@SOAS | Tweet Data Analysis

Overview

Tweets covering

9 days

Latest tweet was on

2023-03-29

Earliest tweet was on

2023-03-20

Total number of tweets analysed

579

Average age of authors' accounts

8 years

Types of Tweets

Number of Retweets

121

20% of total

Number of Original tweets

84

14% of total

Number of tweets that were Quotes

46

7% of total

Number of tweets that were Replies

346

59% of total

Number of tweets that contain Hashtags

94

16% of total

Number of tweets that contain Mentions

579

100% of total

Devices Used to Tweet

Top 5 Devices

Source	Count
Twitter for iPhone	237
Twitter Web App	159
Twitter for Android	154
Hootsuite Inc.	8
TweetDeck Web App	4

Device Distribution

Top 10 Accounts by Followers

Username	Name	Bio	Followers count
BBCAfrica	BBC News Africa	African news from the BBC. Facebook: https://t.co/WO6e37RBOY Instagram: https://t.co/DI6qruNWHJ YouTube: https://t.co/ZJFI3G9fex	3,868,560
Profdilipmandal	Dilip Mandal	Editors Guild \| bylines- EPW, ThePrint, BBC, Quint। Ex Editor, India Today Hindi \| Fmr MCNUJC- Adjunct, CNBC। Enquiries and leads: dilipcmandal@gmail.com	463,205
bbclysedoucet	lyse doucet	BBC Presenter and Chief International Correspondent. Canada is my country, London is my city, but am at home in many places.	342,152
QandeelRasha	رشا قنديل	Senior Fellow of @CIPolicy @BBCNews Bilingual Lead #Presenter. Journalism consultant and trainer. MSc@LSEIRDept #WarStudies. creator of #حواديت_رشا	290,404
MabalaMakengeza	Richard Mabala	-	280,044
benedictrogers	Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯	Chief Executive/cofounder, Hong Kong Watch; Senior Analyst, CSW; cofounder, Conservative Party Human Rights Commission; IPAC. Activist, writer. Tweets personal	140,334
WitsUniversity	Wits University	Official Twitter account for the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Connect with us on Facebook: https://t.co/RZINrHLbEs	138,798
iamthedrifter	Ayesha Siddiqa	Author, senior fellow King's College, London & expert on military affairs, South Asia and politics of Islam anchor ‘Neighbors Talking’ https://t.co/WjF1WkC9Hb	131,987
IsmailJussa	Ismail Jussa	+259 \| Proudly Zanzibari \| Member of the Central Committee of @ACTWazalendo	131,537
ChidiOdinkalu	Chidi Odinkalu, CGoF	@LSELaw \| #LittleFinger is V.I.L.E.\| I RT bc I'm curious & Sometimes for a laugh	111,698

Top 10 Accounts by Friends

Username	Name	Bio	Followers count
DCBMEP	David C Bannerman	Ex Cons MEP for East of England. Strategic consultant & writer. Chairman CDO. Chairman Freedom Association. Pro Brexit. RTs NOT endorsements 🇺🇦	17,876
Profdilipmandal	Dilip Mandal	Editors Guild \| bylines- EPW, ThePrint, BBC, Quint। Ex Editor, India Today Hindi \| Fmr MCNUJC- Adjunct, CNBC। Enquiries and leads: dilipcmandal@gmail.com	11,324
LiseColyer	Lise Colyer	@GlobalQuota @ActionOmni + What's Your Story? Corporate Comms lise@omniaction.org Join us: https://t.co/m1tulnvzL1	10,264
benedictrogers	Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯	Chief Executive/cofounder, Hong Kong Watch; Senior Analyst, CSW; cofounder, Conservative Party Human Rights Commission; IPAC. Activist, writer. Tweets personal	8,956
nickhillman	Nick Hillman	Director of @Hepi_News. Former spad. RTs don’t equal endorsement.	8,520
Es_Taa	Esther Karin Mngodo	Author \| Founder @Umbu___ Carleton Uni. @JSchool_Cu alumna \| 2017 William Southam Journalism Fellow @MasseyCollege	6,804
Dr_Ulrichsen	Kristian Ulrichsen	Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Author, The UAE: Power, Politics & Policymaking and other books on regional politics & security in the Gulf	6,587
AliBakeer	Dr. Ali BAKIR (علي باكير)	NR Snr Fellow @AtlanticCouncil -Scowcroft #ME #Security Initiative\|\| A. Professor @ IKC-QU\|\| EX: Snr Advisor FM/🇶🇦 Embassy in 🇹🇷\|\| views= my own; RT≠endo	6,532
PositiveMoneyEU	Positive Money Europe	We're a not-for-profit research and campaigning organisation aiming to make the Eurozone & #ECB support a fair, democratic and sustainable economy.	6,521
PoMoGandhi	Subir Sinha	Academic interested in emerging forms of politics. Agrarian questions, populism, subversion. tweets in personal capacity. Instagram: subirwa	5,469

Most Active Users

Username	Bio	Number of tweets
LinaKhatibUK	Director @SOAS_MEI /MBI Al Jaber Chair in MidEast Studies/Professor @SOAS. Cofounder @metalcongress. Former leader: @CH_MENAP/@CarnegieMEC/@StanfordCDDRL’s ARD	50
IdaHadjivayanis	Lecturer in Swahili @SOAS Interest in #Africa #Africadiaspora #Education #Translation #Languages #swahiliatsoas	17
EdwardWChina	Fake news/bias against the People’s Republic of China is an extension of racism against Overseas Chinese in the 1800/1900s. Subscribe&Support my YouTube 👇	13
rita_gayle	🎙 Creative Arts 📚 Academic ✒ Writing 🏙 🎓 @new_nationwide - @GlobalBlackGeog - @caricuk - @GeogBham - @Midlands4Cities	9
SeanJBremner	-	6
VCDatSOAS	Head of Dept of Development Studies, SOAS University London. All views my own.	6
LIDC_UK	We unite 7 @LondonU institutions. We use #research, #training & #events to work for #sustainable #equitable global development. Join us! https://t.co/E6JjfoYFJR	5
benedictrogers	Chief Executive/cofounder, Hong Kong Watch; Senior Analyst, CSW; cofounder, Conservative Party Human Rights Commission; IPAC. Activist, writer. Tweets personal	5
DeTelemaque	Your friendly neighbourhood Visual Artist, Writer & PhD Candidate丨 UCL Geography (Practice-Related) Visualising 'Everyday Things' 丨@Pesolife Art Collective	5
TelangRitesh	धर्म और राष्ट्रहित सबसे पहले....	5

Tweets Per Day

Top 10 Tweets by Retweets

ID	Text	Retweet count
1640994965424861184	Thanks @jeremycorbyn for supporting Dalits in the UK! Your response to @SOAS student's union President Shushant's question during a Q&A was truly inspiring, showing your unwavering commitment to social justice. …	175
1637906863705432068	"Between 1955 and 1958, we see a lot of building and this coincides with our independence." @Kuukuwa_ Manful's work at @SOAS is revealing the historic treasures of Ghana's design past. …	79
1639400526105149441	A most extraordinary thing happened today :) I got off the train at Waterloo, rushing to meetings, carrying a @waitrose bag of copies of my #TheChinaNexus books for a @SOAS …	64
1638696837216608256	Join @ChathamHouse & @SOAS later today for what should be an interesting conversation on #NigeriaDecides2023. It is hybrid. https://t.co/dTneGLRmvv	23
1639520627831783424	@NolfJan @SOAS But here's the rest of my quote. #Rusesabagina was guilty & much of the evidence was provided by the US & Belgian authorities. This is a story of …	23
1639207082871095309	I'm looking forward to speaking on this panel on #HongKong at my alma mater, @SOAS, tonight The Fight for Human Rights & Democracy in Hong Kong: A Forum for Activism" …	20
1640347517287116802	Delighted to start my new role as Director of the @SOAS Middle East Institute (&MBI Al Jaber Chair in MidEast Studies/Prof of Practice in the Dept of Politics & International …	15
1639195893973778433	Come to @SOAS in June for Language Policy Forum and share your research on the theme of ’Decolonizing Language Policy’! Deadline: Tomorrow: 25-03-2023! See more info here 👇 https://t.co/ScdJdEtjEg https://t.co/zO3s8ngodm	14
1639399753937985539	I was delighted and privileged to speak at my alma mater @SOAS today to the SOAS #HongKong Society and @ForumGlobalHR, alongside the wonderful @clarawanchai and @SimonChengUK, and afterwards to sell …	14
1638606955366211584	🚨 @soas live! 📚 'Black Music in Britain in the 21st Century' @LivUniPress. 🎓 @Neake81 (ed.) opening up in front a full audience. 📱 Follow events on #BMIB21 & #BlackMusicInBritain. …	13

Top 10 Tweets by Likes

ID	Text	Like count
1640994965424861184	Thanks @jeremycorbyn for supporting Dalits in the UK! Your response to @SOAS student's union President Shushant's question during a Q&A was truly inspiring, showing your unwavering commitment to social justice. …	522
1640347517287116802	Delighted to start my new role as Director of the @SOAS Middle East Institute (&MBI Al Jaber Chair in MidEast Studies/Prof of Practice in the Dept of Politics & International …	492
1639400526105149441	A most extraordinary thing happened today :) I got off the train at Waterloo, rushing to meetings, carrying a @waitrose bag of copies of my #TheChinaNexus books for a @SOAS …	278
1639632052550258690	@benedictrogers @waitrose @SOAS This absolutely did not happen.	165
1637906863705432068	"Between 1955 and 1958, we see a lot of building and this coincides with our independence." @Kuukuwa_ Manful's work at @SOAS is revealing the historic treasures of Ghana's design past. …	109
1639269080845676547	Just saw Giulia at lunch after many years. She was in the first cohort of students I ever taught @SOAS, when I was heavily pregnant with Kid 1. We've met …	107
1639931195940012034	Enjoyed catching up with the careers team at @SOAS and reflect on my time there. https://t.co/mDZz494FXO	75
1639594568202039296	Plz join today at @SOAS on the 8th Bhagat Singh Memorial Seminar https://t.co/zKiabDa5xU	69
1638440913117536256	Excited to have been awarded the Global Africa Translation Fellowship by the Africa Institute in Sharjah. Very honoured. @SOAS @HamdaniSalha https://t.co/nepsbxR3qg	63
1639404988064579584	@benedictrogers @waitrose @SOAS This book is garbage. I read it and it is garbage. All gossip and no proof. The Uyghur and Tibetan genocide has been debunked	60

Top Languages Used

Top 10 Hashtags

Hashtag	Count
#blackmusicinbritain	16
#bmib21	14
#london	8
#thechinanexus	7
#qswur	4
#rusesabagina	4
#hongkong	4
#corruption	4
#ghana	4
#law	4

Top 10 Mentions

Mention	Count
@soas	581
@benedictrogers	120
@waitrose	114
@soas_mei	107
@linakhatibuk	62
@hamdanisalha	35
@idahadjivayanis	30
@livunipress	17
@andybxxx	15
@edwardwchina	15

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emoji Analysis

Average emojis per tweet:

63

Emojis Used

Emoji	Count	Emoji Text
🤡	109	clown_face
😂	24	face_with_tears_of_joy
📚	18	books
🚨	14	police_car_light
🎓	14	graduation_cap
📱	14	mobile_phone
🤣	11	rolling_on_the_floor_laughing
👏	10	clapping_hands
👇	8	backhand_index_pointing_down
😊	8	smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes

Emoji Groups

Emoji Group	Count
Smileys & Emotion	173
Objects	75
People & Body	62
Travel & Places	26
Symbols	15
Activities	7
Flags	7
Animals & Nature	5

SOAS - Tweet Data Analysis