Messenger Stats

Python script to analyze Facebook Messenger conversations, generating detailed statistics and word clouds from your chat history.

Technologies

Python Data Analysis WordCloud JSON Processing

Messenger Stats

A Python-based tool for analyzing Facebook Messenger conversation data. Extract insights, generate statistics, and create visual word clouds from your chat history.

Features

  • Conversation Analysis: Compute detailed metrics on your messenger conversations
  • Word Cloud Generation: Create visual representations of the most frequently used words
  • JSON Data Processing: Parse Facebook’s exported messenger data format
  • Customizable Output: Configure word cloud dimensions and filtering thresholds

How It Works

  1. Export your Facebook messenger data in JSON format from Facebook’s data download tool
  2. Install required Python dependencies (primarily wordcloud)
  3. Configure analysis settings in constants.py
  4. Run the script to generate statistics and visualizations

Use Cases

  • Understanding conversation patterns with friends
  • Analyzing communication trends over time
  • Creating fun word clouds from long chat histories
  • Data visualization of messaging habits

Technical Details

The script processes JSON-formatted messenger data exports and uses Python’s data processing capabilities to extract meaningful statistics. Word clouds are generated using the WordCloud library with customizable parameters.

Source Code

View the project on GitHub.