Facebook Tells You When You Will Break Up

This graph, from a TED talk on Facebook visualizations, charts breakup cycles as monitored by Facebook. The good news? Christmas Day has the fewest breakups. Otherwise, it’s grim — in a fascinating sort of way.

Click to enlarge.

Some of the stats won’t shock you: breakups go public on Mondays; people free themselves up for the summer; they pair up when whether gets colder. But what is surprising? No big spike around Thanksgiving break — when, in our experience, everyone split with their high-school steadies after a few weeks at college.

Amazing Facts About Facebook And Breakups [Matthias Mikkelsen]