Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @brian4NY
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
37
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
10 years
Summarization
Journalist Brian Thompson has been reporting on various stories in New Jersey, including the success of the small town of Metuchen's Main Street, a brush fire caused by a freight train, whale watching trips, reduction of plastic bag usage, and forest fires due to dry conditions. He has also reported on police and firefighter heroes in Paterson, potential disinformation regarding dolphin strandings, and issues with housing prices and taxes in Metuchen. Thompson's reporting has been praised by locals and fellow journalists.
Topic Modeling
- Downtown Metuchen and its small town charm
- Local news coverage of events and incidents
- Outdoor activities in New Jersey, including whale watching
- Environmental issues and initiatives, such as reducing plastic bag use and dolphin strandings
- Personal opinions and experiences, including real estate and political commentary
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions including appreciation, excitement, concern, agreement, gratitude, admiration, frustration, disappointment, and love. Many of the tweets express appreciation for Brian's reporting and highlighting various areas and issues in New Jersey. However, there are also concerns about environmental issues such as plastic bags, brush fires, and dolphin strandings. The tweets also mention frustration with high taxes and lack of housing inventory in certain areas. Overall, the emotions expressed in the tweets are a mix of positive and negative, reflecting a range of experiences and opinions.
Trend Analysis
- Positive coverage of Downtown Metuchen
- Updates and coverage of local events and news
- Environmental concerns, including plastic waste and wildfires
- Compliments and recognition for journalist Brian Thompson's reporting
- Discussion of housing and real estate in Metuchen and neighboring areas
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
8
Percentage of total tweets
21%
Number of Original tweets
8
Percentage of total tweets
21%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
37
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
18
Percentage of total tweets
48%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
7
Percentage of total tweets
18%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
6
Percentage of total tweets
16%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter for iPhone | 13 |
Twitter Web App | 11 |
Twitter for Android | 7 |
Twitter for iPad | 5 |
Adobe Lightroom Photo Tweeter | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
brian4NY | Brian Thompson | Newsguy since CO2 of 323ppm/@NBCNewYork Jersey Guy-Love jughandles, politicos, Shore, SourDo bread-not in that order RT's not endorsement-Like thought provoking | 13,335 |
KenFerrante | Chief Ken Ferrante, Ret. | Public Safety Director for City of Hoboken. Fmr:Hoboken Police Chief, Pres Hudson County Chiefs, Hoboken OEM Coord, Blue Mass Chair, St. Peter's Football Coach | 7,140 |
CopCrime | Cop Crime | Crime within law enforcement and the judiciary. Please subscribe to your local news outlets. | 5,105 |
RayA574 | RayA | Married,animal lover,retired Paterson, NJ firefighter. Fishing Jersey shore😎 Flyers🏒Beatles/Pink Floyd🌞 Yankees & Phillies⚾️ Eagles & Jets 🏉 Resist | 4,362 |
belmardays | Bill Mckim | Jersey Shore artist, Rutgers grad, Belmar NJ. Jersey shore whale watching , photographing the coast. hemorrhagic stroke survivor. Come whale watching with me. | 3,254 |
GillianECarroll | Gillian Carroll Gold | 🙋🏼♀️ | 2,411 |
RadGrapes | Rad Grapes | Family, friends, great food & good times. Fly-fishing Ninja. Wine & Cannabis Connoisseur. Polyglot. Obi Wan, Chart Jedi. Citizen of the World. Renaissance man. | 2,304 |
aew1776 | NJ Transit "Rude Zone" | I sit around and complain about NJ Transit all day. Created the NJ Transit Customer Advocate position and it is now law in New Jersey. 😀🤪 | 1,908 |
VinceG222 | Vince 22 | Just a Foolish Mortal waiting for my next trip to Disneyland, WDW or Aulani. Larry Talbot is my spirit animal. Dr. Zaius was right all along. | 1,625 |
JasonBXNY0619 | Jason Anthony | Digital Media in Journalism student at LaGuardia CC 🇵🇷 🏳️🌈 #TransitGuru #Factchecker #Traveler #Photographer #IndependentThinker #OwnOpinion | 1,470 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
brian4NY | Brian Thompson | Newsguy since CO2 of 323ppm/@NBCNewYork Jersey Guy-Love jughandles, politicos, Shore, SourDo bread-not in that order RT's not endorsement-Like thought provoking | 5,099 |
JasonBXNY0619 | Jason Anthony | Digital Media in Journalism student at LaGuardia CC 🇵🇷 🏳️🌈 #TransitGuru #Factchecker #Traveler #Photographer #IndependentThinker #OwnOpinion | 4,995 |
mweitzman3 | Bip Olar No Longer Michael Weitzman | PASSIONATE,EDUCATIONAL,INSPIRATIONAL & MEMORABLE MAXIMUM IMPACT AWARENESS SPEAKER WHO SPEAKS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH & GETTING RID OF STIGMA & HELPING EVERYONE! | 4,897 |
RayA574 | RayA | Married,animal lover,retired Paterson, NJ firefighter. Fishing Jersey shore😎 Flyers🏒Beatles/Pink Floyd🌞 Yankees & Phillies⚾️ Eagles & Jets 🏉 Resist | 4,888 |
RadGrapes | Rad Grapes | Family, friends, great food & good times. Fly-fishing Ninja. Wine & Cannabis Connoisseur. Polyglot. Obi Wan, Chart Jedi. Citizen of the World. Renaissance man. | 3,478 |
aew1776 | NJ Transit "Rude Zone" | I sit around and complain about NJ Transit all day. Created the NJ Transit Customer Advocate position and it is now law in New Jersey. 😀🤪 | 2,746 |
belmardays | Bill Mckim | Jersey Shore artist, Rutgers grad, Belmar NJ. Jersey shore whale watching , photographing the coast. hemorrhagic stroke survivor. Come whale watching with me. | 1,860 |
rjcaliente | Regina Waynes Joseph | Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator - Legal Solutions and Dispute Resolution | 1,623 |
GillianECarroll | Gillian Carroll Gold | 🙋🏼♀️ | 1,490 |
jackmorris2024 | Can you handle the truth. !?? | Freedom lover 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pro 2A, pro 1A, pro police, pro Military, Pro Constitution , Pro America. love it or GTFO🇺🇸 | 1,398 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
KenFerrante | Public Safety Director for City of Hoboken. Fmr:Hoboken Police Chief, Pres Hudson County Chiefs, Hoboken OEM Coord, Blue Mass Chair, St. Peter's Football Coach | 3 |
ReichNow | - | 3 |
brian4NY | Newsguy since CO2 of 323ppm/@NBCNewYork Jersey Guy-Love jughandles, politicos, Shore, SourDo bread-not in that order RT's not endorsement-Like thought provoking | 3 |
shoregirl02 | Incognito. Living in Trumplandia at the Jersey Shore. Who knew ? | 2 |
RayA574 | Married,animal lover,retired Paterson, NJ firefighter. Fishing Jersey shore😎 Flyers🏒Beatles/Pink Floyd🌞 Yankees & Phillies⚾️ Eagles & Jets 🏉 Resist | 2 |
CopCrime | Crime within law enforcement and the judiciary. Please subscribe to your local news outlets. | 1 |
aew1776 | I sit around and complain about NJ Transit all day. Created the NJ Transit Customer Advocate position and it is now law in New Jersey. 😀🤪 | 1 |
rjcaliente | Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator - Legal Solutions and Dispute Resolution | 1 |
occidentalgirl | - | 1 |
mweitzman3 | PASSIONATE,EDUCATIONAL,INSPIRATIONAL & MEMORABLE MAXIMUM IMPACT AWARENESS SPEAKER WHO SPEAKS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH & GETTING RID OF STIGMA & HELPING EVERYONE! | 1 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1641276659264266240 | Thanks to @WNBC's @brian4NY for his visit downtown today. "Especially with a major mall just two miles away, the small town of just over 15,000 people is clearly punching above its weight with a great American Main Street." #DowntownMetuchen https://t.co/63Pqd2HuXN | 5 |
1638648712611127302 | @CommutingLarry, @Colleenallreds, @brian4NY, @gregmocker, @PIX11NewsDesk, @News12NJDesk. Clip of the freight train Middlesex County officials seem to be citing as the source of the brush fire. Conrail Shared Assets ME-2 reversing on to the NEC from Metuchen Yard this afternoon. https://t.co/5C2Gt9i4X8 | 3 |
1641760871369043970 | @RaviBhalla @stevestrunsky @NJSPBA @dontsithome @Smiles206 @tonysoares @HobokenPD @CityofHoboken @HobokenOEM @HobokenFire @Hoboken_EMS @HudsonCoView @thehobokengirl @HobokenPatch @HobokenEmily @bgrilletti78 @brian4NY @BobDowd @RLSMetro https://t.co/q9hOzp6JnT | 1 |
1638518987267928067 | No wonder he just keeps pushing forward w all the whales and dolphins being murdered he couldn’t care less , @GovMurphy @SpeakerCoughlin @NJSenDems @senatenj @NJGOP @TuckerCarlson @brian4NY @JesseBWatters 💰💵💸 $$$ https://t.co/1SfcZIE2Ej | 1 |
1639738269834395652 | @7OnYourSideNY @brian4NY @BermanZB i need your help please lennythebuzz@live.com housing violations issue involving disabled elderly man kitchen ceiling fell due to constant water leakage.and other repairs desperately needed not being fixed in over 6 yrs please help me & wheelchair bound no ramp injured in 2018 | 0 |
1638570087262085122 | @brian4NY more like a photo op to lobby more US dollars | 0 |
1638651081902157824 | @brian4NY Great reporting from Matawan about the fires sparked from the extremely dry conditions in New Jersey Brian. Rain is forecast for tomorrow to maybe help alleviate this problem. | 0 |
1638660796279398402 | @brian4NY @CommutingLarry @Colleenallreds @gregmocker @PIX11NewsDesk @News12NJDesk Yes, @brian4NY, my video. It can be used with attribution. Photos of the same train below. https://t.co/mL8lSPEczG | 0 |
1638664206722498561 | @brian4NY @CommutingLarry @Colleenallreds @gregmocker @PIX11NewsDesk @News12NJDesk You’re welcome. | 0 |
1639227007052423168 | @brian4NY @CleanOcean @enckj Hey Brian, what’s going on with the dolphin strandings? Seeing so much potential disinformation I’m surprised no one is doing in depth reporting in this. | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1641276659264266240 | Thanks to @WNBC's @brian4NY for his visit downtown today. "Especially with a major mall just two miles away, the small town of just over 15,000 people is clearly punching above its weight with a great American Main Street." #DowntownMetuchen https://t.co/63Pqd2HuXN | 42 |
1638648712611127302 | @CommutingLarry, @Colleenallreds, @brian4NY, @gregmocker, @PIX11NewsDesk, @News12NJDesk. Clip of the freight train Middlesex County officials seem to be citing as the source of the brush fire. Conrail Shared Assets ME-2 reversing on to the NEC from Metuchen Yard this afternoon. https://t.co/5C2Gt9i4X8 | 3 |
1639948953339797504 | Whale Watching Trip Photos 7 days a week summer fun @AmyFreeze7 NJ Transit train stops at our Belmar Marina @brian4NY https://t.co/EEQZYqGm2S "0J7A7562" https://t.co/LflGPaLHMb | 2 |
1639252522811502595 | @brian4NY @CleanOcean @enckj A lot fewer plastic bags stuck up in the trees in my yard as well. | 2 |
1640858970993704960 | @RayA574 @brian4NY Brian always does good stories from the Garden state that is for sure | 2 |
1640841191317962755 | @brian4NY Great story from Paterson Brian. I worked with almost all of the Police and Firefighters that you and News4NY showed on the News at 6. 👍 | 2 |
1640770809508552704 | @gabifenomeno @JasonFreemanNJ @TheJenniferTrip @JoeQEsq @jerrylore @joeRteacher @HobokenEmily @RaviBhalla @brian4NY @thehobokengirl @melissaghoboken @brynnCNN @HobokenGino @CommutingLarry @PatLanniNJ @LaurenDue12 @ericlandskroner @MALEA_NJ @BobDowd @BatmansButler44 @OhDonTraffic | 1 |
1638651081902157824 | @brian4NY Great reporting from Matawan about the fires sparked from the extremely dry conditions in New Jersey Brian. Rain is forecast for tomorrow to maybe help alleviate this problem. | 1 |
1639345615749406723 | @brian4NY @CleanOcean @enckj I agree it's making a difference and I got use to bring my own bags | 1 |
1639360257968439296 | @brian4NY @CleanOcean @enckj Thanks so much for the information | 1 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
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#downtownmetuchen | 2 |
#nashville | 1 |
#heroes | 1 |
#livessaved | 1 |
#newjersey | 1 |
#chemical | 1 |
#plastic | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@brian4ny | 38 |
@commutinglarry | 6 |
@cleanocean | 6 |
@enckj | 6 |
@ravibhalla | 5 |
@thehobokengirl | 5 |
@hobokenemily | 5 |
@bobdowd | 5 |
@njspba | 4 |
@wnbc | 4 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
18
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
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💰 | 2 | money_bag |
💵 | 2 | dollar_banknote |
💸 | 2 | money_with_wings |
👍 | 1 | thumbs_up |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
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Objects | 6 |
People & Body | 1 |