Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @ConversationEDU
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
3,619
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-08
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-18
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
There are several issues discussed in these tweets, including the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine, the marginalization of women scientists, the environment impact of fossil fuels and gas, the health benefits of beetroot, the return of threatened species, gender equality in the music industry, the need for more social housing, the importance of Indigenous voices, the effects of satellites and drones on the environment, the issue of straws for people with disabilities, Marburg virus, the 400th anniversary of the Shakespeare First Folio, and Covid-19 restrictions on access to primary care doctors.
Topic Modeling
- Women in Science
- Climate Change and Fossil Fuels
- COVID-19 Vaccines and Infectious Diseases
- Gender Equality in the Music Industry
- Social Housing and Disabilities
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions, including worry, anger, determination, gratitude, curiosity, hope, and puzzlement. Worry is expressed in tweets about the mismatch in the spike re vaccine & infectious virus, the climate cost of gas, and the potential for Marburg virus. Anger is expressed in tweets about the marriage ban re State & Federal PS jobs and the inadequate investment in social housing dwellings. Determination is expressed in tweets about getting off fossil fuels and restoring long-distance passenger rail. Gratitude is expressed in tweets about receiving flowers from work fam and celebrating getting a PhD. Curiosity is expressed in tweets about whether beetroot can improve athletic performance and what snakes do in response to sound. Hope is expressed in tweets about 29 threatened species coming back from the brink in Australia and eco-ableism. Finally, puzzlement is expressed in tweets about the lack of mention of COVID19 or pandemic in an article.
Trend Analysis
- COVID-19
- Science & Technology
- Environmental Sustainability & Climate Change
- Gender Equality & Social Inclusion
- Arts & Culture
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
979
Percentage of total tweets
27%
Number of Original tweets
1,435
Percentage of total tweets
39%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
3,619
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
1,182
Percentage of total tweets
32%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
60
Percentage of total tweets
1%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
622
Percentage of total tweets
17%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter Web App | 1693 |
Twitter for iPhone | 814 |
Twitter for Android | 613 |
Twitter for iPad | 215 |
Science X Status Updates | 102 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
physorg_com | Phys.org | Science news, Technology news. Physics, Space, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Math, Electronics, Nanotechnology, Materials, Computers, Health, Earth Science. | 1,013,193 |
scroll_in | Scroll.in | The news that matters and the things that make life worth living. Become a Scroll Member today. https://t.co/t2cfQmjKiu | 457,921 |
QandA | QandA | #QandA is a chance to ask questions, challenge power and share your views. We tweet other people’s opinions to inspire questions, not express our own views. | 400,352 |
eastsportsman | Godfred Akoto Boafo | CitiFm Breakfast Show co-host @TC_Africa Ghana Commissioning Editor.Ex @BusInsiderSSA Editor.Ex @PulseGhana boss https://t.co/UW3vuOgA5X boafomania@gmail.co | 209,632 |
ConversationEDU | The Conversation | Independent news from the sharpest academic minds. Read: https://t.co/pXIyo0sdkZ Sign up: https://t.co/tTlAQjh3cS Donate: https://t.co/TvbSODXXxw | 196,926 |
michellegrattan | Michelle Grattan | Chief Political Correspondent at @ConversationEDU. Read: https://t.co/DLEdsufqAl Listen: https://t.co/AE1hgu6FO0 Sign up: https://t.co/20l5zJw33L | 148,272 |
SpirosMargaris | Spiros Margaris | #VC | No. 1 #Fintech @Refinitiv & @Onalytica | @TEDx | @natechsa @ai_mediastalker @GenTwoAG @investwithCARL @SparkLabsGlobal @HeradoHQ | 127,686 |
MackayIM | ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠🤧🧬🥼🦟🧀 | virologist. husband. dad. reader. writer. fixer. bad typist. learner. in no order. opinions mine alone. Also here-https://t.co/KMyCSWJNku | 123,671 |
mscott | Mark Scott | Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of Sydney. Formerly NSW Education, ABC, Fairfax. Retweets/likes not endorsements etc | 123,046 |
ProfPCDoherty | Prof. Peter Doherty | Immunologist, Nobel laureate and author of THE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO WINNING THE NOBEL PRIZE, THE KNOWLEDGE WARS & AN INSIDER'S PLAGUE YEAR | 117,383 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
RobRobbEdwards | Robb Edwards 🌱 | #AnimalRights #HumanRights #MyHomelessProgram #XR 🌊Blue🌊 #AnimalJusticeParty #ClimateAction #Environment #Greenpeace #SeaShepherd | 79,058 |
ECOWARRIORSS | GO GREEN | Why destroy our fragile #climate just to satisfy fossil fuel profit margins when we can go green save life on Earth #Arctic #keepitintheground #climatechange | 62,595 |
writerredux | Stephen Ames Berry | Author of the BIOFAB science fiction series (Berkley/Macmillan) & THE ELDRIDGE CONSPIRACY. Writer, herder of cats, shepherd of dreams. Bane of child traffickers | 55,667 |
itsmuzza2004 | Andy Murray Online | Online for over 12 years & can Show You How ⭐ FREE Training + Creating your Own Product that SELLS itself 24/7 ⭐GO 🚀 Start NOW ➡️ https://t.co/SLAL0kl4tX | 46,621 |
kuriharan | Kohei Kurihara - Privacy for all together 🌍 | Co-founder @pbdlab, develop data privacy culture and collaborative measures for future data society. Let’s make collaboration for sustainable society together! | 44,484 |
allentien | Allen Y. Tien MD MHS 田一彦 | Life-course-development-science-psychiatry-epidemiology-biostat-informatics-behavioral-health-ecosystem-suicide-prevention #WillieKohler-art semantics做人 | 42,603 |
medical91 | Ravi Ratna | M.D/MPH #FBR #StrongerTogether #FF #WearAMask #VitD #TeamTrudeau #vaccinate #MaskUp | 42,059 |
lynlinking | lyn | Sharing Political News & Current Affairs Indi Authors, Blogs, Newspapers sharing articles by @WgarNews #WgarNews Mastodon @lynlinking@mas.to | 36,531 |
Jackthelad1947 | John Pratt | Live simply so others can simply live. Climate change is a global crisis. CO2 pollution kills. Polluters should pay. Refugees need our support. #SDGs | 31,263 |
EarthAccounting | Earth Accounting | #sustainability #ConsciousConsumer #CircularEconomy #recycling #ESG #ClimateCrisis https://t.co/Exy045PZz2 @AdvanceEsg https://t.co/EU2lEuXbIl | 25,728 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
SpookyLib | - | 65 |
GDixon1977 | The pen is mightier than the sword. No gods. No masters. No patriarchy. Gunggari. Cabrogal-Darug. Democratic socialist. Take what you like & leave the rest. | 40 |
Wombat389 | - | 39 |
physorg_health | Medical Xpress Health and Medicine News Stories | 32 |
MarieColemanAO | feminist, social policy analyst. All comments personal views | 30 |
ConversationEDU | Independent news from the sharpest academic minds. Read: https://t.co/pXIyo0sdkZ Sign up: https://t.co/tTlAQjh3cS Donate: https://t.co/TvbSODXXxw | 27 |
CHASS_Aus | The Council for the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences promotes & provides advocacy services for the HASS sector https://t.co/QNCp2pusgn | 26 |
CarissaLeeG | (she/her) Noongar PhD First Nations Editor at @ConversationEDU Editor for @IndigenousX on Weds Views are my own (I'm probably right, though) | 23 |
jhaue | Also at mstdn: @jhaue@aus.social | 23 |
DavidGr07837209 | Co-operator, co-operation, co-operative values and principles, democracy instead of plutocracy, equality and solidarity with trade unions, truth and facts. | 22 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1625211784432095233 | Here is a piece I wrote for @ConversationEDU explaining how Santos' Hunter Gas Pipeline will affect critically endangered grasslands on the #LiverpoolPlains. #csg https://t.co/ySQmaFZIJd | 69 |
1623506399958548481 | Haven't had COVID or a vaccine dose in the past six months? Consider getting a booster https://t.co/ycwU755Tv9 via @ConversationEDU | 55 |
1623426578641485824 | Women have been leaders in microbiology & immunology through my career. The marriage ban re State & Federal PS jobs was appalling. Prejudice, poor pay and the 'urinary leash': naming and claiming Australia's forgotten women scientists https://t.co/w2rrrXZOWZ via @ConversationEDU | 53 |
1623427509567238144 | Due to mismatch in the spike re vaccine & infectious virus, may not stop you being infected, but still seems to protect against severe disease. Haven't had COVID or a vaccine dose in the past six months? Consider getting a booster https://t.co/XUngdYyiRc via @ConversationEDU | 49 |
1625331448051027968 | The real climate cost of gas must also include CH4 leak from bore holes & well heads, the CO2 from gas fields, the energy for liquefaction etc..The real price of gas: massive Santos pipeline would destroy rare native grasslands https://t.co/wM6XmzITeY via @ConversationEDU | 48 |
1623800981959114752 | If the world doesn't get off fossil fuels humanity is in big troube. If it does, fossil fuel industries are in big trouble. Tanya Plibersek killed off Clive Palmer's coal mine. It's an Australian first – but it may never happen again https://t.co/ORVU8yrCQH via @ConversationEDU | 33 |
1623464020010500096 | Co-written with @SpeechPathKate and I: Banning straws might be good for the planet – but bad for people with disability or swallowing problems. What is 'eco-ableism'? https://t.co/obFWcol34C via @ConversationEDU | 33 |
1623500797861576704 | camp cope have been leaders at a critical juncture for gender equality in the australian music industry. their legacy is an industry on notice, an army of empowered young fans & the promise that maybe, someday soon, it will be different https://t.co/dOBLWMy2I9 @ConversationEDU | 29 |
1626339073219768322 | 'Yes, the natural world is falling apart around us. But we do not have to passively accept such collapse. We can stop at least some of these losses.' We found 29 threatened species are back from the brink in Australia. Here's how https://t.co/UtVtISzT70 via @ConversationEDU | 29 |
1626098098903842818 | "By our reckoning, 25 years of inadequate investment has left Australia facing a shortfall of 433,000 social housing dwellings. " https://t.co/5HKthMcARH via @ConversationEDU | 28 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1623427509567238144 | Due to mismatch in the spike re vaccine & infectious virus, may not stop you being infected, but still seems to protect against severe disease. Haven't had COVID or a vaccine dose in the past six months? Consider getting a booster https://t.co/XUngdYyiRc via @ConversationEDU | 309 |
1623426578641485824 | Women have been leaders in microbiology & immunology through my career. The marriage ban re State & Federal PS jobs was appalling. Prejudice, poor pay and the 'urinary leash': naming and claiming Australia's forgotten women scientists https://t.co/w2rrrXZOWZ via @ConversationEDU | 295 |
1623800981959114752 | If the world doesn't get off fossil fuels humanity is in big troube. If it does, fossil fuel industries are in big trouble. Tanya Plibersek killed off Clive Palmer's coal mine. It's an Australian first – but it may never happen again https://t.co/ORVU8yrCQH via @ConversationEDU | 256 |
1623506399958548481 | Haven't had COVID or a vaccine dose in the past six months? Consider getting a booster https://t.co/ycwU755Tv9 via @ConversationEDU | 163 |
1625331448051027968 | The real climate cost of gas must also include CH4 leak from bore holes & well heads, the CO2 from gas fields, the energy for liquefaction etc..The real price of gas: massive Santos pipeline would destroy rare native grasslands https://t.co/wM6XmzITeY via @ConversationEDU | 144 |
1623801528858583041 | So that's why Autralia is a great sporting nation. What other country puts beetroot on sandwiches and hamburgers? Can beetroot really improve athletic performance? https://t.co/w1MmQsKcOS via @ConversationEDU | 116 |
1626339073219768322 | 'Yes, the natural world is falling apart around us. But we do not have to passively accept such collapse. We can stop at least some of these losses.' We found 29 threatened species are back from the brink in Australia. Here's how https://t.co/UtVtISzT70 via @ConversationEDU | 109 |
1623500797861576704 | camp cope have been leaders at a critical juncture for gender equality in the australian music industry. their legacy is an industry on notice, an army of empowered young fans & the promise that maybe, someday soon, it will be different https://t.co/dOBLWMy2I9 @ConversationEDU | 95 |
1626098098903842818 | "By our reckoning, 25 years of inadequate investment has left Australia facing a shortfall of 433,000 social housing dwellings. " https://t.co/5HKthMcARH via @ConversationEDU | 89 |
1625329715434389506 | Seems obvious & with so many bureaucratic 'silos' involved, that Voice is likely suppressed & ignored if it's not widely heard. Our research has shown Indigenous peoples' needs cannot be understood and met, without Indigenous voices https://t.co/IeaZcWhxVI via @ConversationEDU | 81 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#auspol | 106 |
#chatgpt | 24 |
#ausecon | 24 |
#uq | 14 |
#ai | 14 |
#privacy | 13 |
#voicetoparliament | 12 |
#climateaction | 11 |
#nzpol | 11 |
#voice | 9 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@conversationedu | 3626 |
@profpcdoherty | 197 |
@michellegrattan | 135 |
@globalbiosec | 77 |
@sydney_uni | 62 |
@doctorahmad75 | 55 |
@unimelb | 53 |
@dfisman | 49 |
@unsw | 42 |
@crabbbrendan | 38 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
14
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
🤣 | 31 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
🦠 | 27 | microbe |
🐍 | 18 | snake |
👇 | 13 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
❤️ | 12 | red_heart |
👏 | 12 | clapping_hands |
🤡 | 12 | clown_face |
😂 | 11 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
😊 | 11 | smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes |
🙄 | 11 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 217 |
People & Body | 113 |
Animals & Nature | 63 |
Objects | 54 |
Symbols | 26 |
Travel & Places | 21 |
Food & Drink | 12 |
Activities | 10 |
Flags | 9 |