A Love Letter, in Statistics Vol. 01 · No. 432

Drew & Katy
by the Numbers

A love letter, told in stats. Every number on this page is the same story, told a different way.

February 28, 2025  ·  May 6, 2026
Drew and Katy laughing on a stone wall above Lake Louise
Lake Louise  ·  September 2025

Numbers don't propose. But add them up over four hundred mornings and they tell you everything.

§ I · The Streak

We texted every day. Almost.

Out of every day we've been dating, we sent a message on all but two.

days texted  ·  days dating
texted (431) silent — together (2)

The only two silent days were when we were together in person.

65,539 messages  ·  151 / day average  ·  current streak 123 days and counting

§ II

Who talks more

comparing volume,
day for day
Drew
0
~ 84 / day
vs.
Katy
0
~ 68 / day

Drew talks 23% more — but Katy says I love you twenty-six more times.

§ III

The daily rhythm

a year, hour by hour

Katy is the morning. She sends the first message 244 mornings a year — a quiet hello before the world is awake. Drew opens the day 188 times.

Drew closes the night. He has the last word on 254 evenings; Katy on 178. The middle of the day belongs to both of you.

First message of the dayKaty 244  ·  Drew 188
Last message of the dayDrew 254  ·  Katy 178
Busiest hour3 pm, then 9 am, 10 am
Most-texted weekdayWednesday
Quietest weekdaySaturday
Messages by hour00 → 23
Messages by weekdaySun → Sat
Busiest day ever
February 11, 2026
611messages
§ IV · Drew, the Night Owl

Drew is the one
still up at 2 a.m.

294 messages exchanged between midnight and 5 a.m. — the hours when only one person is left thinking about you.

0
Drew
188
~1.8× more often
Katy
106
already dreaming
Past 1 a.m. the gap widens — Drew 69  ·  Katy 35.
§ V

Heart words

three syllables,
five hundred & ninety-two times
I love
you&
I love
you too.
0
Drew said it
0
Katy said it
Drew kissing Katy on the cheek at Moraine Lake
Moraine Lake  ·  "I love you" out loud, again.
§ VI

A thousand pages

a novel, in fragments

If every message were typeset and bound, this is the book the two of you have written together — without ever calling it that.

1,205,508
characters from Drew  ·  ~600 pages
849,846
characters from Katy  ·  ~425 pages

~1,000 pages of love letters, written one at a time.

§ VII

Top emojis

our small hieroglyphs

From Drew

  • ❤️834
  • 😘339
  • 🤣242
  • 😂127
  • 🥹87
  • 🤠57

From Katy

  • ❤️1,166
  • 😘782
  • 😂298
  • 🥰161
  • 🤓137
  • 💜103
§ VIII

Tapbacks

small affirmations
add up
Hearts given 3,913 Katy 2,268  ·  Drew 1,645
Emphasized 1,195 !!
Liked 1,107 👍
Laughed 549 ha-ha
§ IX

Pictures & calls

moments,
shared in real time
Photos exchanged2,425
Videos103
GIFs42
Voice memos25
PDFs20
Drew and Katy in front of Takakkaw Falls
Takakkaw Falls  ·  the loudest quiet moment.
Drew and Katy on a pontoon boat at sunset
Lake at sunset  ·  October 2025.
Drew and Katy with a bouquet of tulips at a flower farm
Tulip fields  ·  March 2026.
§ X

The longest messages

when one bubble
wasn't enough
From Drew
9,804characters · one message

A wedding-website planning Q&A. 💍

From Katy
3,867characters · one message

A Travelocity link to a Belize jungle lodge. 🌴

§ XI · The Math

Where the numbers go from here

433 days dating  ·  days ahead

Every stat above is a draft. The next chapter is the one we're about to write together.

Drew and Katy with their dog under a vivid sunset sky
Golden hour at home  ·  To be continued — every single day.

And the streak continues.

Built with love  ·  May 6, 2026