Umbrella Timeline

The timeline above was generated using data from the Reddit Live Feed covering protests in Hong Kong towards the end of 2014. The live feed began on the 28th September shortly after scenes of tear gassing and unrest began circulating. A total of 50 volunteers have at some point kept the live feed continually updated with tweets, vines, translations and aggregated sources of news for redditors, journalists and many people with a love for HK across the globe. As the ever morphing protests provided no official or clear end in sight, the live feed has continued updating into 2015 and inadvertently became the longest ongoing record of the movement.

By extracting data from this live feed we're able to generate a comprehensive timeline of the movement. Tracking the frequency of postings per day and per hour, we can highlight some of the key days and events that unfolded. Paired with other social media sources we can revisit some of the moments minute by minute that were perhaps overlooked among the chaos.

For a more detailed writeup of the Reddit Live Feed, check out this article by Lukas Messmer over on Hong Wrong.

1 @ymcatar0 4671

2 @hk8192 4152

3 @dont_come_any_closer 3013

4 @intriguehk 1934

5 @avtiu 1904

6 @toastedsquirrel 1521

7 @faithHK 1470

8 @lazychocolate 1397

9 @66Godmode66 1176

10 @Palm_OS 1157

11 @sporksticks 1149

12 @Glutter 887

13 @koopa101 553

14 @trollsting 492

15 @cybycmu 395

16 @ryanhowh 263

17 @amdhly 183

18 @mcgordan 127

19 @tmsanita 118

20 @newco56 107

21 @zakyn 87

22 @State0fNature 80

23 @krazymunky 70

24 @fabricr 67

25 @cigagar 66

26 @hydragosh 53

27 @thebewilderedhuman 47

28 @poppykimi 29

29 @reenymal 27

30 @splashbros 27

31 @Churchill0434 26

32 @hkleprachaun 22

33 @studio_leung 16

34 @ChaticChaos 16

35 @kevinwcy 15

36 @GeoffreyYeung 15

37 @raynehk14 14

38 @arejay00 13

39 @captain_hk 12

40 @zieisbest 12

41 @occupy4all 9

42 @ibopm 8

43 @yellowfinger 5

44 @jochszch 5

45 @isuckatgolf97 5

46 @miss_wolverine 4

47 @caberham 2

48 @zeantsoi 2

49 @mod83 1

50 @pixxiest 1

1 @krislc 1611

2 @tomgrundy 1002

3 @hkdemonow 578

4 @breakandattack 574

5 @stegersaurus 507

6 @TranslateHK 448

7 @freakingcat 363

8 @harbourtimes 338

9 @elliepng 336

10 @Garvey_B 303

11 @donplusn 273

12 @fion_li 270

13 @youngposthk 253

14 @ChrisDerps 212

15 @antd 202

16 @OCLPHK 199

17 @galileo44 185

18 @LeoAW 153

19 @HKFS1958 153

20 @desiree_fa 152

21 @tyteen4a03 149

22 @BWaiC 122

23 @AarcusM 111

24 @leungfaye 109

25 @PRHacks 104

26 @byAlanWong 102

27 @lostdutchhk 100

28 @edmundflanagan 100

29 @varsitycuhk 97

30 @2legit2trip 97

31 @2cats4 97

32 @GlobalSolidHK 96

33 @TheAPJournalist 85

34 @wilfredchan 84

35 @iyengarrishi 82

36 @xinwenxiaojie 81

37 @SCMP_News 81

38 @kiyocheung 81

39 @MikeGJW 77

40 @cayenneleung1 69

41 @ChuBailiang 64

42 @Passiontimes 64

43 @theophontes 62

44 @jeffielam 61

45 @tricialing 60

46 @vickywong710 56

47 @Puilui_0302 54

48 @missy_lao 53

49 @Judy_Ngao 53

50 @hk8192 49

51 @JournoDannyAsia 45

52 @ChinAnalyst 44

53 @csnl26 44

54 @frostyhk 44

55 @trey_menefee 44

56 @joannachiu 43

57 @beckysjourno 41

58 @Badcanto 39

59 @PekingMike 38

60 @Anon_Snufkin 36

61 @wu_venus 35

62 @squirrel_toast 35

63 @TesaArcilla 34

64 @Alex_Ogle 34

65 @annielee789 33

66 @VivienneChow 31

67 @czb5438 31

68 @RichScotford 30

69 @CoconutsHK 28

70 @UmbrellaInfoCen 27

71 @kjalee 27

72 @STPjournalism 27

73 @Carmen_NgKaMan 25

74 @RoydonNg 25

75 @laurelchor 25

76 @xavieronearth 24

77 @mprobertson 23

78 @PenguinSix 23

79 @phila_siu 22

80 @ivanbroadhead 22

81 @lazyvoiced 22

82 @James_Thorburn 22

83 @hkchrislau 22

84 @soltempore 22

85 @Scholarismhk 21

86 @law_fiona 21

87 @SCMPVideoMoJo 21

88 @newsgovhk 21

89 @anjalitsui 20

90 @BBCCarrie 19

91 @joshuawong1013 19

92 @Amberbrella 19

93 @JeromeTaylor 18

94 @hk928umbrella 18

95 @AgnesBun 18

96 @chopkickpunch 18

97 @yanshams 18

98 @01Micco 18

99 @haasbenjamin 17

100 @BrianAdamsPR 16

1 occupyhk : 6556
2 occupycentral : 2287
3 umbrellarevolution : 2245
4 umhk : 1395
5 umbrellamovement : 1191
6 hongkong : 837
7 hk : 447
8 9wu : 424
9 urhk : 335
10 mongkok : 268
11 occupyhongkong : 180
12 occupymongkok : 139
13 遮打革命 : 123
14 hongkongprotests : 112
15 occupymk : 111
16 jmsc : 94
17 live : 85
18 admiralty : 71
19 occupycwb : 61
20 hk926 : 54
21 china : 49
22 hkstudentstrike : 37
23 occupycausewaybay : 35
24 police : 32
25 causewaybay : 32
26 cwb : 29
27 cyleung : 28
28 oclphk : 28
29 occupyadmiralty : 28
30 hkdemocracy : 26
31 sunrise : 25
32 occupy : 23
33 occpuyhk : 23
34 shoppingrevolution : 22
35 hk102 : 20
36 香港デモ : 19
37 hk104 : 19
38 hk928 : 18
39 democracy : 16
40 occupyclearance : 15
41 newsbit : 15
42 9wurevolution : 15
43 雨傘革命 : 15
44 mk : 14
45 hk105 : 13
46 香港 : 13
47 umbrellaultra : 13
48 hkpolice : 12
49 hkclassboycott : 12
50 我要真普選 : 12
51 occupylionrock : 11
52 breaking : 11
53 hkudos : 10
54 umbrellaart : 10
55 christmas : 10
56 hongkongdemocracy : 10
57 佔中 : 9
58 hk1013 : 9
59 anonymous : 9
60 occupycental : 9
61 umbrellarevolutiom : 9
62 hkfs : 9
63 jesus : 9
64 gauwu : 8
65 central : 8
66 umberellarevolution : 8
67 mtr : 8
68 hk930 : 8
69 hk929 : 8
70 hkprotest : 8
71 timessquare : 8
72 hk106 : 8
73 hkclassboybott : 7
74 ophk : 7
75 lennonwall : 7
76 globalforhk : 7
77 art : 7
78 hk101 : 7
79 hkpf : 7
80 scholarism : 7
81 wanchai : 7
82 macau : 7
83 hk103 : 6
84 occcupyhk : 6
85 infographic : 6
86 hkprotests : 6
87 taiwan : 6
88 cuhk : 6
89 alert : 6
90 legco : 6
91 justice : 6
92 carol : 6
93 chalkgirl : 6
94 hknews : 5
95 ausunions : 5
96 ferguson : 5
97 oclp : 5
98 hkstudentboycott : 5
99 hong : 5
100 hkgolden : 5