Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @shannonosaka
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
146
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
Several different Twitter users have responded to and commented on a Washington Post article by Shannon Osaka discussing the decline of driver's licenses among younger generations, likely due to the increase in ride share services and a general desire of these generations for transportation options beyond driving. The article also outlines the need for clean tech materials and improved public transit capacity to beat climate change and help bring a larger number of all-electric vehicles to the market. The cost of a car, gas, and insurance are raised as possible economic factors behind the decline in driver's licenses, as well as pressure from parents on younger generations to get one. Additionally, the Inflation Reduction Act is mentioned in the article, with citizens being in the driver's seat of America's energy transition.
Topic Modeling
- Clean Tech Materials/Environmental Impacts
- Climate Change/EVs and Tesla
- Driver's Licenses and Driving Less
- Public Transit Support and Multimodal
- Inflation Reduction Act/Environmental Benefits
Emotional Analysis
The overall sentiment expressed in these tweets is one of optimism and hope. People are excited about the potential for clean tech materials, Tesla's opening of their charging network to other electric vehicles, and the Biden administration's efforts to make electric vehicles more accessible. They also express appreciation for the Washington Post's coverage of these topics and the journalist Shannon Osaka. Additionally, there is a sense of relief from the pressure of getting a driver's license, and a desire for better public transit options. There is also a feeling of determination to beat climate change, as well as some confusion about the reasons why millennials and Gen Z are not driving as much.
Trend Analysis
- The environmental impacts of fossil fuels vs. mining minerals
- The shift of Tesla's incentivizing development of electric vehicles and how that may help combat climate change
- Millennials and Generation Z's avoidance of car ownership and driving
- Emphasis on public transportation as a viable method of travel
- The individual's influential role in the climate change transition
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
30
Percentage of total tweets
20%
Number of Original tweets
16
Percentage of total tweets
10%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
146
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
98
Percentage of total tweets
67%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
5
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
10
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 62 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 38 |
| Twitter for Android | 27 |
| Twitter for iPad | 6 |
| Buffer | 4 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| davejorgenson | Dave Jorgenson 📈 | My dad likes my tweets | 📩dave.jorgenson@washpost.com | 108,447 |
| hausfath | Zeke Hausfather | Climate scientist, IPCC/NCA5 author. Climate lead @stripe, writer @CarbonBrief, and scientist @BerkeleyEarth. On Mastodon at @hausfath@fediscience.org | 73,274 |
| ShiraOvide | Shira Ovide | New: I write The Tech Friend newsletter at The Washington Post. shira.ovide@washpost.com Formers: @nytimes On Tech newsletter, @opinion & @WSJ | 62,068 |
| citizensclimate | Citizens' Climate Lobby | CCL is a #GrassrootsClimate organization. Our volunteers lobby for bipartisan climate solutions with an approach of appreciation and respect for everyone. | 45,734 |
| eilperin | Juliet Eilperin | Deputy Editor, Climate & Environment, The Washington Post. Operates on land, in the air, and underwater. Retweets do not constitute endorsements. | 35,537 |
| Rare_org | Rare | Rare inspires change so people and nature thrive. | 33,690 |
| tagsalegirl | Kate Avery | Landscape artist working in oil and gouache. Instagram: Art- Pleinheir, Trolls- bunkerbash | 20,576 |
| AndreaLearned | Andrea Learned | Living Change Podcast 🌱 Ⓥ 🚲 | Host #LivingChange : A Quest for #Climate #Leadership #podcast | #ClimateInfluence Strategy & Partnerships | @KEXP #music = my joy | 16,948 |
| CoveringClimate | Covering Climate Now | #CCNow is a collab of 500+ media outlets creating an all newsroom approach to covering climate. The climate news & resources you need NOW: https://t.co/S0LUr3DsE9 | 14,877 |
| Sandeep4Earth | Sandeep Choudhary | Save Earth Activist | 12,417 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rare_org | Rare | Rare inspires change so people and nature thrive. | 20,274 |
| AndreaLearned | Andrea Learned | Living Change Podcast 🌱 Ⓥ 🚲 | Host #LivingChange : A Quest for #Climate #Leadership #podcast | #ClimateInfluence Strategy & Partnerships | @KEXP #music = my joy | 15,931 |
| citizensclimate | Citizens' Climate Lobby | CCL is a #GrassrootsClimate organization. Our volunteers lobby for bipartisan climate solutions with an approach of appreciation and respect for everyone. | 14,864 |
| jake_bittle | Jake Bittle | Staff writer @grist covering climate impacts • The Great Displacement out now for @simonbooks • jbittle at grist dot org • “Like” might mean “bookmark” | 6,527 |
| MattiKahra | Matti Kahra | Climate and nature. Weekdays for @Nordea Group Sustainability. Weekends on trails running, cycling or skiing. @powfinland advisor. Views my own. #netzero | 5,882 |
| LouDelBello | Lou Del Bello | Your climate correspondent in Delhi. Previously @Environment. More in @undarkmag @BBC_Future etc. Subscribe to @LightsOn_India, my climate + energy newsletter | 5,334 |
| sartorialfoodie | Christian Reynolds | Researching #food & #waste at @FoodPolicyCity @CityUniHealth. Lead of @_Reduce_Waste_ @AHRCfoodnetwork. *On paternity leave April to July 2023* | 5,233 |
| ShiraOvide | Shira Ovide | New: I write The Tech Friend newsletter at The Washington Post. shira.ovide@washpost.com Formers: @nytimes On Tech newsletter, @opinion & @WSJ | 5,112 |
| Alice_GhostP | Alice „Ghost“ Park 🦅🐺🦁 | done with all those (fake)woke hypocrites. | 5,062 |
| carbon_stink | Aatreyee Dhar(Let Sleeping trees lie) | Environment ReporterAwards:Laadli_PF, Red Ink Awards 2022. Bylines: Guardian, Thirdpole, Telegraph UK+Mail story ideas at aatreyee.dhar56@gmail.com | 5,004 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| Rosainsitu | Anthropology, Law, Indigenous Rights, Women & Children's Rights Nature, Photography, Gardening, Health Please mask & vax | 4 |
| Zuldak | Random dude who dreams of a better world. The product of 80's and 90's mass marketing. What has science done?! | 4 |
| CoveringClimate | #CCNow is a collab of 500+ media outlets creating an all newsroom approach to covering climate. The climate news & resources you need NOW: https://t.co/S0LUr3DsE9 | 4 |
| randOmuos | complexton | 3 |
| STLBicycleLobby | Fighting for pedestrian, transit, and housing justice in St Louis. #SafeSystems | 3 |
| polinchock | Building next generation of #retail. Pioneer of #VR for Advertising. #CES2023 floor guide. Top 100 retail influencer. Tweets my own. He/Him | 3 |
| Sandeep4Earth | Save Earth Activist | 2 |
| ASE_Mechanic | Diagnosed with rare connective tissue disorder at aging division of NIH. Human Trafficked by Church & State. Worked as NY state DMV Inspector, Plattsburgh, NY. | 2 |
| RichardMorrison | Senior Fellow at @ceidotorg. Finance, ESG, freedom, and pandas. Promoting a new abundance agenda. Host of the @freethe_economy podcast. | 2 |
| OneKyleAway | Your friendly, neighborhood streamer, musician, and artist. Find me on https://t.co/pGME3XER6x , Instagram (@Burmeseboi), or TikTok (KokaiyoTV)! | 2 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1625990795974131720 | Great to see #Tesla opening up its charging network to other #EVs. This is the kind of "can do," "we're all in this together" spirit we need to beat #ClimateChange.@shannonosaka https://t.co/db0Ca4jwgs | 21 |
| 1625834741478957057 | NEW: Until now, the nation's fast-charging network has been under lock and key. But under pressure from the Biden administration, #ElonMusk has agreed to make some of his chargers available, giving America's all-electric future a boost. By @shannonosaka https://t.co/kWU26FHdCB | 9 |
| 1625919154019774466 | A great @washingtonpost story by @shannonosaka mentioning our clean tech materials paper! "Wang said there will probably be enough minerals — and that the environmental impacts of mining them should pale in comparison to the damages of fossil fuels." https://t.co/wDgJt6GifV | 9 |
| 1626632284060229632 | Did you know a third of the #InflationReductionAct’s climate benefits in the coming decade stem from individual actions? @shannonosaka for @washingtonpost shares out how individuals have a critical role to play in the clean energy transition. https://t.co/RyImihGrkF | 6 |
| 1624423261508435974 | Yes, a large group of giant oil companies are still responsible for climate change. "But thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act," writes @shannonosaka @washingtonpost, "ordinary citizens are suddenly in the driver’s seat of America’s energy transition." https://t.co/YBfcZTtGuw | 2 |
| 1625205337664983082 | Younger Americans want "something different" from transportation, @FrontierTony told the @washingtonpost, and it's time to provide them with more options beyond driving. @shannonosaka writes about the changing travel patterns of the Millennials and Gen Z. https://t.co/LFilOswubV | 2 |
| 1625860686533328898 | “My parents put a lot of pressure on me to get one,” she said. “But I haven’t needed one to this point. If there’s an emergency, I’ll call an Uber or 911.” Read more, from @shannonosaka 👇 https://t.co/s0Itrygo3V | 2 |
| 1625459992634568705 | 🔥 Hot debate a few years ago: what to make of millennials driving less than prior generations? The plateau in miles driven that began w/ them continues w/ Gen Z, per 1 study in article by @shannonosaka. “I’ll call an Uber” https://t.co/fm2HUotpVI @KRDemCT @AndreaLearned https://t.co/LGNdymCzlM | 2 |
| 1625215595594788864 | @shannonosaka @washingtonpost I’m not a Gen Zer and I have a car and everything. But driving everywhere does add up. I just want good public transit, so if I want to get somewhere without driving, the option is there. | 1 |
| 1625464160027910144 | @LBNewHaven @shannonosaka @AndreaLearned @urbandata @carolinetanbee @HeadingTony @StrongTowns @ActiveTowns Why it is absolutely vital to be throwing everything we can at supporting and building public transit capacity. | 1 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1625919154019774466 | A great @washingtonpost story by @shannonosaka mentioning our clean tech materials paper! "Wang said there will probably be enough minerals — and that the environmental impacts of mining them should pale in comparison to the damages of fossil fuels." https://t.co/wDgJt6GifV | 49 |
| 1625990795974131720 | Great to see #Tesla opening up its charging network to other #EVs. This is the kind of "can do," "we're all in this together" spirit we need to beat #ClimateChange.@shannonosaka https://t.co/db0Ca4jwgs | 38 |
| 1625860686533328898 | “My parents put a lot of pressure on me to get one,” she said. “But I haven’t needed one to this point. If there’s an emergency, I’ll call an Uber or 911.” Read more, from @shannonosaka 👇 https://t.co/s0Itrygo3V | 14 |
| 1625464160027910144 | @LBNewHaven @shannonosaka @AndreaLearned @urbandata @carolinetanbee @HeadingTony @StrongTowns @ActiveTowns Why it is absolutely vital to be throwing everything we can at supporting and building public transit capacity. | 14 |
| 1625834741478957057 | NEW: Until now, the nation's fast-charging network has been under lock and key. But under pressure from the Biden administration, #ElonMusk has agreed to make some of his chargers available, giving America's all-electric future a boost. By @shannonosaka https://t.co/kWU26FHdCB | 14 |
| 1625212941556391961 | @shannonosaka @washingtonpost My daughter doesn't have a license and is only thinking about getting one because some of the jobs she's applying for require them. As a parent, when you think about all of the expenses of a car vs Uber/Lyft, it's a no brainer. And that's without factoring in the worry! | 10 |
| 1625208564179472403 | @shannonosaka this is my cousin, who is in high school. he's totally disinterested in getting a driver's license. | 9 |
| 1625215503907303425 | @shannonosaka @washingtonpost Now imagine if the US had a functioning high speed rail system | 9 |
| 1625213742773313545 | @IG91 @Julie_Vit @shannonosaka Inventing scenarios instead of googling “public transportation” | 9 |
| 1625459992634568705 | 🔥 Hot debate a few years ago: what to make of millennials driving less than prior generations? The plateau in miles driven that began w/ them continues w/ Gen Z, per 1 study in article by @shannonosaka. “I’ll call an Uber” https://t.co/fm2HUotpVI @KRDemCT @AndreaLearned https://t.co/LGNdymCzlM | 8 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #inflationreductionact | 3 |
| #evs | 3 |
| #tesla | 2 |
| #climatechange | 2 |
| #elonmusk | 2 |
| #climate | 2 |
| #therideshareguy | 1 |
| #pollution | 1 |
| #consumer | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @shannonosaka | 147 |
| @washingtonpost | 41 |
| @andrewvandam | 6 |
| @andrealearned | 6 |
| @wang_seaver | 5 |
| @ig91 | 5 |
| @krdemct | 5 |
| @polinchock | 5 |
| @zuldak | 5 |
| @jtemple | 4 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
15
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 😍 | 3 | smiling_face_with_heart-eyes |
| 😂 | 2 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 👇 | 2 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 🔥 | 2 | fire |
| 😛 | 1 | face_with_tongue |
| 👌🏻 | 1 | OK_hand_light_skin_tone |
| 🤌🏻 | 1 | pinched_fingers_light_skin_tone |
| 🤷♀️ | 1 | woman_shrugging |
| 🚲 | 1 | bicycle |
| 🚊 | 1 | tram |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 11 |
| Travel & Places | 6 |
| People & Body | 5 |
| Animals & Nature | 1 |