedback. Thanks again. Please keep on telling us how to improve.

BTW: This is getting out of control: So far we made it on the top page of Reddit, Digg, and Techcrunch.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

me2flickr [deleted] says:

Web Trend Map 4 Final Beta 여기에는 링크가 걸릴려나? by StudioEgo

Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

James Kirkup says:

Wow Wow Wow - cannot wait for this
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

JackpotCity says:

This is looking fantastic so far. I really look forward to the final.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

eduo says:

Fantastic. You should consider a black type on white background version for printing.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

atariboy says:

This is awesome! Beautiful.

Not sure if it was deliberate but you have '.me'. The service was called .Mac but is now called MobileMe.

Seems more accurate to call it 'MobileMe'
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Linux29 says:

fantastic... to print asap ;)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Cedric Chee says:

very creatively done. congrats! this have really made my day. gambateh kudasai!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

gabyu says:

You've been Fubized : www.fubiz.net/2009/04/06/web-trends-4/
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

redhooded says:

oh the detail. so great!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

rosefirerising says:

OMG, wow.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ottoman42 says:

Very cool indeed but you do you determine most influential?
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

lukhnos says:

Why does Lawrence Lessig appear twice in this map? Once in Opinion (top), another in Sharing (near Shinbashi station).
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Silent K says:

incredible!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

bd34r says:

Where's Eventful? More than 9 million users and it's not on the map as far as I can tell.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

david.orban says:

There two Larry Lessig's. I don't know if it is intentional...
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

llbbl says:

the pink line is the best. chooochoo
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

sights set says:

The Hype Machine would be the proper way to refer to hypem.com (filter line, next to last.fm) if not yet at printer.

Thanks for featuring us!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

jolly_sonali says:

Very Cool! Cant wait to see the next map with government transparency and opensource!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

fejervary_gergo says:

Very cool! deviantArt is on twice. Once on the creative line, and once on publishing.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

beefman says:

s/b PDF so we can search the text
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Siuslaw Media says:

Sweet.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

hans.ning says:

There are also two DevianART. Well, one DeviantART and one deviantART.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

iA Inc. says:

============================================= ==========
UPDATE2: Lots of feedback from all sorts of places. I hope we didn't miss too many inputs this time. Keep on commenting, please. Three days to go.
============================================ ===========

Ps: In the mean time it's been also featured by Daringfireball, Zeldman, Techmeme, Boingboing, Swissmiss, Fubiz, Globo, TechCrunch Japan, TechCrunch France, Metafilter, NotCot, The Next Web, Electricpig, FastCompany and many others. Server holds bravely thanks to flickr (almost 200,000 x 2.6MB). 700 poster reservations are in, 671, to be precise.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

designbyfront says:

We're loving this year's map! The best yet!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

agentbillo says:

The travel-related web seems distinctly missing, but my perspective is skewed. Kayak? TripAdvisor? Expedia/Orbitz/Travelocity?
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

8bitsboy says:

Correction:
I think Gmail is way too big here.
. It's 3 time smaller than Yahoo! mail in terms of number of users globally...
. It doesn't make a lot of revenues.
. The growth has flatten a lot in 08.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

«David Chambers» says:

What's the consensus: «GMail» or «Gmail»? My understanding is that the latter is correct.

David Chambers
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

visual think map says:

it is here, just noticed it here from Benjamin Wiederkehr and Christian Siegrist: www.datavisualization.ch/

looks really good. your previous versions were very good, and you have managed to improve upon them.

loved the isometric, but you have given it futhter depth like the tubes and it has the level of popularaity with the height dimension explored.

i like how you have brought in the people symbols/isotypes walking in this new geograpic terrain of the web similiar to what they did on this

visualthinkmap.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2 168552:Photo...

i think it is a great improvement, not that it needed it. wish i knew how to say 'brilliant, thanks' in japanese.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

aftershow says:

omfg!!!!!! great job !!!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

【ツ】Jerry H. [deleted] says:

amazing
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

madhumitamundrao says:

Excellent work! Very creative. I love the clarity, annotations, different font sizes, colours......and everything...Great work
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Fresh Muse™ says:

cool and complete

thx
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

gusoto says:

Awesome, thanks!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

bierkofh says:

muy bueno
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

wendygee says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called KQED Photo Gallery Pool, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

d_kazu007 says:

すばらしい！！！
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

trumpetflickr says:

Information overload never looked so pretty and tidy!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

slackware says:

great work
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Eugenio Pini says:

wow! great infographic work!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter Bowers says:

remarkable, great work
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

mariajoseoo says:

está buenísimo!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Aen Tan says:

Your site's database is dead by the Digg effect I think.

Anyway, I think for those who want to try printing this themselves on laser/inkjet. The massive black background will be expensive. I suggest another version, one with white background.

Great work!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

mhking says:

Impressive....
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Virginie Smallwood says:

Amazing! Every year it gets better & better thank you!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

r9luisao says:

amazing!!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

dcmao says:

不错
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Den-Sen says:

like it - very informative!

one thing: the bubbles that hold the names are not pointing a little left/right to the heads in every case.
example: www.flickr.com/photos/den-sen/3426333242/
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter J. Bury says:

Amazing and informative!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

MarceCoro says:

Muy bueno y muy completo.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

anny jung says:

wow this is awesome!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

dustmotes says:

It's really fascinating, especially for people who live in Tokyo.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

fermata.daily says:

I want a huge poster of this on my livingroom wall!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

fermata.daily says:

PS - You got linked to on Gawker: gawker.com/5207805/web-ego-map
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

dukannstmichkreutzweise says:

Nice, looks great. But 4chan seems to be missing. What would the Internet be without lolcats? ;)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

PARIS YOUNG says:

nice combination
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

ldexterldesign says:

AMAZING. Getting it printed for sure to hang on my wall. Disappointed not to see www.pornorama.com/ on there :P
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Andrea Vascellari says:

Great!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

zell0ss says:

What a neat concept!!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

me2flickr [deleted] says:

Web Trend Map 4 - Final Beta by 달달한끔

Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

typehigh.nl says:

Completely amazing.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

PhilWolff says:

Typo: Should be RapidShare (not RapidSthare)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

qpefp says:

Great. Once again.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

bd34r says:

Why isn't Eventful listed?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Jim Eagle says:

Must have taken ages to make.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Daniel Poeira says:

Beautiful!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

«David Chambers» says:

«facebook» should be «Facebook». Although the logo has a lowercase f, the title of the home page is «Welcome to Facebook! | Facebook». As with Skype, the logo may eschew uppercase characters for stylistic reasons. For this reason, logos should be ignored when determining correct capitalization.

David Chambers
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Pixel Fantasy says:

wow that's beautiful
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

tettinx says:

One for the billboard on the fridge at the Kunstmaan office! Thanks!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

me2flickr [deleted] says:

웹 서핑중 우연히 발견한 2009년도 웹 트랜드를 동경 지하철 노선도로 표현한 재미있는 맵 발견 매년 1회씩 IA Inc.가 발행한단다. 가장 영향력 있는 웹 서비스 도메인 333개와 사람 111명을 표시한 것이란다.. by 해리

Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

buddyhm says:

Just curious : what is the software used for this ? Made 'by hand' with Illustrator ?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

sibilev says:

thnx so much. my friends are fed up with me n this awesome map. keep annoying them as to learn it by heart)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

invormation says:

No Livejournal? I'm surprised...
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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