Guides
What a conversation shows, and how to read it.
How to export a chat, what is actually in the file, what can be counted and what cannot. The numbers come from nine real exports, 196,830 messages.
How to export a WhatsApp chat (iPhone and Android)
Export a WhatsApp chat to .txt on iPhone and Android, with or without media, for groups, and why the export sometimes fails.
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WhatsApp chat file format: _chat.txt, lines, markers
The line by line format of a WhatsApp export, the difference between iPhone and Android, markers like Media omitted, and what you can get out of it.
4 min read
WhatsApp chat statistics: who texts the most, reply times
Counting the messages in a WhatsApp chat, working out who texts the most, measuring reply times, and spotting the numbers that mean nothing.
4 min read
Is it safe to analyze a WhatsApp chat?
What a chat analysis tool actually receives, the three questions to ask before handing over an export, and exactly what RevealChat does.
3 min read
Ghosting and hot & cold: the signs in your messages
How ghosting and a hot and cold pattern show up in the dates and delays of a conversation, and what those numbers do not prove.
3 min read
Mental load: how to spot it in a conversation
The mental load leaves four measurable traces in a conversation: who plans, who reminds, who asks, who decides. How to count them.
3 min read
The same complaints keep coming back: spotting the loop
When the same complaint comes back without anything changing, the conversation keeps the trace. How to spot a subject that loops, and what separates a complaint from a request.
3 min read
Apology and repair after an argument: the signs
What happens in the 48 hours after a tension: who reopens, how long the volume takes to return, and the difference between apologising and repairing.
3 min read
Appreciation in a relationship: measuring it in messages
Counting thank yous and compliments in a conversation, comparing what is asked for against what is acknowledged, and what that changes in the rest of the thread.
3 min read