guillaume-chevalier / LinkedIn-Connections-Growth-Analysis
Plotting the number of new connections over week on my LinkedIn account, then the cumulative connections, and then see on which days I was most active. I have 2305 connections on LinkedIn as of today. Finally, I chart the most common names in my network and positions, then realize my LinkedIn network mainly consists of high-status males.
me > settings and privacy > How LinkedIn uses your data > Getting a copy of your data > tick "Connections" under "Want something in particular" > Download archive
With my comments between charts. Let's begin by showing my first ever contact on LinkedIn to see what's in the CSV. Thank you Francois for being my first contact. You helped me start this journey.
Regarding the peaks: it seems that the moments where I've got the most new connections were moments where I posted content that got viral or that got a lot of attention. I believe more people added me than the other way around despite I'm very outgoing in general. At other times, I took some time to add people in positions I liked, such as between jobs or when going to networking events (or even organizing them).
Regarding the sustained growth: it seems that what got me the most growth was definitely writing articles and online content, where I linked back to my social media profiles at the end of those pieces of content.
