Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @mailandguardian
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
736
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
234
Percentage of total tweets
31%
Number of Original tweets
46
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
736
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
434
Percentage of total tweets
58%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
43
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
146
Percentage of total tweets
19%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 322 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 247 |
| Twitter Web App | 145 |
| Twitter for iPad | 14 |
| Twitter for Mac | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| mailandguardian | Mail & Guardian | News, comment and analysis from Africa's best read. | 1,156,783 |
| ProfJNMoyo | Prof Jonathan Moyo | #Zimbabwe's former Minister of Higher & Tertiary Education, Science & Technology Development. #Democracy requires politics to lead the gun! | 919,372 |
| MightiJamie | Africa Research Desk 📚📁 | LEGAL AND POLICY RESEARCHER. ANALYST. COMMENTATOR. AFRICA RESEARCH CENTRE. LLB WITS. PDBA WITS. LLM STUDENT. | 100,914 |
| crakeras | Adam Craker | Thinker, leader & entrepreneur. Consultant & CEO. Cyclist, watersports & family man. Traveller, handyman, petrolhead. Proponent of https://t.co/aHgr4Ch30D & https://t.co/mxP2K8rIzX | 89,417 |
| WildAidAfrica | WildAid Africa | WildAid Africa campaigns for the protection of wildlife in Uganda, Tanzania, Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Mozambique | 75,314 |
| mthombothi | Barney Mthombothi | Former Editor, Financial Mail | 53,144 |
| DMRE_ZA | Department of Mineral Resources and Energy | Dept of Mineral Resources and Energy, Republic of South Africa. | 46,507 |
| GodPenuel | Penuel The Black Pen | Vodcaster | God of Penuelists | 38,184 |
| FraudWatchZA | IRS Forensic Investigations | Comments on Financial & Organised Crime in Africa. Appearance of tweet/link/retweet not necessarily opinion nor endorsement by IRS. Acc managed by Chad Thomas | 28,897 |
| IllicitFlows | Global Financial Integrity | We are a think tank providing analysis, ideas and solutions to the problems of illicit financial flows, trade misinvoicing and transnational crime. | 28,670 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| WildAidAfrica | WildAid Africa | WildAid Africa campaigns for the protection of wildlife in Uganda, Tanzania, Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Mozambique | 46,316 |
| IllicitFlows | Global Financial Integrity | We are a think tank providing analysis, ideas and solutions to the problems of illicit financial flows, trade misinvoicing and transnational crime. | 8,460 |
| MightiJamie | Africa Research Desk 📚📁 | LEGAL AND POLICY RESEARCHER. ANALYST. COMMENTATOR. AFRICA RESEARCH CENTRE. LLB WITS. PDBA WITS. LLM STUDENT. | 8,440 |
| Mara_Mbokodi | TheeGreat Kwedini 🇿🇦 | Revolutionary Ground Force for radical change in RSA🇿🇦 |Black Marginalised Poor Landless Soul |BlackLivesMatter✊|Pan-Africanist ❤🖤💚 |Black Conscious🖤 | 7,591 |
| NhlakaTooCrazy | R͟|𝗗🅳︎𝐼C̑̈K̶ T͟ᖇẰᗪ𝗘𝕾 | 50% idk🤷🏽♂️, 50% idc🤷🏽♂️ 🇿🇦#PutSouthAfricansFirst🇿🇦 🚀Megacy4Eva🕊 ⚽️OrlandoPirates ☠️ | 7,146 |
| FraudWatchZA | IRS Forensic Investigations | Comments on Financial & Organised Crime in Africa. Appearance of tweet/link/retweet not necessarily opinion nor endorsement by IRS. Acc managed by Chad Thomas | 7,005 |
| NdumisoTseeke | Ndumiso Mfene 🤓🇿🇦🇺🇲🇬🇧😎 | If you can win complete mastery over self, you will easily master all else. To triumph over self is the perfect victory. - Thomas A. Kempis | 6,760 |
| JabzaMj | jabza_mj | Do not limit yaself👉I follow back❤.content create, #Travel🌍, Business// https://t.co/Ya7VAN21TS // https://t.co/1UkJAYRQRE | 6,028 |
| JUDGEJUSTIN777 | judge and jury | SEEKING EQUAL JUSTICE for the SA minority! fear God not man! reject the ANC corrupt and Racist! defender of rights for the elderly⚖️ 7th son of the 7th son✝️ | 5,672 |
| masotobe39 | Concerned Citizen....🇿🇦💫👑 | #PutSouthAfricansFirst🇿🇦. God the Omnipresent...Former Correctional Officer...Business woman | 5,580 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| Alima1000 | - | 78 |
| Tildy992 | Researcher, Film Scriptwriter, Political Commentator and a Bookworm | 13 |
| Jabulan52750247 | Son of the soul | 11 |
| vryf | Programmeerder | 11 |
| vindicator7575 | Author - "Inside the Belly of the Beast" The True Bosasa Story a Best-Seller and "Surviving The Beast" How State Capture failed and how they tried to kill me. | 9 |
| lizTandwa | Uluvo lolwam | 8 |
| mzu_ii | - | 7 |
| PaddyHarper1 | Storyteller. My tweet is my tweet | 7 |
| Johan111333 | Agnostic. Do not believe in Religion | 7 |
| messy_dj | - | 6 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1640076057859571716 | South Africa 🇿🇦 has an immigration crisis‼️ There's an influx of immigrants in S.A illegally & legally doing illegal things. @UN @UNinSouthAfrica @hrw @UNHumanRights @Our_DA @afriforum @Radio702 @SAfmnews @IOL @City_Press @mailandguardian @BusinessInsider @mailandguardian @cnni https://t.co/zq1cuoKbO3 | 31 |
| 1638487436996034560 | Mbalula: It is a flop! #NationalShutdown @mailandguardian https://t.co/mpZId44MNi | 12 |
| 1641431192028213252 | The narrative is South Africans 🇿🇦 are #Xenophobia S.A making huge losses from counterfeits by immigrants. @hrw @UNHumanRights @DailyMailUK @IrishTimesWorld @USEmbassySA @afriforum @Our_DA @Action4SA @OnsBaizaNie @mailandguardian @Moneyweb @BusinessInsider @aron_hyman @Abramjee https://t.co/9cy5iw90yK | 10 |
| 1640256127555325952 | What are you reading today? Read @nas009’s latest article in @mailandguardian where she talks about her latest Feminist Scholar Award from @Purposeful_org & the unresponsive funding ecosystem that many Black artivists & feminists have to contend with. https://t.co/JsTwOFNXio https://t.co/k3wE88rlsV | 7 |
| 1641481107307917312 | "As US Vice President Harris arrives in Zambia, here is what lies ahead" By @ssishuwa @mailandguardian https://t.co/1PS3XdHuQU | 5 |
| 1639231890958831618 | @mailandguardian Stop supporting businesses that fund the ANC. Which businesses are those??? I don't know. The courts refuse to unseal Cyril's bank statements. | 5 |
| 1639387959437713409 | Keely Shinners, editor of ArtThrob, will join us this Wednesday online! Their work has appeared in @ElectricLit, @FlypaperLit,@mailandguardian, Mask Magazine, @fullstopmag,@Safundi, @JBRJournal, Curious, @TheSunMagazine, & @peachmgzn. https://t.co/QlXKXNapp4 | 5 |
| 1639550865596973058 | In this week’s issue of M&G Friday - the age of Artificial Intelligence takes over. Nigeria’s Malik Afegbua reimagines runway reality with his ‘Elder Series’. Get the latest @mailandguardian to read more! #FridayIsAFeeling #MailAndGuardian https://t.co/9H9Pwwl2hL | 5 |
| 1639627951624028160 | @VisitConHill we are debating on, if a political party should have all the power alone or the power should be distributed between the other components of democracy. @dailymaverick @mailandguardian @un #SeizeThePower #standup4humanRights #WeThePeopleSA https://t.co/6o9i9PXWKf | 4 |
| 1638494209026973696 | Mbalula says the ANC is not shocked by the departure of anarchists, some of which are prominent members of SANCO. He says it was never the position of the ANC that it will rule until Jesus comes but rather former president Jacob Zuma's own position @mailandguardian | 4 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1639231890958831618 | @mailandguardian Stop supporting businesses that fund the ANC. Which businesses are those??? I don't know. The courts refuse to unseal Cyril's bank statements. | 52 |
| 1640076057859571716 | South Africa 🇿🇦 has an immigration crisis‼️ There's an influx of immigrants in S.A illegally & legally doing illegal things. @UN @UNinSouthAfrica @hrw @UNHumanRights @Our_DA @afriforum @Radio702 @SAfmnews @IOL @City_Press @mailandguardian @BusinessInsider @mailandguardian @cnni https://t.co/zq1cuoKbO3 | 49 |
| 1638487436996034560 | Mbalula: It is a flop! #NationalShutdown @mailandguardian https://t.co/mpZId44MNi | 45 |
| 1639179179647455234 | @mailandguardian Why would you investigate the cartel you are part of ? Come on guys, one must be a fool to do that. | 23 |
| 1639165956575436801 | @mailandguardian Shows all ANC parliament members benefit some or other way. | 18 |
| 1639179221707767808 | @mailandguardian The ANC does not need an investigation into corruption. They obviously know what is happening and don’t want damning evidence brought to the public domain. The same as with state capture in the ZUMA days. Same story different actors 😢 | 18 |
| 1640339169187622913 | Has @mailandguardian said anything about Dr Nandipha Magudumana and the Top 200 Young South Africans award. She was part of the 2018 winners? She has habouring a violent criminal who terrorized people! | 18 |
| 1639550865596973058 | In this week’s issue of M&G Friday - the age of Artificial Intelligence takes over. Nigeria’s Malik Afegbua reimagines runway reality with his ‘Elder Series’. Get the latest @mailandguardian to read more! #FridayIsAFeeling #MailAndGuardian https://t.co/9H9Pwwl2hL | 17 |
| 1641481107307917312 | "As US Vice President Harris arrives in Zambia, here is what lies ahead" By @ssishuwa @mailandguardian https://t.co/1PS3XdHuQU | 14 |
| 1638625851557416960 | @eNCA @SABCNews @Newzroom405 @ewnupdates @IOL @News24 @mailandguardian @dailymaverick @drnathimdladla @ProfTimNoakes @SahariIvsa @Our_DA I hope the truth reaches the #MSM and @SAHPRA1 because we know they to are complicit in this matter! #StopTheShots https://t.co/VUW3qF7WRm | 14 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #cmscares4u | 78 |
| #medicalschemes | 78 |
| #ramaphosamustgo | 78 |
| #consciousleadership | 6 |
| #southafrica | 6 |
| #xenophobia | 5 |
| #msm | 5 |
| #nationalshutdown | 5 |
| #eskom | 4 |
| #capeindependence | 3 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @mailandguardian | 744 |
| @iol | 106 |
| @corruption_sa | 91 |
| @parliamentofrsa | 80 |
| @bbcnews | 80 |
| @nelsonmandela | 79 |
| @cmscares4u | 78 |
| @alima1000 | 77 |
| @dailymaverick | 52 |
| @sabcnews | 41 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
37
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 👇🏾 | 78 | backhand_index_pointing_down_medium-dark_skin_tone |
| 😂 | 36 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 🤣 | 31 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 🇿🇦 | 9 | South_Africa |
| 💔 | 8 | broken_heart |
| ™ | 7 | trade_mark |
| ⁉️ | 6 | exclamation_question_mark |
| 📣 | 4 | megaphone |
| 🙄 | 4 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
| 😭 | 4 | loudly_crying_face |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 127 |
| People & Body | 101 |
| Symbols | 23 |
| Objects | 12 |
| Flags | 9 |
| Travel & Places | 2 |
| Activities | 1 |