Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @joshspero
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
203
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
10 years
Summarization
Twitter users discuss the issue of historical responsibility for slavery and express frustration and gratitude towards donations for causes. The topic of art and its relation to personal ownership is also mentioned in one tweet. There are also some humorous and lighthearted comments.
Topic Modeling
- Historical responsibility and reparations for slavery
- Gratitude and appreciation for donations and support
- Criticism and awareness of systems of oppression and privilege
- Culture and art, particularly related to Black artists from the American South
- Humorous and casual conversation
Emotional Analysis
The tweets cover a range of emotions. The first tweet expresses frustration and exhaustion at being blamed for historical events such as slavery. The second tweet responds with a call for restitution. The third and fourth tweets express gratitude and appreciation towards individuals who have supported charitable causes. The fifth tweet seeks to question the privilege and oppression that the writer may benefit from. The next few tweets express gratitude and thanks to those who donated to charitable causes. A few tweets are humorous in tone, making pop culture references.
Trend Analysis
- Reaction to being blamed for historical events, specifically slavery
- Gratitude for donations and support for various causes and organizations
- Discussion and reviews of art and exhibitions
- Humorous comments and banter
- Reference to popular culture, specifically music and TV shows
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
36
Percentage of total tweets
17%
Number of Original tweets
3
Percentage of total tweets
1%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
203
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
164
Percentage of total tweets
80%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
8
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
4
Percentage of total tweets
1%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter for iPhone | 81 |
Twitter for Android | 62 |
Twitter Web App | 46 |
Twitter for iPad | 14 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
kimseverson | Kim Severson | Food correspondent for @nytimes. Body in the South, head in NYC, heart in SF. #pulitzer https://t.co/Y7G1zc51q6 https://t.co/stvB9U945f | 104,704 |
wallaceme | Mark Wallace | Chief Executive of @TotalPolitics Group. Writer, broadcaster and media CEO. Columnist for @theipaper. | 66,967 |
rcolvile | Robert Colvile | Director of @CPSThinkTank, EIC of @CapX, columnist on @thesundaytimes, author of 'The Great Acceleration'. Politics, policy and parenting. | 45,269 |
ainajkhan | Aina J. Khan | Journalist, currently: @nbcnews. Knaffeh and mango reviewer. π₯π§πΌPrev: @nytimes @guardian. RT do not = endorsement. | 29,753 |
joshspero | Josh Spero | Associate arts editor @FT. Author, Second-Hand Stories. Formerly: opinion ed, @NikkeiAsia; transport, FT; trustee, @oxhse; art critic, Tatler. He/him. | 17,205 |
nfmusic | Neil Fisher πΊπ¦ | Deputy arts editor and reviews editor, The Times. Also reformed bad boy of ballet | 16,482 |
samgadjones | Sam Gad Jones | @FT journalist inπ¨ππ¦πΉ. Formerly FT investigations, @UCLSSEES & FT defence & security editor. Also @LSEhistory alum. | 15,760 |
benwritesthings | Ben Miller | Generations Ahead of Yesterday. Writer & historian, co-auth BAD GAYS: A HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY @badgayspod, PhD @fu_berlin, lover of @noisybits, board @GayMuseum | 15,645 |
katbrown | Kat Brown | Busy mum to one gorgeous dog & two bloody awful cats. Freelance journalist, writer & editor ππ#NoOneTalksAboutThisStuff coming soon. She/her #ADHD | 14,836 |
emmavj | emma jacobs | London-based features journalist, Financial Times. illustration Β© Vincent Kilbride | 14,717 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
ainajkhan | Aina J. Khan | Journalist, currently: @nbcnews. Knaffeh and mango reviewer. π₯π§πΌPrev: @nytimes @guardian. RT do not = endorsement. | 9,729 |
antonyslumbers | Antony Slumbers | Creator of β#SpaceAsAService: The Trillion Dollar Hashtagβ course. Sign up at https://t.co/dwmVcdF4uS - writer, speaker, advisor. | 7,990 |
willjennings80 | Will Jennings | Freelance writer, artist, editor, curator Editor of @recessedspace Director of @hyphastudios Teaching at @BartlettArchUCL & @UniofGreenwich | 7,584 |
KevinWNg | Kevin Ng | @SchmidtFellows postdoc in @Victora_Lab | B cells, vaccines, and cancer | π³οΈβπ He/him @kevinng@mstdn.science | 6,457 |
axelk | Alex Micu | Photographer and half of Pal branding studio. As seen in @_thecheesemag, @pitmagazineuk, @terraceedition https://t.co/VzQKATc89z | 5,867 |
TomSeymour | Tom Seymour | Why, but there's many a man hath more hair than wit. Museums Editor @TheArtNewspaper. Associate Lecturer @UAL. Representation @unitedagents. All views own. | 5,807 |
IvorGCampbell | Ivor Campbell | By day I run a Medical Technology Headhunting business by night I own a dog, ride a bike, play water polo and climb hills. Tweets personal but l'Γ©tat, c'est moi | 5,004 |
treesey | teresa smith | journalist/filmmaker | 4,988 |
pstewartgallery | Paul Stewart Gallery. | Parisian gallery Est 2012 : Drawing, painting, photo and sculpture ~ International artists ~ Multiples languageβs gallery site. ππΌ | 4,917 |
leighblue | Leigh Caldwell | Cognitive-behavioural economist. Mathematician. Author of The Psychology of Price, partner at @beirrational. Optimistic about humanity. π₯° @ThisIsPasha. he/him | 4,659 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
GeoffreyRainbo | Human Rights Defender. LGBTIQ refugees' Activist. executive director @prolgbtiqkenya #AllLivesMatter #Equality #Freedom #HumanRights #Dignity π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ | 9 |
AyanleAhmed1 | - | 7 |
DIDDLYONE | Former Whitehall Civil Servant. | 6 |
AkselToll | At the crossroads of 20th century musicology and rampant homosexuality. Dispensary of musical opinion. Occasional knitting. han/han/hannes | 4 |
PlainLincoln | An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur? The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters. | 4 |
TomSeymour | Why, but there's many a man hath more hair than wit. Museums Editor @TheArtNewspaper. Associate Lecturer @UAL. Representation @unitedagents. All views own. | 4 |
joshspero | Associate arts editor @FT. Author, Second-Hand Stories. Formerly: opinion ed, @NikkeiAsia; transport, FT; trustee, @oxhse; art critic, Tatler. He/him. | 4 |
_paullay | Senior Editor, Engelsberg Ideas. Author of Providence Lost. Podcast: 1666 and All That. Trustee, The Cromwell Museum. Amused sceptic. | 3 |
byzantinologue | Current show: "After Utopia: The Birds", at Sadberk Hanim Museum. Co-editor @perambulati0n. Curating contemporary art/writing on time, aesthetics & archaeology. | 3 |
davidchild | Usually dreaming of a beach somewhere. | 3 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1638948666823024664 | βTo make art was to own oneself.β My @ftweekend review of Black Artists from the American South @royalacademy, a powerful tradition of reclamation, redemption & survival. @SoulsGrownDeep @edelassanti @Cafeoto @lonnieholley @joshspero #RASoulsGrownDeep https://t.co/B0RxeiKGkX | 4 |
1640108304104841218 | @bangtan_library, @joshspero and so many I can't list right now. You have made us speechless for the donations you have donated at our difficult times. I can't thank you enough. May the Almighty God bless abundantly ππ https://t.co/yu7rV9S1M8 | 3 |
1639778566102712320 | @joshspero @GeoffreyRainbo ππ https://t.co/RQrYF7G1PI | 3 |
1641090151160979456 | @garyyounge @joshspero I am so utterly sick of being blamed for slavery and other things that happened long, long before I was born. It's history. History happened. None of it is either our pride or our fault. | 2 |
1641134116715241472 | @susanhillwriter @garyyounge @joshspero I was pretty sick to think my taxes paid off the slave owners. | 1 |
1638563762817974274 | @joshspero Look, give us a break. At least we stopped calling them Google Documents. | 1 |
1639753867062591495 | @joshspero There used to be a place in London called Cynthiaβs Robot Bar. She made cocktails. They were terrible! https://t.co/a3Xx9cRDAn | 1 |
1638154449506926592 | @joshspero There was an installation at last year's Only Connect (the main festival of the Norwegian Society for Contemporary Music) which featured cod mating sounds played from a wooden rowing boat, with an Italian singer (in a golden shroud) singing funeral laments. It was great. | 1 |
1640108666140385284 | I know you might have a lot of choices when it comes to donating, and we are so grateful that you chose to donate to our cause βΊοΈ. @joshspero, @bangtan_library Thank you once again | 1 |
1639563537671495682 | @joshspero It's worse unpacking. Why do I have all this stuff?! | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1641090151160979456 | @garyyounge @joshspero I am so utterly sick of being blamed for slavery and other things that happened long, long before I was born. It's history. History happened. None of it is either our pride or our fault. | 71 |
1641092784009498626 | @susanhillwriter @garyyounge @joshspero Then you wonβt mind if the profits of all that slavery are given back | 23 |
1641134116715241472 | @susanhillwriter @garyyounge @joshspero I was pretty sick to think my taxes paid off the slave owners. | 22 |
1639743516640178176 | @joshspero @GeoffreyRainbo Hi Josh! π I'm thankful to you every month! If my thread helps our famous #BTSARMY live up to its reputation, and Geoff to do his important work, it's the best use ever of this platform for the arts! | 22 |
1639279386334470149 | @joshspero Thank you so much for sharing and being there for us. As well everyone that has supported our safe house from day one. God bless you all | 13 |
1641331112000495618 | @susanhillwriter @garyyounge @joshspero Would it not have been quicker to tweet: "I can't read"? | 12 |
1640108304104841218 | @bangtan_library, @joshspero and so many I can't list right now. You have made us speechless for the donations you have donated at our difficult times. I can't thank you enough. May the Almighty God bless abundantly ππ https://t.co/yu7rV9S1M8 | 11 |
1639778566102712320 | @joshspero @GeoffreyRainbo ππ https://t.co/RQrYF7G1PI | 11 |
1641180756700692481 | @susanhillwriter @garyyounge @joshspero Hi Susan, im sure you are sick of being blamed (are people approaching and blaming you personally?). Are you also sick of the systems of oppression that you benefit from, as well? | 10 |
1641145721112887302 | @susanhillwriter @garyyounge @joshspero https://t.co/B4ErpAwyA1 | 8 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#btsarmy | 2 |
#rasoulsgrowndeep | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@joshspero | 203 |
@garyyounge | 50 |
@susanhillwriter | 49 |
@n_thanki | 28 |
@geoffreyrainbo | 10 |
@diddlyone | 8 |
@bangtan_library | 7 |
@wallaceme | 6 |
@ayanleahmed1 | 5 |
@rcolvile | 5 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
28
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
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π | 12 | purple_heart |
π | 7 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
π | 5 | folded_hands |
βΊοΈ | 4 | smiling_face |
π | 3 | eyes |
π | 3 | loudly_crying_face |
π³οΈββ§οΈ | 2 | transgender_flag |
π€ | 2 | thinking_face |
π« | 2 | tired_face |
π€€ | 1 | drooling_face |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 36 |
People & Body | 15 |
Flags | 3 |
Travel & Places | 2 |
Animals & Nature | 1 |
Objects | 1 |