Tweets Analysis - Keyword: South Africa
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
37,831
Earliest tweet was on
2023-01-25
Latest tweet was on
2023-01-29
Tweets covering
3 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
8,061
Percentage of total tweets
21%
Number of Original tweets
14,548
Percentage of total tweets
38%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
23,120
Percentage of total tweets
61%
Number of tweets that were Replies
13,356
Percentage of total tweets
35%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
2,593
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
8,490
Percentage of total tweets
22%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 15342 |
| Twitter Web App | 8210 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 7975 |
| TweetDeck | 675 |
| dlvr.it | 553 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Followers count |
|---|---|---|
| nytimes | The New York Times | 54,910,644 |
| BBCWorld | BBC News (World) | 39,398,892 |
| NatGeo | National Geographic | 28,731,165 |
| TheEconomist | The Economist | 27,182,646 |
| Reuters | Reuters | 25,726,898 |
| FoxNews | Fox News | 23,673,074 |
| WSJ | The Wall Street Journal | 20,460,550 |
| aajtak | AajTak | 19,618,080 |
| ICC | ICC | 18,313,054 |
| ndtv | NDTV | 17,690,517 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Followers count |
|---|---|---|
| lonelyplanet | Lonely Planet | 630,563 |
| skylarclouds | 🦄SKYLAR🕊CLOUDS™ 💯iOwn™️Team👥Member🧠 | 363,540 |
| CharlesWieand | Charles Wieand | 249,166 |
| SteveWestly | Steve Westly | 189,569 |
| ClassifiedPosts | Classified Posts | 171,749 |
| africaupdates | Africa Updates | 153,858 |
| gchahal | Gurbaksh Singh Chahal | 129,280 |
| MTN180 | MTN Nigeria Support | 122,153 |
| jamesvgingerich | James Gingerich @Expeflow #NRF2023 #CES2023 #RPA | 108,315 |
| swissbusiness | swissbusiness | 95,610 |
Most active users
| Username | Number of tweets |
|---|---|
| StarletoNews | 184 |
| Alima1000 | 181 |
| Rizwan86797817 | 136 |
| junub_bot | 130 |
| SABreakingNews | 113 |
| CrickFolks | 112 |
| _cosatu | 89 |
| SowetanLIVE | 85 |
| HardsStreet | 78 |
| nsnobela | 78 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1618944263303364616 | Trophy hunter attacked and eaten live by the brothers of another lion he had killed and was posing with for photos while live streaming on Instagram in South African. https://t.co/R60tSs2l8d | 7577 |
| 1618553612912979970 | A video from the Democratic Republic of the Congo documents the biggest surprise for some villagers in the country, as an entire mountain filled with gold was discovered. The gold mountain from Luhihi invoked thousands of people to swarm the village in the South Kivu province. https://t.co/R9YQa09gMP | 3628 |
| 1618805149023211522 | South Africa's Ramaphosa blames NATO for Russia's war in Ukraine https://t.co/FrVHO8hDJg | 2374 |
| 1619057368859549700 | I’m being told now that the new issue is I need to bring a generator I can’t do that one but I’ll see y’all soon South Africa 😂🙏🏼 🇿🇦 Feb 24 - Cape Town Feb 25 - Johannesburg https://t.co/AbxcuytMUa | 1859 |
| 1619003908931850240 | South African Economists don’t know anything about Economics… I remember a bit in 2012 when Zuma wanted to sign a decree that no South Africa president will ever borrow money from IMF and World Bank… advancing the idea that SA need to be in position of financial power | 1805 |
| 1618826285542965248 | I've noticed that most foreigners love South Africa, but hate South Africans. 💔🥺 | 1236 |
| 1618596860410892288 | No one: My daughter: We Mah umiss eskoleni uthi ngimuhle ngifana no miss South africa uShudu Side note: My parents and siblings now call her Shudu 😂🔥❤️ https://t.co/AClqumFzai | 1187 |
| 1618493127316365312 | Flight Attendants – Airlink Salary: R11 786 per month Location: South Africa, All Provinces Closing date: Not Specified Requirements : - Grade 12 - Must be a South African Citizen - Must be Unemployed Application Link: https://t.co/zrG0651Nq8 | 1117 |
| 1618613042388013056 | USA has expressed concern over South Africa hosting a joint military drill with China and Russia from February 17 to February 27. South Africa's Foreign Minister, Naledi Pandor has defended the planned drills. https://t.co/LMo6lBaxCF | 1065 |
| 1618561448728473600 | South Africa needs a dictator, who will suspend democracy at least for 10yrs. We need a Putin cause wow its mess | 878 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1618944263303364616 | Trophy hunter attacked and eaten live by the brothers of another lion he had killed and was posing with for photos while live streaming on Instagram in South African. https://t.co/R60tSs2l8d | 59290 |
| 1618596860410892288 | No one: My daughter: We Mah umiss eskoleni uthi ngimuhle ngifana no miss South africa uShudu Side note: My parents and siblings now call her Shudu 😂🔥❤️ https://t.co/AClqumFzai | 21117 |
| 1619057368859549700 | I’m being told now that the new issue is I need to bring a generator I can’t do that one but I’ll see y’all soon South Africa 😂🙏🏼 🇿🇦 Feb 24 - Cape Town Feb 25 - Johannesburg https://t.co/AbxcuytMUa | 13247 |
| 1618681461946847232 | Oh my goodness! She’s so beautiful 🥹😍😍😍 she’s the real Miss South Africa here😍 https://t.co/AKVMm5uz7K | 10827 |
| 1618553612912979970 | A video from the Democratic Republic of the Congo documents the biggest surprise for some villagers in the country, as an entire mountain filled with gold was discovered. The gold mountain from Luhihi invoked thousands of people to swarm the village in the South Kivu province. https://t.co/R9YQa09gMP | 9648 |
| 1618805149023211522 | South Africa's Ramaphosa blames NATO for Russia's war in Ukraine https://t.co/FrVHO8hDJg | 8705 |
| 1618483785233833985 | Pedros gifts employee with R10k bursary after he scored 7 distinctions in matric https://t.co/Vz021uHKnE | 7991 |
| 1618826285542965248 | I've noticed that most foreigners love South Africa, but hate South Africans. 💔🥺 | 7479 |
| 1618613042388013056 | USA has expressed concern over South Africa hosting a joint military drill with China and Russia from February 17 to February 27. South Africa's Foreign Minister, Naledi Pandor has defended the planned drills. https://t.co/LMo6lBaxCF | 6091 |
| 1618771499254697985 | South Africa signs an agreement with India to introduce dozens of African cheetahs in India over the next decade, reports Reuters https://t.co/yQHudHUvd8 | 5817 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #southafrica | 801 |
| #saveng | 633 |
| #africa | 273 |
| #bbtitans | 249 |
| #1 | 241 |
| #hwc2023 | 238 |
| #hockeyworldcup | 199 |
| #savseng | 178 |
| #cricket | 177 |
| #eritreaoutoftigray | 169 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @elonmusk | 481 |
| @psaflive | 261 |
| @myanc | 231 |
| @africafactszone | 225 |
| @daddyhope | 200 |
| @alima1000 | 182 |
| @abramjee | 153 |
| @cyrilramaphosa | 153 |
| @gems_number1 | 145 |
| @oolusegun_obj | 144 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
54
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 | 2029 | South_Africa |
| 🤣 | 1266 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 😂 | 1212 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 👇 | 808 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 😭 | 733 | loudly_crying_face |
| 🔥 | 508 | fire |
| 🏏 | 257 | cricket_game |
| ❤️ | 254 | red_heart |
| 🆚 | 246 | VS_button |
| 👉 | 236 | backhand_index_pointing_right |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 7036 |
| Flags | 4328 |
| People & Body | 3423 |
| Symbols | 1879 |
| Objects | 1385 |
| Travel & Places | 1309 |
| Activities | 770 |
| Animals & Nature | 254 |
| Food & Drink | 90 |