Account Summary
Bio
Author of "Water Always Wins: Thriving in an age of drought and deluge." Reporter for SciAm, NatGeo, Nature, etc. Find me @egies@masto.ai @ericagies.bsky.social
Followers Count
7,219
Friends Count
1,995
Tweets Count
7,736
List Count
395
Location
Victoria, B.C. / San Francisco
Verified
No
Followers Analysis (based on followers sample)
Verified
Number of Verified accounts
520
Percentage of Verified accounts
7.36%
Protected
Number of Protected accounts
316
Percentage of Protected accounts
4.47%
Age
Average Age of Twitter accounts
11 years
Bios
Number of users without a Bio
786
Number of users with a Bio
6,277
Percentage of users with a Bio
88.87%
Percentage of users without a Bio
11.13%
Worldcloud of Bios
Top 10 followers with the highest follower count
| Username | Followers Count | Friends Count | Tweet Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| JohnCena | 14106764 | 566361 | 7436 |
| verified | 4201697 | 419074 | 2501 |
| WWF | 3882767 | 2983 | 555570 |
| UNEP | 1276747 | 3005 | 36462 |
| NewsHour | 1204432 | 91504 | 225314 |
| LeBronJames | 1006910 | 964785 | 3195 |
| nature_org | 994007 | 8703 | 33886 |
| MSFTnews | 852284 | 1744 | 42112 |
| TayeDiggs | 648910 | 658433 | 39977 |
| guardianeco | 522346 | 7468 | 75702 |
Top 10 followers with the highest following count
| Username | Friends Count | Followers Count | Tweet Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeBronJames | 964785 | 1006910 | 3195 |
| TayeDiggs | 658433 | 648910 | 39977 |
| JohnCena | 566361 | 14106764 | 7436 |
| RareCat | 477933 | 427914 | 37378 |
| verified | 419074 | 4201697 | 2501 |
| CongareeNPS | 212757 | 200313 | 15449 |
| tveitdal | 203736 | 343626 | 77347 |
| Pla_voluntario | 184106 | 155215 | 36327 |
| michaelqtodd | 136709 | 174574 | 110104 |
| scottsantens | 108436 | 133503 | 142204 |
Top 10 followers with the highest tweet count
| Username | Tweets Count | Followers Count | Friends Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| dgendvil | 1138432 | 4047 | 5001 |
| onahunttoday | 1041737 | 4350 | 4944 |
| 1jasliz | 588347 | 3202 | 4099 |
| DrDinD | 559213 | 38338 | 38364 |
| Legal_Alerts | 556591 | 26026 | 1851 |
| WWF | 555570 | 3882767 | 2983 |
| to_suesmall | 472069 | 882 | 4406 |
| alisonborealis | 446305 | 5858 | 6128 |
| julietkego | 418191 | 77401 | 20982 |
| BasuAshis | 380522 | 12801 | 14067 |
Top 10 followers with the highest listed count
| Username | Listed Count | Friends Count | Followers Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| JohnCena | 31712 | 566361 | 14106764 |
| WWF | 16385 | 2983 | 3882767 |
| NewsHour | 14909 | 91504 | 1204432 |
| MSFTnews | 14066 | 1744 | 852284 |
| guardianeco | 12384 | 7468 | 522346 |
| nature_org | 12037 | 8703 | 994007 |
| UNEP | 11940 | 3005 | 1276747 |
| HuffPostGreen | 10439 | 1082 | 451919 |
| grist | 9688 | 3154 | 238585 |
| verified | 9146 | 419074 | 4201697 |
Tweets Analysis
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
3,241
Earliest tweet was on
2020-03-29
Latest tweet was on
2023-04-05
Tweets covering
1,101 days
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
838
Percentage of total tweets
25%
Number of Original tweets
2,403
Percentage of total tweets
74%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
1,810
Percentage of total tweets
55%
Number of tweets that were Replies
1,172
Percentage of total tweets
36%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
740
Percentage of total tweets
22%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
261
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 2800 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 414 |
| 26 | |
| TweetDeck | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1289261659056304129 | "SLOW WATER" is what I'm calling the way we can adapt to avoid the increased flood risk of 48 percent of global land area by 2100, and 52% of the population, per a new study from @nature https://t.co/HOsBKS4u2Q | 151 |
| 1620652214493802503 | "Communities most exposed to flooding were built along historical creeks or on top of filled-in wetlands. When you overlay 5.5 feet of sea level rise, the water is projected to move back in to every wetland area that has been filled." by @RosannaXia https://t.co/bSrWftkexb | 41 |
| 1611778160143785988 | #SlowWater hits the @nytimes. My op/ed about how California can reduce harms from both flood and drought with paleo valleys -- but more broadly by returning some space to water for its natural processes. Much more in my book "Water Always Wins." https://t.co/PH47wBnlV3 | 38 |
| 1289261663720415238 | We can become more resilient to big swings in #water supply with a kind of un-engineering that reclaims space for water to stall on the land: wetlands conservation, tidal marsh restoration, floodplain reclamation. #slowwater #climate https://t.co/oCRoqLSCr2 | 37 |
| 1431002939473158145 | After a decades-long dam-building boom, China is shutting down as many as 40,000 hydropower plants because overbuilding caused rivers to run dry. Good story by Bloomberg News. https://t.co/n4fwy32zZQ | 30 |
| 1246477758869340160 | Just planting trees isn't the answer. Thank you, @brookejarvis, for this great story in @WIRED about the nuances of carbon storage in old growth forests, peatlands, and grasslands. It's complicated. And nature generally does it better than we can. https://t.co/TvJGyWtnnC | 29 |
| 1451602394958086147 | "Water Always Wins" is available for pre-order in North America & UK/Commonwealth! Pre-orders help authors by showing that readers are keen, leading to more publicity and copies. So if you're going to buy, please consider pre-ordering! 🙂 https://t.co/HOsBKS4u2Q https://t.co/fe4hmpRt5i | 29 |
| 1270474032295469056 | Important piece on how the press is failing in Trump era by @drvox: "The rise of right-wing authoritarianism is the headline story of US politics, but the domestic mainstream media is prevented by its own anachronistic habits and norms from telling it." https://t.co/11MMZ4yxSu | 28 |
| 1354119281387085824 | This is their home and livelihood. "Members of the Auyu tribe of Papua, Indonesia, are demanding a halt to the operations of palm oil company PT Indo Asiana Lestari (IAL), which appears to be gearing up to clear their ancestral forests." by @mongabay https://t.co/svZ9Yj3Z0U | 24 |
| 1478432315499974657 | Secret ancient rivers underground -- paleo valleys -- can help California store winter rains for dry summers -- if we knew where they lie. My story out today in @BayNature, derived from my book, "Water Always Wins," takes readers on the hunt. (a thread) /1 https://t.co/T3llDVeMVq | 24 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1289261659056304129 | "SLOW WATER" is what I'm calling the way we can adapt to avoid the increased flood risk of 48 percent of global land area by 2100, and 52% of the population, per a new study from @nature https://t.co/HOsBKS4u2Q | 259 |
| 1359648151150284800 | I felt a bit left out when everyone was baking bread and knitting. But at last, here's my pandemic project: THE FIRST DRAFT OF MY BOOK!!! #slowwater https://t.co/8Q43BcETvU | 138 |
| 1611778160143785988 | #SlowWater hits the @nytimes. My op/ed about how California can reduce harms from both flood and drought with paleo valleys -- but more broadly by returning some space to water for its natural processes. Much more in my book "Water Always Wins." https://t.co/PH47wBnlV3 | 120 |
| 1451602394958086147 | "Water Always Wins" is available for pre-order in North America & UK/Commonwealth! Pre-orders help authors by showing that readers are keen, leading to more publicity and copies. So if you're going to buy, please consider pre-ordering! 🙂 https://t.co/HOsBKS4u2Q https://t.co/fe4hmpRt5i | 86 |
| 1630297871856836608 | What I love about this story is that people accommodated animals, rather than forcing the reverse. When boat owners had conflict with the sea lions, people moved the boats. When the sea lions' weight broke the docks, people built them floats. https://t.co/vM0KRrm53C | 79 |
| 1289261663720415238 | We can become more resilient to big swings in #water supply with a kind of un-engineering that reclaims space for water to stall on the land: wetlands conservation, tidal marsh restoration, floodplain reclamation. #slowwater #climate https://t.co/oCRoqLSCr2 | 77 |
| 1289261660012572672 | I've been reporting on people who are innovating Slow Water solutions for my upcoming book, as they ask a bold question that inverts our control freak tendencies: What does water want? #slowwater #water #climate https://t.co/nhoqPi9BqI | 72 |
| 1478432315499974657 | Secret ancient rivers underground -- paleo valleys -- can help California store winter rains for dry summers -- if we knew where they lie. My story out today in @BayNature, derived from my book, "Water Always Wins," takes readers on the hunt. (a thread) /1 https://t.co/T3llDVeMVq | 71 |
| 1641100799253295104 | Tulare Lake is showing the folly of planting tree crops here, which need reliable water, not Calif's water extremes. Annual crops fit better. Many tree crops are grown by a few megagrowers (Bosworth) for megaprofits (Dreamt Land by @arax_mark) @ByIanJames https://t.co/CS7n1PZnB6 | 69 |
| 1620652214493802503 | "Communities most exposed to flooding were built along historical creeks or on top of filled-in wetlands. When you overlay 5.5 feet of sea level rise, the water is projected to move back in to every wetland area that has been filled." by @RosannaXia https://t.co/bSrWftkexb | 64 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #slowwater | 141 |
| #water | 48 |
| #climate | 17 |
| #indigenous | 16 |
| #climatechange | 11 |
| #groundwater | 9 |
| #beavers | 7 |
| #unwaterconference | 6 |
| #infrastructure | 5 |
| #california | 4 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| @kendrawrites | 74 |
| @pfairley | 59 |
| @guardian | 35 |
| @byianjames | 35 |
| @baynature | 35 |
| @ben_a_goldfarb | 33 |
| @gloriadickie | 31 |
| @nytimes | 29 |
| @loufreshwater | 25 |
| @uchicagopress | 23 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🙂 | 22 | slightly_smiling_face |
| 😁 | 15 | beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes |
| 😊 | 14 | smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes |
| 😉 | 13 | winking_face |
| 😄 | 11 | grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes |
| 😥 | 10 | sad_but_relieved_face |
| 💚 | 10 | green_heart |
| 😢 | 9 | crying_face |
| 🧵 | 7 | thread |
| 😆 | 7 | grinning_squinting_face |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 154 |
| Travel & Places | 14 |
| Activities | 7 |
| People & Body | 3 |
| Animals & Nature | 3 |