Heatmap

App Usage Time Matrix

Modern heatmap displaying app usage patterns throughout the week

Output
App Usage Time Matrix
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap

np.random.seed(123)
apps = ['Instagram', 'TikTok', 'YouTube', 'Twitter', 'Spotify', 'Netflix', 'Gmail', 'Slack']
days = ['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun']
data = np.random.randint(5, 120, (len(apps), len(days)))
data[1, 5:7] = [145, 160]
data[2, 5:7] = [130, 140]
data[5, 5:7] = [180, 200]

colors = ['#ecfeff', '#a5f3fc', '#22d3ee', '#0891b2']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('CyanGrad', colors, N=256)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(11, 9), facecolor='white')
im = ax.imshow(data, cmap=cmap, aspect='auto', vmin=0, vmax=200)

ax.set_xticks(range(len(days)))
ax.set_yticks(range(len(apps)))
ax.set_xticklabels(days, fontsize=11, color='#374151', fontweight='500')
ax.set_yticklabels(apps, fontsize=11, color='#1f2937')

for i in range(len(apps)):
    for j in range(len(days)):
        val = data[i, j]
        color = '#ffffff' if val > 120 else '#1f2937'
        ax.text(j, i, f'{val}', ha='center', va='center', fontsize=10, fontweight='600', color=color)

cbar = plt.colorbar(im, ax=ax, shrink=0.6, pad=0.02)
cbar.set_label('Minutes', fontsize=11, color='#1f2937')
cbar.ax.tick_params(labelsize=9, colors='#6b7280')
cbar.outline.set_visible(False)

for spine in ax.spines.values():
    spine.set_visible(False)
ax.tick_params(length=0)
ax.set_title('Weekly App Usage Time', fontsize=16, color='#111827', fontweight='bold', pad=15)

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library

Matplotlib

Category

Heatmaps & Density

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