What are usage patterns?

Usage patterns are how people use things over time, like how you play with your favorite toy every day.

Imagine you have a big bag of lego blocks. Some days, you build a castle. Other days, you make a car. Over time, you might notice that you mostly build cars on Mondays and castles on Fridays. That’s a usage pattern, it shows what you like to do most with your legos on certain days.

Usage patterns help grown-ups understand how people use things in real life. For example, if a school sees that kids mostly use the playground during recess, they might add more swings or climbing walls. Or maybe a video game company notices that players like to play at night, so they make the game brighter for better fun!

Just like you have your favorite ways to play with your toys, people have their favorite ways to use things too, and those are usage patterns! Usage patterns are how people use things over time, like how you play with your favorite toy every day.