As the database fills with verse, patterns emerge. Do not mistake quantification for understanding.

Key Metrics

Total haiku	78,366
Hidden haiku	4,251
Site age	29 years, 278 days
Average per day	≈ 7.2
One haiku every	≈ 11,977 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	2,702
Haiku per month	225
Haiku per week	50
Haiku per hour	0.3
Days per haiku	0.14
Haiku per haiku	1.0
Average words per haiku	14.5
Median words per haiku	13
Average lines per haiku	2.75
Longest haiku (by word count)	825 words
Shortest haiku (by word count)	1 words
Punctuation-heavy haiku	20,326 (28%)
Distinct words observed	77,135

Most Frequently Occurring Words

not	6,512
like	5,301
haiku	4,601
no	3,981
its	3,789
one	3,616
up	3,531
out	2,998
dont	2,911
some	2,729

Most Common Two-Word Phrases

i am	1,840
bad haiku	864
i dont	829
i think	777
i want	499
i know	468
when i	459
i love	412
fuck off	409
i like	382

Distribution

Submission Breakdown

Most Common Locations

Toronto	475 haiku
Usa	376 haiku
Manchester	332 haiku
seattle	280 haiku
Yuggoth	247 haiku

*These visualizations represent the data accurately.