mailandguardian - Tweet Data Analysis
Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @mailandguardian
Published April 16, 2023
Overview
Tweets covering
9 days
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Total number of tweets analysed
736
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
234
31% of total
Number of Original tweets
46
6% of total
Number of tweets that were Quotes
43
5% of total
Number of tweets that were Replies
434
58% of total
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
146
19% of total
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
736
100% of total
Devices Used to Tweet
Top 5 Devices
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 322 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 247 |
| Twitter Web App | 145 |
| Twitter for iPad | 14 |
| Twitter for Mac | 3 |
Device Distribution
Top 10 Accounts by Followers
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| mailandguardian | Mail & Guardian | News, comment and analysis from Africa's best read. | 1,156,783 |
| ProfJNMoyo | Prof Jonathan Moyo | #Zimbabwe's former Minister of Higher & Tertiary Education, Science & Technology Development. #Democracy requires politics to lead the gun! | 919,372 |
| MightiJamie | Africa Research Desk 📚📁 | LEGAL AND POLICY RESEARCHER. ANALYST. COMMENTATOR. AFRICA RESEARCH CENTRE. LLB WITS. PDBA WITS. LLM STUDENT. | 100,914 |
| crakeras | Adam Craker | Thinker, leader & entrepreneur. Consultant & CEO. Cyclist, watersports & family man. Traveller, handyman, petrolhead. Proponent of https://t.co/aHgr4Ch30D & https://t.co/mxP2K8rIzX | 89,417 |
| WildAidAfrica | WildAid Africa | WildAid Africa campaigns for the protection of wildlife in Uganda, Tanzania, Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Mozambique | 75,314 |
| mthombothi | Barney Mthombothi | Former Editor, Financial Mail | 53,144 |
| DMRE_ZA | Department of Mineral Resources and Energy | Dept of Mineral Resources and Energy, Republic of South Africa. | 46,507 |
| GodPenuel | Penuel The Black Pen | Vodcaster | God of Penuelists | 38,184 |
| FraudWatchZA | IRS Forensic Investigations | Comments on Financial & Organised Crime in Africa. Appearance of tweet/link/retweet not necessarily opinion nor endorsement by IRS. Acc managed by Chad Thomas | 28,897 |
| IllicitFlows | Global Financial Integrity | We are a think tank providing analysis, ideas and solutions to the problems of illicit financial flows, trade misinvoicing and transnational crime. | 28,670 |
Top 10 Accounts by Friends
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| WildAidAfrica | WildAid Africa | WildAid Africa campaigns for the protection of wildlife in Uganda, Tanzania, Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Mozambique | 46,316 |
| IllicitFlows | Global Financial Integrity | We are a think tank providing analysis, ideas and solutions to the problems of illicit financial flows, trade misinvoicing and transnational crime. | 8,460 |
| MightiJamie | Africa Research Desk 📚📁 | LEGAL AND POLICY RESEARCHER. ANALYST. COMMENTATOR. AFRICA RESEARCH CENTRE. LLB WITS. PDBA WITS. LLM STUDENT. | 8,440 |
| Mara_Mbokodi | TheeGreat Kwedini 🇿🇦 | Revolutionary Ground Force for radical change in RSA🇿🇦 |Black Marginalised Poor Landless Soul |BlackLivesMatter✊|Pan-Africanist ❤🖤💚 |Black Conscious🖤 | 7,591 |
| NhlakaTooCrazy | R͟|𝗗🅳︎𝐼C̑̈K̶ T͟ᖇẰᗪ𝗘𝕾 | 50% idk🤷🏽♂️, 50% idc🤷🏽♂️ 🇿🇦#PutSouthAfricansFirst🇿🇦 🚀Megacy4Eva🕊 ⚽️OrlandoPirates ☠️ | 7,146 |
| FraudWatchZA | IRS Forensic Investigations | Comments on Financial & Organised Crime in Africa. Appearance of tweet/link/retweet not necessarily opinion nor endorsement by IRS. Acc managed by Chad Thomas | 7,005 |
| NdumisoTseeke | Ndumiso Mfene 🤓🇿🇦🇺🇲🇬🇧😎 | If you can win complete mastery over self, you will easily master all else. To triumph over self is the perfect victory. - Thomas A. Kempis | 6,760 |
| JabzaMj | jabza_mj | Do not limit yaself👉I follow back❤.content create, #Travel🌍, Business// https://t.co/Ya7VAN21TS // https://t.co/1UkJAYRQRE | 6,028 |
| JUDGEJUSTIN777 | judge and jury | SEEKING EQUAL JUSTICE for the SA minority! fear God not man! reject the ANC corrupt and Racist! defender of rights for the elderly⚖️ 7th son of the 7th son✝️ | 5,672 |
| masotobe39 | Concerned Citizen....🇿🇦💫👑 | #PutSouthAfricansFirst🇿🇦. God the Omnipresent...Former Correctional Officer...Business woman | 5,580 |
Most Active Users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| Alima1000 | - | 78 |
| Tildy992 | Researcher, Film Scriptwriter, Political Commentator and a Bookworm | 13 |
| Jabulan52750247 | Son of the soul | 11 |
| vryf | Programmeerder | 11 |
| vindicator7575 | Author - "Inside the Belly of the Beast" The True Bosasa Story a Best-Seller and "Surviving The Beast" How State Capture failed and how they tried to kill me. | 9 |
| lizTandwa | Uluvo lolwam | 8 |
| mzu_ii | - | 7 |
| PaddyHarper1 | Storyteller. My tweet is my tweet | 7 |
| Johan111333 | Agnostic. Do not believe in Religion | 7 |
| messy_dj | - | 6 |
Tweets Per Day
Top 10 Tweets by Retweets
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1640076057859571716 | South Africa 🇿🇦 has an immigration crisis‼️ There's an influx of immigrants in S.A illegally & legally doing illegal things. @UN @UNinSouthAfrica @hrw @UNHumanRights @Our_DA @afriforum @Radio702 @SAfmnews @IOL @City_Press … | 31 |
| 1638487436996034560 | Mbalula: It is a flop! #NationalShutdown @mailandguardian https://t.co/mpZId44MNi | 12 |
| 1641431192028213252 | The narrative is South Africans 🇿🇦 are #Xenophobia S.A making huge losses from counterfeits by immigrants. @hrw @UNHumanRights @DailyMailUK @IrishTimesWorld @USEmbassySA @afriforum @Our_DA @Action4SA @OnsBaizaNie @mailandguardian @Moneyweb @BusinessInsider @aron_hyman @Abramjee … | 10 |
| 1640256127555325952 | What are you reading today? Read @nas009’s latest article in @mailandguardian where she talks about her latest Feminist Scholar Award from @Purposeful_org & the unresponsive funding ecosystem that many Black … | 7 |
| 1641481107307917312 | "As US Vice President Harris arrives in Zambia, here is what lies ahead" By @ssishuwa @mailandguardian https://t.co/1PS3XdHuQU | 5 |
| 1639231890958831618 | @mailandguardian Stop supporting businesses that fund the ANC. Which businesses are those??? I don't know. The courts refuse to unseal Cyril's bank statements. | 5 |
| 1639387959437713409 | Keely Shinners, editor of ArtThrob, will join us this Wednesday online! Their work has appeared in @ElectricLit, @FlypaperLit,@mailandguardian, Mask Magazine, @fullstopmag,@Safundi, @JBRJournal, Curious, @TheSunMagazine, & @peachmgzn. https://t.co/QlXKXNapp4 | 5 |
| 1639550865596973058 | In this week’s issue of M&G Friday - the age of Artificial Intelligence takes over. Nigeria’s Malik Afegbua reimagines runway reality with his ‘Elder Series’. Get the latest @mailandguardian to … | 5 |
| 1639627951624028160 | @VisitConHill we are debating on, if a political party should have all the power alone or the power should be distributed between the other components of democracy. @dailymaverick @mailandguardian @un … | 4 |
| 1638494209026973696 | Mbalula says the ANC is not shocked by the departure of anarchists, some of which are prominent members of SANCO. He says it was never the position of the ANC … | 4 |
Top 10 Tweets by Likes
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1639231890958831618 | @mailandguardian Stop supporting businesses that fund the ANC. Which businesses are those??? I don't know. The courts refuse to unseal Cyril's bank statements. | 52 |
| 1640076057859571716 | South Africa 🇿🇦 has an immigration crisis‼️ There's an influx of immigrants in S.A illegally & legally doing illegal things. @UN @UNinSouthAfrica @hrw @UNHumanRights @Our_DA @afriforum @Radio702 @SAfmnews @IOL @City_Press … | 49 |
| 1638487436996034560 | Mbalula: It is a flop! #NationalShutdown @mailandguardian https://t.co/mpZId44MNi | 45 |
| 1639179179647455234 | @mailandguardian Why would you investigate the cartel you are part of ? Come on guys, one must be a fool to do that. | 23 |
| 1639165956575436801 | @mailandguardian Shows all ANC parliament members benefit some or other way. | 18 |
| 1639179221707767808 | @mailandguardian The ANC does not need an investigation into corruption. They obviously know what is happening and don’t want damning evidence brought to the public domain. The same as with … | 18 |
| 1640339169187622913 | Has @mailandguardian said anything about Dr Nandipha Magudumana and the Top 200 Young South Africans award. She was part of the 2018 winners? She has habouring a violent criminal who … | 18 |
| 1639550865596973058 | In this week’s issue of M&G Friday - the age of Artificial Intelligence takes over. Nigeria’s Malik Afegbua reimagines runway reality with his ‘Elder Series’. Get the latest @mailandguardian to … | 17 |
| 1641481107307917312 | "As US Vice President Harris arrives in Zambia, here is what lies ahead" By @ssishuwa @mailandguardian https://t.co/1PS3XdHuQU | 14 |
| 1638625851557416960 | @eNCA @SABCNews @Newzroom405 @ewnupdates @IOL @News24 @mailandguardian @dailymaverick @drnathimdladla @ProfTimNoakes @SahariIvsa @Our_DA I hope the truth reaches the #MSM and @SAHPRA1 because we know they to are complicit in this … | 14 |
Top Languages Used
Top 10 Hashtags
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #cmscares4u | 78 |
| #medicalschemes | 78 |
| #ramaphosamustgo | 78 |
| #consciousleadership | 6 |
| #southafrica | 6 |
| #xenophobia | 5 |
| #msm | 5 |
| #nationalshutdown | 5 |
| #eskom | 4 |
| #capeindependence | 3 |
Top 10 Mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @mailandguardian | 744 |
| @iol | 106 |
| @corruption_sa | 91 |
| @parliamentofrsa | 80 |
| @bbcnews | 80 |
| @nelsonmandela | 79 |
| @cmscares4u | 78 |
| @alima1000 | 77 |
| @dailymaverick | 52 |
| @sabcnews | 41 |
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emoji Analysis
Average emojis per tweet:
37
Emojis Used
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 👇🏾 | 78 | backhand_index_pointing_down_medium-dark_skin_tone |
| 😂 | 36 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 🤣 | 31 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 🇿🇦 | 9 | South_Africa |
| 💔 | 8 | broken_heart |
| ™ | 7 | trade_mark |
| ⁉️ | 6 | exclamation_question_mark |
| 📣 | 4 | megaphone |
| 🙄 | 4 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
| 😭 | 4 | loudly_crying_face |
Emoji Groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 127 |
| People & Body | 101 |
| Symbols | 23 |
| Objects | 12 |
| Flags | 9 |
| Travel & Places | 2 |
| Activities | 1 |
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