Tumblr’s new stats page, Tumblarity , draws from a couple of major web trends. First, there’s been a big demand for stats for everything, with people getting excited about new ways to visualize the numbers in your life. Nicholas “Feltron” Felton’s Daytum is the most elegant example of this. Secondly, social networks are getting more competitive. From Twitter follower counts and Favrd to becoming the mayor of your city on FourSquare, networks are trending toward more public competition (or “popularity contests,” depending on who you ask).

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