Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @AthleticsWeekly
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
1,026
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
There is widespread support for the decision to exclude biological males from women's sports, but there is some disagreement over how to word the announcement and whether or not it includes transgender women. Many people are relieved that women's sports will be protected and able to compete on a level playing field. Some people criticize male leaders in sports for their past decisions and treatment of women in athletics.
Topic Modeling
- Banning of men in women's sports
- Gender identity and exclusion in sports
- Celebration of the decision to ban men in women's sports
- Criticism of the wording of the decision
- Gratitude for the decision
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions including relief, satisfaction, gratitude, and approval for the decision to exclude biological males from women's sports. Many tweets express sympathy for female athletes who the writers feel have suffered as a result of the inclusion of males, and there is a sense of justice being done by the new ruling. Some tweets also express a degree of frustration that this decision wasn't made sooner, and it is clear that there are some strong opinions on the issue of transgender women participating in women's sports. Overall, the tweets suggest a general sense of support for the decision to exclude biological males from women's events, with many individuals feeling that women's sports have now been "saved."
Trend Analysis
- Exclusion of biological males from women's sports
- Gratitude and appreciation towards Athletics Weekly for their decision
- Criticism towards previous practices of allowing men to compete in female events
- Clarification of the term "transgender women" and its inclusion in the ban
- Hope for similar decisions to be made by other sports organizations
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
150
Percentage of total tweets
14%
Number of Original tweets
11
Percentage of total tweets
1%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
1,026
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
860
Percentage of total tweets
83%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
18
Percentage of total tweets
1%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
44
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for iPhone | 402 |
| Twitter for Android | 307 |
| Twitter Web App | 256 |
| Twitter for iPad | 52 |
| TweetDeck | 5 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| AthleticsWeekly | AW | Athletics news, interviews, events coverage, training advice and more since 1945 🌍📅 | 95,871 |
| seaningle | Sean Ingle | Chief sports reporter and columnist at @Guardian. Previously sports editor of https://t.co/et3d8GfRUG & Football Weekly founder. Email: Sean.Ingle@theguardian.com | 66,852 |
| J4hvidbest | JAH | BeatsbyJah | 35,910 |
| runcamille | Camille Herron | Ultrarunner propelled by tacos & joy 😄🌮🐶🚐✌️| Coach https://t.co/cHWYjwJT5X ⏱| @lululemon 🦸♀️ @corosglobal @squirrelsnutbut | 35,673 |
| RunBlogRun | RunBlogRun | RunBlogRun comments on the global world of athletics, sports & ethics, and the Olympic movement. RunBlogRun is the voice of the sport. | 35,378 |
| Aja02537920 | Aja The Empress ♀️ | "The connections between & among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet" #LetWomenSpeak | 28,319 |
| PilarHLuc | Pilar H. Lucas | Feminista Radical. Mu/jer. Descreída. HARTA de posmolerdos, posmolerdas y acunapenes. No me voy a callar por mucha transmordaza que quieran imponernos. | 23,486 |
| RKilty1 | Richard Kilty | Olympian 🇬🇧⭐️ World Champion 🥇 Double European Champion 🥇🥇 Commonwealth Games Champion 🥇 @acklamcarcentre | 22,521 |
| scotathletics | scottishathletics | The governing body for athletics in Scotland. Often known in hashtags as SAL (Scottish Athletics Ltd). | 21,425 |
| KipropAsbel | Asbel Kiprop 3:26 OGW. | 2008 Olympic 1500m Gold Medalist. 2011, 2013 & 2015 World Champion. 1500m Runner @ 3:26.69. In 2018 I WAS FALSELY ACCUSED OF DOPING. | 19,682 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| dakppc | "Sir" David Kirkwood Reform UK Scotland | Professional sceptic, Engineer, Freelance IT consultant, Grandad. Deputy Scottish Chairman for Reform UK. | 14,074 |
| CoachCaroline | Hare majesteit de voorvechtster van vrouwenrechten | Geef les aan coaches en therapeuten in het begeleiden van Familieopstellingen op tafel en opstellingen van de persoonlijkheid. | 12,335 |
| englishspecial | Dr James Shea | Principal Lecturer Teacher Education | PG Portfolio Leader | Course Director PGCE Secondary | Author | Editor https://t.co/uQlGH8ocjx | 9,405 |
| teaandabikkie | Children Need Safeguarding | Female Adult Human, Pro Child Safeguarding and protection, child sex abuse survivor and #UntowardAboutPaedophiles. My views are my own. | 8,111 |
| RunBlogRun | RunBlogRun | RunBlogRun comments on the global world of athletics, sports & ethics, and the Olympic movement. RunBlogRun is the voice of the sport. | 7,543 |
| emocionycambio | Raquel Frdez-Veiga | Educadora, Madre, Creadora y sobre todo, Conspiradora Vital. Español /English Gallego/Catalán #Feminista #SafeChildhood #XXmatter | 6,924 |
| Aja02537920 | Aja The Empress ♀️ | "The connections between & among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet" #LetWomenSpeak | 6,889 |
| seaningle | Sean Ingle | Chief sports reporter and columnist at @Guardian. Previously sports editor of https://t.co/et3d8GfRUG & Football Weekly founder. Email: Sean.Ingle@theguardian.com | 6,479 |
| gunsandbanjos | Woman | #FBGC Women’s rights are human rights. | 6,086 |
| fullNam35087976 | akasatanahama.com | I enjoy programming as a hobby😀This account is a Bot that just do retweets, followback, and like😀It's not a company😀It does't respond to DM or replies😀 | 5,997 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| SPEEDIESIMONS | Chelsea fan,keen runner,WORLD RECORD HOLDER Fastest marathon dressed as Santa Claus set in 2009,also fastest Marathon dressed as a Water Bottle,set in 2014 | 21 |
| palladianblue | Woman|mother|wife. It is not morally reprehensible to distinguish between male & female humans, and sometimes it’s absolutely crucial that we do | 11 |
| esestacey | Be The Best You. Light & Love on loop to followers & those who like & reply. Careful - love is fiery! Detox your life. The book 👉🏽‘Diet to Detox’. | 10 |
| FourthFrontier | The Frontier X2 is the world’s first chest-worn Smart Heart Monitor that provides high quality continuous ECG & real-time feedback on your heart health. | 8 |
| YvesZlatan47 | 1 of 1,2-sport athlete,3rd eye,4 Hunnid,5-star profile,Nip mentioned tha 6 degrees of life,Hoodie Me7o,8 for Kobe Bryant,Free GS9,LeBron James has 10 rings | 8 |
| RBirkoBoy | Longtime LFC fan, I have clean socks and I like Guinness | 7 |
| StaceHolland | TV Presenter 📺 @supersporttv | Thinker 🧠 | Traveller✈️| Heliophile 🌞| Fitness + #GutHealth Content 👉🏽@livefitstace | RTs not endorsements Tweets =/= advice | 7 |
| CJ_liberte | - | 7 |
| SimSilverAgatka | Take me to Sulani 🌴 #TS4 with 18+ mods & the finest CC 🧘🏼♀️ yt ♀️raised #radfem | 7 |
| carnivalist2 | Exeter City FC is not quite my whole life. You can't really eat, drink & breathe it, but it can send you to sleep sometimes. West Indies cricket, lovely cricket | 7 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638980410108674048 | @AthleticsWeekly It’s about time. What about those women who already lost their rightful Olympic gold? Women’s sports exists *solely* to exclude biological males #SaveWomensSports https://t.co/n2aOLDGg2L | 43 |
| 1638971788456783874 | @AthleticsWeekly I didn't dare hope that this would happen. I'm just so sorry for all the female athletes who lost places, records and magical moments to to a bunch of selfish mediocre men. All other female sports need to follow suit. | 23 |
| 1638953764022263825 | @AthleticsWeekly About time too!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/XtxqRkMaWs | 16 |
| 1638957157524578314 | @AthleticsWeekly Great news but the headline is part of the problem. It should say males who identity as women are excluded from female events. Many people still don't understand that "transgender women" are male. | 13 |
| 1638952973165551618 | @AthleticsWeekly Men are now banned from women's sport - as they always should have been! Now to make sure every sport, at every level from grassroots to elite, follows suit. | 10 |
| 1638963671924711424 | @AthleticsWeekly This should include males with DSDs. All medal 'winners' of the women's 800m at the 2016 Olympics were males with DSDs. They weren't transgender males. #SaveWomensSports https://t.co/zXjZ4QdS2i | 9 |
| 1639057066793787400 | @AthleticsWeekly Stop creating the illusion that trans identified men can belong in the category women. Humans cannot change sex. So anyone born with a penis should compete in the category for men. https://t.co/1C0ZOA4KyY | 8 |
| 1638996223829987334 | Winners of the 2023 Queens 5km. @AthleticsNI @AthleticsWeekly @LetterkennyAc @AStriders Neil Johnston and Nakita Burke https://t.co/DpTjPRAl3q | 7 |
| 1638964207390531585 | @AthleticsWeekly World Athletics to exclude males from female events.... fixed it for you. | 6 |
| 1639935588823343105 | I wrote a few words for @AthleticsWeekly on Camille Herron’s phenomenal new 48 hour record, breaking Jo ZAKRZEWSKI’s 6 week old mark.🔽Read at AW link https://t.co/4ffMbQ2vmX https://t.co/QEYvTEGklS | 6 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638971788456783874 | @AthleticsWeekly I didn't dare hope that this would happen. I'm just so sorry for all the female athletes who lost places, records and magical moments to to a bunch of selfish mediocre men. All other female sports need to follow suit. | 617 |
| 1638980410108674048 | @AthleticsWeekly It’s about time. What about those women who already lost their rightful Olympic gold? Women’s sports exists *solely* to exclude biological males #SaveWomensSports https://t.co/n2aOLDGg2L | 486 |
| 1638952973165551618 | @AthleticsWeekly Men are now banned from women's sport - as they always should have been! Now to make sure every sport, at every level from grassroots to elite, follows suit. | 335 |
| 1638957232032194573 | @AthleticsWeekly You mean Seb Coe says the global governing body will exclude males from female sports. Excellent! Well done Seb Coe and Co! | 259 |
| 1638957157524578314 | @AthleticsWeekly Great news but the headline is part of the problem. It should say males who identity as women are excluded from female events. Many people still don't understand that "transgender women" are male. | 242 |
| 1638955728990773261 | @AthleticsWeekly You mean exclude men from women's events. Sounds sensible. | 206 |
| 1639008049703575554 | Can we assume that transgender women are not being excluded from athletics as they can still, if they wish, compete in biological male events ? @AthleticsWeekly @sharrond62 @mara_yamauchi | 175 |
| 1638950970041180160 | @AthleticsWeekly Thank you! Women’s athletics is saved 🙌🏻 | 175 |
| 1638949745820311573 | @AthleticsWeekly At last, some common sense prevails. | 162 |
| 1638968280760086534 | @AthleticsWeekly The right decision. Sports aren't mixed sex for a very good reason | 150 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #savewomenssports | 8 |
| #savewomenssport | 4 |
| #trackandfield | 3 |
| #ad | 2 |
| #biologynotbigotry | 2 |
| #athletics | 2 |
| #mentalhealthawareness | 2 |
| #savewomensports | 2 |
| #sprinting | 2 |
| #tracklife | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @athleticsweekly | 1026 |
| @palladianblue | 63 |
| @danielm906 | 47 |
| @athleticsimages | 30 |
| @lostbrain1979 | 28 |
| @rkilty1 | 27 |
| @start_fitness | 21 |
| @teddaly12 | 21 |
| @rbirkoboy | 19 |
| @worldathletics | 18 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
42
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 👏 | 73 | clapping_hands |
| 👏🏻 | 27 | clapping_hands_light_skin_tone |
| ✅ | 18 | check_mark_button |
| 🔥 | 15 | fire |
| 👍 | 15 | thumbs_up |
| 💥 | 14 | collision |
| 🤣 | 11 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 🎙️ | 10 | studio_microphone |
| 🥇 | 9 | 1st_place_medal |
| 💬 | 7 | speech_balloon |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| People & Body | 194 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 99 |
| Objects | 35 |
| Travel & Places | 27 |
| Symbols | 26 |
| Flags | 25 |
| Activities | 18 |
| Animals & Nature | 8 |