As the database of haiku fills, patterns emerge. Do not mistake quantification for understanding.

Key Metrics

Total haiku	78,003
Hidden haiku	4,201
Site age	29 years, 53 days
Average per day	≈ 7.3
One haiku every	≈ 11,783 seconds
Trend direction	Ongoing

Haiku Rate Over Time

Each point represents one calendar year.

Temporal Extremes

Most prolific year	2001 (12,229)
Least prolific year	1996 (74)
Most prolific month	March 2001 (2,574)
Most prolific day	January 11, 2003 (1,062)

Moderation Rate Over Time

Percentage of submissions hidden per year.

Language Metrics

Haiku per year	2,690
Haiku per month	224
Haiku per week	51
Haiku per hour	0.31
Days per haiku	0.14
Haiku per haiku	1.0
Average words per haiku	14.6
Median words per haiku	13
Average lines per haiku	2.75
Longest haiku (by word count)	2767 words
Shortest haiku (by word count)	1 words
Punctuation-heavy haiku	20,295 (28.1%)
Distinct words observed	77,032

Most Frequently Occurring Words

not	6,481
like	5,287
haiku	4,548
no	3,972
its	3,761
one	3,606
up	3,525
out	2,993
dont	2,902
some	2,720

Most Common Two-Word Phrases

i am	1,831
bad haiku	854
i dont	828
i think	777
i want	497
i know	467
when i	459
i love	410
fuck off	408
fuckingasshole getafuckinglife	395

Distribution

Submission Breakdown

Most Common Locations

Toronto	473 haiku
Usa	377 haiku
Manchester	332 haiku
seattle	280 haiku
Yuggoth	247 haiku

*These visualizations represent the data accurately.