Year in review

In WhatsApp open a chat, tap its name, choose Export chat, then Without media. Choose the .txt file here. A .zip needs unzipping first.

Telegram’s export is made in Telegram Desktop (the computer app), not the phone app: open a chat, open its menu, choose Export chat history, set the format to JSON and leave media off. Choose result.json here. You can move the file to your phone and use this page there. A full export with many chats lets you pick one.

The viewing activity .csv: either “Download all” on your account’s Viewing Activity page, or ViewingActivity.csv from an account data request. If the download does not work for you, you can ask Netflix for your data from your account’s privacy settings. Only English column names are read for now.

The simple file records the date you began a title, and the full one adds a start time. Neither says how much you watched, so the cards never guess at hours. If the file has durations, one card says how long the titles were open, which is not the same as watched.

Yes, by default: the friends card and, when it applies, the story-replies card show the names as they are in your export. Hide or rename anyone before you save or share. The chat tabs hide names unless you tick the box, and the Netflix and code cards show none.

In Instagram open Settings, Accounts Center, Your information and permissions, then Download your information. Choose the information to include (likes, comments, messages, story interactions, your posts), set the date range to Last year, the format to JSON and the media quality to Low. Instagram emails you when the file is ready. Choose the .zip file or files, or the unzipped folder, in the Instagram tab. Menu names change from time to time.

Only a few small data files: the times of your likes, stories watched, comments, posts, reels and stories; the times and senders of your messages, and how long the ones you sent were; your profile name, to tell your messages from theirs; and your blocked list, to keep blocked accounts off the friends card. It never opens the photos and videos, and it does not show what was written in a message, comment or caption. One card lists who you messaged most: your top friend with messages sent and received, numbers 2 and 3 with one shared total, and numbers 4 and 5 by name only. You can rename or hide anyone before saving.

Open the “Code (git log)” tab, run the one command it shows in your repository, and paste what it prints. It works for any git repository: private, work, GitLab, Bitbucket or self-hosted. The command asks for times, authors and lines changed per file, never commit messages. You pick which author names are you, so a shared repository only counts your commits. For several repositories, run it in each and add each output.

Commits per month, your busiest weekday and hour, the share of commits made between midnight and 5am, your longest streak with a year heatmap, lines changed by file type (types we do not name are grouped as Other; lock files and minified files are left out of every number) and your biggest week. Times are as written in the log, in the time zone of whoever made the commit.

Some exports write 03/04 without saying which is the month. If that is the case a day/month switch appears; flip it. Netflix times in the full export are converted to your device’s time zone.

Yes. The file is read in the background so the page stays responsive, up to 250 MB. Names are shown as Person 1, Person 2 and so on unless you choose to show them.