AAA tree Growth
Bars indicate the number of nodes added to the tree each quarter since the establishment of the Academic Family Tree.
Compare to tree:

AAA tree Nodes: Quarterly Growth

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Jan 05 Jan 08 Jul 08 Jan 09 Jul 09 Jan 10 Jul 10 Jan 11 Jul 11 Jan 12 Jul 12 Jan 18 Jul 18 Jan 19 Jul 19 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23
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Node vs. connection growth
It's also interesting to compare the rate of growth of nodes vs. connections. So far, they've grown at a similar pace, but as the tree is getting larger, the number of new connections seems to be gradually outpacing the number of new nodes.

AAA tree: Nodes vs. Connections

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Jan 05 Jan 08 Apr 08 Jul 08 Oct 08 Jan 09 Apr 09 Oct 09 Jan 10 Jan 11 Apr 11 Oct 11 Jan 12 Apr 16 Oct 16 Jul 17 Oct 17 Jan 18 Jul 19 Oct 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Apr 22 Jan 23 Apr 23 Apr 24 -2000 -2000 -2000 -2000 -2000 -2000 -2000 -2000 -2000 -2000
Quarter
 New nodes  New connections 

Daily growth
A bit more detail about what has been happening during the last month.

AAA tree: Growth during last 30 days

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