WNBA | Tweet Data Analysis

Overview

Tweets covering

9 days

Latest tweet was on

2022-12-09

Earliest tweet was on

2022-11-29

Total number of tweets analysed

66,991

Average age of authors' accounts

6 years

Types of Tweets

Number of Retweets

7,126

10% of total

Number of Original tweets

22,739

33% of total

Number of tweets that were Quotes

4,191

6% of total

Number of tweets that were Replies

33,735

50% of total

Number of tweets that contain Hashtags

7,659

11% of total

Number of tweets that contain Mentions

44,894

67% of total

Devices Used to Tweet

Top 5 Devices

Source	Count
Twitter for iPhone	33,725
Twitter for Android	13,747
Twitter Web App	13,528
Twitter for iPad	1,188
TweetDeck	664

Device Distribution

Top 10 Accounts by Followers

Username	Name	Followers count
CNN	CNN	60,749,789
nytimes	The New York Times	54,755,840
espn	ESPN	43,786,161
SportsCenter	SportsCenter	41,359,463
Reuters	Reuters	25,667,667
FoxNews	Fox News	23,335,779
CNNEE	CNN en Español	22,307,905
washingtonpost	The Washington Post	19,950,077
TIME	TIME	19,422,617
Forbes	Forbes	18,579,424

Top 10 Accounts by Friends

Username	Name	Followers count
sherylunderwood	Sheryl Underwood	1,326,166
jilevin	Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦	600,679
piercearrow33	Captain Gigawatt ⛳🌞	444,025
bynsny	Larry Kelly	326,061
etnow	Entertainment Tonight	291,987
xiam007	xiam007	264,299
Yubbie007	❂ Yübbîę Umoh ❂	259,306
JohnFromCranber	John Betts	231,934
KP_Kelly	KP Kelly ✝️🇺🇸	193,832
TheRickyDavila	Ricky Davila	192,009

Most Active Users

Username	Number of tweets
EDelmontBubGeo	458
battygyal__	139
1blackafrican	129
GRKISHORE	103
wealth_turtle	89
sma_zon	71
Rk101785	64
maxdragoon	62
young5532	59
BloggedByRain	58

Tweets Per Day

Top 10 Tweets by Retweets

ID	Text	Retweet count
1600841066609000451	US officials: Russia frees WNBA player Brittney Griner in prisoner swap, with US releasing Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. https://t.co/JEsGaOfFiu	19,683
1600861280067235840	We gave Russia “The Merchant of Death,” we got back a WNBA player who hates America. This is the worst trade in history. https://t.co/oMW8lMAfRw	4,878
1600855532608245761	The same Trumpers who are losing their minds right now because Biden freed a single Russian arms dealer in exchange for the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner didn’t say …	4,547
1600841012615598080	WASHINGTON (AP) — US officials: Russia frees WNBA star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap, with US releasing Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. https://t.co/A6IFPyx5DL	4,399
1600858491287408640	This is the only WNBA trade that has ever made headlines	3,514
1600845561644474368	No one cuts better deals than Biden. We get an awful America hating WNBA player, while Russia gets an INTERNATIONAL ARMS DEALER!!! The adults are back! https://t.co/zPMKzuB2SA	3,438
1600850607098986503	Trump got North Korea to release three American hostages as a goodwill gesture, for nothing in exchange. Putin convinced Biden to let him keep a former Marine behind bars, so …	3,270
1600889434613977090	BREAKING: Donald Trump Jr. trashes President Biden over the release Brittney Griner and calls her an "America Hating WNBA player." Who else would trade Britney Griner for Donald Trump Jr.?	2,974
1600893872884035584	After 294 days of tireless work… Our friend, sister, loved one, Brittney Griner is FREE. We love you BG 🧡 https://t.co/UQ7PARbVhg	2,887
1600969289682800640	@@envynoman96's account is temporarily unavailable because it violates the Twitter Media Policy. Learn more.	2,850

Top 10 Tweets by Likes

ID	Text	Like count
1600841066609000451	US officials: Russia frees WNBA player Brittney Griner in prisoner swap, with US releasing Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. https://t.co/JEsGaOfFiu	88,488
1600861280067235840	We gave Russia “The Merchant of Death,” we got back a WNBA player who hates America. This is the worst trade in history. https://t.co/oMW8lMAfRw	36,845
1600889434613977090	BREAKING: Donald Trump Jr. trashes President Biden over the release Brittney Griner and calls her an "America Hating WNBA player." Who else would trade Britney Griner for Donald Trump Jr.?	29,519
1600858491287408640	This is the only WNBA trade that has ever made headlines	26,799
1600845561644474368	No one cuts better deals than Biden. We get an awful America hating WNBA player, while Russia gets an INTERNATIONAL ARMS DEALER!!! The adults are back! https://t.co/zPMKzuB2SA	20,476
1600850890424188928	We traded a WNBA player for someone who can actually shoot.	20,046
1600840196160749568	BREAKING on @MSNBC: WNBA star Brittney Griner is free after the Biden administration negotiated her release from a Russian penal colony in exchange for an arms dealer.	19,153
1600893872884035584	After 294 days of tireless work… Our friend, sister, loved one, Brittney Griner is FREE. We love you BG 🧡 https://t.co/UQ7PARbVhg	18,382
1600841012615598080	WASHINGTON (AP) — US officials: Russia frees WNBA star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap, with US releasing Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. https://t.co/A6IFPyx5DL	17,575
1600858512795783168	#BrittneyGriner is free. Hallelujah! Folks, if you are an American citizen, DO NOT go to Russia, right now. Just don’t. Putin is a ruthless man, capable of anything. Also, WNBA …	16,168

Top Languages Used

Top 10 Hashtags

Hashtag	Count
#wnba	2,918
#brittneygriner	1,937
#russia	615
#nba	429
#breaking	339
#viktorbout	338
#griner	304
#paulwhelan	293
#wnbatwitter	284
#merchantofdeath	250

Top 10 Mentions

Mention	Count
@wnba	7,970
@potus	3,611
@dailyloud	2,794
@espn	1,804
@ananavarro	1,462
@nba	1,134
@brittneygriner	891
@micahhparsons11	797
@msnbc	666
@barackobama	661

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emoji Analysis

Average emojis per tweet:

26

Emojis Used

Emoji	Count	Emoji Text
😂	2,380	face_with_tears_of_joy
🤣	1,432	rolling_on_the_floor_laughing
😭	848	loudly_crying_face
🤡	671	clown_face
☝	633	index_pointing_up
🏀	419	basketball
💀	418	skull
🚨	395	police_car_light
🇺🇸	377	United_States
🔥	377	fire

Emoji Groups

Emoji Group	Count
Smileys & Emotion	9,817
People & Body	3,929
Travel & Places	1,044
Activities	933
Flags	657
Symbols	630
Objects	552
Animals & Nature	156
Food & Drink	110

WNBA - Tweet Data Analysis