Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @MetService
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
618
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-17
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-26
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
The tweets cover a variety of topics related to New Zealand, including the trajectory of the International Space Station over the South and North Islands, a geomagnetic storm that could result in visible aurora activity, severe weather warnings for Dunedin, coastal ocean measurements, and personal messages exchanged between users.
Topic Modeling
- Astronomy and space enthusiasts discussing satellite passes and aurora sightings
- Weather updates and warnings for different regions of New Zealand
- Natural occurrences and phenomena, such as storms, earthquakes, and unusual cloud formations
- Fishing and tracking changes in coastal waters, particularly in relation to climate change
- Social interaction and greeting between users, particularly those who identify as part of the #BrasCassés community.
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions including excitement, awe, concern, and farewell. Some tweets express excitement about the passing of the International Space Station, the Aurora Australis, and the upcoming weather forecast. Awe is expressed about natural phenomena like the NorWest arch and unique cloud formations. Concern is highlighted about the strong winds and heavy rainfall forecasted in Dunedin. Finally, a farewell is expressed to a former colleague, acknowledging the good times had working together.
Trend Analysis
- Space Station passes over New Zealand
- Weather updates and warnings from the MetService
- Aurora Australis sightings and excitement
- Coastal monitoring and fishing industry collaboration with scientists
- Social media engagement and communication among New Zealanders
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
114
Percentage of total tweets
18%
Number of Original tweets
34
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
618
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
468
Percentage of total tweets
75%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
4
Percentage of total tweets
0%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
138
Percentage of total tweets
22%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter for Android | 239 |
Twitter for iPhone | 154 |
Twitter Web App | 147 |
Twitter for iPad | 59 |
TweetDeck | 16 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
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 | 197,096 |
CopernicusEU | Copernicus EU | The Earth Observation component of the EU Space Programme | 117,464 |
WeatherWatchNZ | WeatherWatch.co.nz | #NewZealand's most popular private forecaster. We sell the world's most accurate weather data. Proudly 100% NZ owned. @IBM business partner. @CNN affiliate. | 52,552 |
ISSAboveYou | ISS Above | ISS Above is a device that lights up whenever the International Space Station is nearby (happens more than you think). Plus live HD views of the earth | 30,896 |
five15design | Paul Le Comte | Caffeinated Hypermediated Leftist Designer/Photographer. Sad devotion to typefaces, Everton, & UK Indie music. https://t.co/Wup13i6foj | 11,797 |
mauricedaman | Maurice Affleck 😎 | Retired, 3 x grandkids. anti Trump #resistance #FBR #NewZealand | 11,549 |
CoquetteEric | NINIE-du HAINAUT (Nicole) | retraitée de la fonction publique aime communiquer - sans complexe - | 9,329 |
Snugbucket | (Parody) Snugbucket | In case of Twitter's catastrophic failure, try this https://t.co/MOhYAR66k4 Geeky stuff, All Blacks, music, nice cars. | 7,716 |
papounay2000 | papounay © ★ φ 𝕮𝖗𝖊́𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖊́ 🆙#LOSC | Tant que nos dirigeants politiques vivront dans les fastes d'une monarchie, prétendument révolue,nous ne serons pas entendus ++ @papounay_ #𝔇avid𝔅owie ⚡️★ | 6,271 |
JackyNinjakitty | NinjaKitty🥷🐈⬛🇯🇵🇳🇿💮🦄🏳️⚧️🍅✊ | SecretSantaNZ Elf.JapaKiwi. Mindlord.Motorsports. Photography | 5,701 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
mauricedaman | Maurice Affleck 😎 | Retired, 3 x grandkids. anti Trump #resistance #FBR #NewZealand | 12,572 |
five15design | Paul Le Comte | Caffeinated Hypermediated Leftist Designer/Photographer. Sad devotion to typefaces, Everton, & UK Indie music. https://t.co/Wup13i6foj | 12,392 |
Snugbucket | (Parody) Snugbucket | In case of Twitter's catastrophic failure, try this https://t.co/MOhYAR66k4 Geeky stuff, All Blacks, music, nice cars. | 8,492 |
WeatherWatchNZ | WeatherWatch.co.nz | #NewZealand's most popular private forecaster. We sell the world's most accurate weather data. Proudly 100% NZ owned. @IBM business partner. @CNN affiliate. | 7,191 |
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 | 5,761 |
JackyNinjakitty | NinjaKitty🥷🐈⬛🇯🇵🇳🇿💮🦄🏳️⚧️🍅✊ | SecretSantaNZ Elf.JapaKiwi. Mindlord.Motorsports. Photography | 5,651 |
waynemcdougall | Wayne McDougall 🐀 | @wayne@mastodon.nz - New Zealand Christian male living in Auckland married to a wonderful gal with 3 children. b.322ppm. I am getting worse at chess. | 5,009 |
F4FA18EFlover89 | ☈yan Rhino Nguyen🇺🇸RVN | Aviation/sports/weather/gaming/truck/car/music/defense/geopolitics enthusiast and news junkie. Emerald Coast native. Vietnamese-American Republican. | 4,950 |
FUNNAGAN | BRIAN FUNNAGAN | - | 4,931 |
papounay2000 | papounay © ★ φ 𝕮𝖗𝖊́𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖊́ 🆙#LOSC | Tant que nos dirigeants politiques vivront dans les fastes d'une monarchie, prétendument révolue,nous ne serons pas entendus ++ @papounay_ #𝔇avid𝔅owie ⚡️★ | 4,833 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
papounay2000 | Tant que nos dirigeants politiques vivront dans les fastes d'une monarchie, prétendument révolue,nous ne serons pas entendus ++ @papounay_ #𝔇avid𝔅owie ⚡️★ | 82 |
BruceWayne055 | Pas toujours sérieux !! Et alors ??? 😜 | 73 |
FrederickPonsot | Rock Musique Sports | 69 |
stephan_199 | - | 50 |
felix_hubert | ANTI MACRON-ANTI FN -ANTI LR- | 44 |
CapriceEnVie | La difference entre le possible et l'impossible c'est la détermination Gandhi #piloupilou | 26 |
ADupuydedome | - | 25 |
five15design | Caffeinated Hypermediated Leftist Designer/Photographer. Sad devotion to typefaces, Everton, & UK Indie music. https://t.co/Wup13i6foj | 23 |
Linny2288 | - | 16 |
champ_sur | Çà et là | 14 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1636960396807667713 | Kia Ora Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿. Check out this @Space_Station pass starting over an initially cloudy Te Waipounamu / South Island and then across Te Ika-a-Māui / North Island including a view of @Wellington_NZ Mar 18, 2023 - 2:41pm NZDT @MetService https://t.co/ibvBwrAdiJ | 49 |
1639796361301458949 | Kia Ora Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿. This @Space_Station pass over a partly cloudy view of Te Waipounamu / South Island and then over to Te Ika-a-Māui / North Island. Mar 26, 2023 11:32am NZDT @MetService https://t.co/gD5RPTcKzp | 23 |
1637709399807631360 | Kia Ora Ōtepoti #Dunedin. NorWest (foehn) arch. That’s a helluva sky before the storm. Be safe everyone. @MetService @StormHour https://t.co/8VBNcREb4U | 11 |
1636961099399700486 | @Space_Station @Wellington_NZ @MetService The pass track over Aotearoa New Zealand. https://t.co/2CtvuyRUbh | 7 |
1639115164867002368 | We know the oceans are warming, but we have fewer measurements in coastal waters where most fisheries and aquaculture operate. 🎣 Now the fishing industry is helping scientists to track the changes, write @juliejakoboski + colleagues (@MetService). https://t.co/D651CBf53e | 4 |
1639129214027984896 | @MetService Oh & BTW this is NOT A DRILL This is run around the lounge like an idiot arms in the air over excited! The last Kp8 this big was the famous St Patrick's Day aurora of 2015. If conditions hold this is going to be WAY bigger than 3 weeks ago when this happened (kp7) https://t.co/c71iDC7ahL | 4 |
1637859024677789706 | @FrederickPonsot @BruceWayne055 @stephan_199 @s_schaws @felix_hubert @papounay2000 @champ_sur @CoquetteEric @CapriceEnVie @colettechoplin3 @Fourbe_Platrier @JirosLaurent @Wato_Logy @chaussisfamily @bigoudilafafa @SylvieDLcroiSTJ @FloFondacci @Papounay_ @chifourmie @RobinMaster28 @Comte2Midi6 @pad62200 @BrascassesG @sophielafee7 @Kingkong8042 @jean_tabotta @TabottaMarc @GG10525823 @Marco44068075 @TabottaJean @Marco76345594 @Runneraddict59 @Mouettemoqueuse @LdOptimistes @arthurdu63 @thekillers @capriceen @nzherald @MetService @NewshubNZ @free Hello les #BrasCassés Bonne soirée et en partage ce candidat https://t.co/MB7wbeNzcF | 3 |
1639495409755209729 | @ADupuydedome @felix_hubert @colettechoplin3 @s_schaws @CapriceEnVie @stephan_199 @papounay2000 @FrederickPonsot @champ_sur @CoquetteEric @Fourbe_Platrier @JirosLaurent @Wato_Logy @chaussisfamily @bigoudilafafa @SylvieDLcroiSTJ @FloFondacci @Papounay_ @chifourmie @RobinMaster28 @Comte2Midi6 @pad62200 @BrascassesG @sophielafee7 @Kingkong8042 @jean_tabotta @TabottaMarc @GG10525823 @Marco44068075 @TabottaJean @Marco76345594 @Runneraddict59 @Mouettemoqueuse @LdOptimistes @arthurdu63 @thekillers @capriceen @nzherald @MetService @NewshubNZ @free Salut les #BrasCassés, bon samedi à tous et #OnLacheRien 🆗️!! 👍😁 https://t.co/zAXF7VZ34h | 3 |
1639127661082742784 | OH MY DAYS! KP8 GEOMAGNETIC STORM LEVEL 4. The last KP8 the Aurora was clearly visible to the naked eye on the south looking beaches of Auckland! People of New Zealand, are you ready for this, the #Aurora Australis is going OFF!!! @MetService blow the clouds away pls. https://t.co/arh08t68y0 https://t.co/zSJ2OeCAEj | 3 |
1639953877209415680 | @s_schaws @BruceWayne055 @ADupuydedome @papounay2000 @FrederickPonsot @stephan_199 @colettechoplin3 @CapriceEnVie @champ_sur @CoquetteEric @Fourbe_Platrier @JirosLaurent @Wato_Logy @chaussisfamily @bigoudilafafa @SylvieDLcroiSTJ @FloFondacci @Papounay_ @chifourmie @RobinMaster28 @Comte2Midi6 @pad62200 @BrascassesG @sophielafee7 @Kingkong8042 @jean_tabotta @TabottaMarc @GG10525823 @Marco44068075 @TabottaJean @Marco76345594 @Runneraddict59 @Mouettemoqueuse @LdOptimistes @arthurdu63 @thekillers @capriceen @nzherald @MetService @NewshubNZ @free Attention double effets 🤷🏽♂️🤪 https://t.co/yqspvLtmKA | 2 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1636960396807667713 | Kia Ora Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿. Check out this @Space_Station pass starting over an initially cloudy Te Waipounamu / South Island and then across Te Ika-a-Māui / North Island including a view of @Wellington_NZ Mar 18, 2023 - 2:41pm NZDT @MetService https://t.co/ibvBwrAdiJ | 273 |
1639796361301458949 | Kia Ora Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿. This @Space_Station pass over a partly cloudy view of Te Waipounamu / South Island and then over to Te Ika-a-Māui / North Island. Mar 26, 2023 11:32am NZDT @MetService https://t.co/gD5RPTcKzp | 182 |
1637709399807631360 | Kia Ora Ōtepoti #Dunedin. NorWest (foehn) arch. That’s a helluva sky before the storm. Be safe everyone. @MetService @StormHour https://t.co/8VBNcREb4U | 101 |
1639129214027984896 | @MetService Oh & BTW this is NOT A DRILL This is run around the lounge like an idiot arms in the air over excited! The last Kp8 this big was the famous St Patrick's Day aurora of 2015. If conditions hold this is going to be WAY bigger than 3 weeks ago when this happened (kp7) https://t.co/c71iDC7ahL | 47 |
1636961099399700486 | @Space_Station @Wellington_NZ @MetService The pass track over Aotearoa New Zealand. https://t.co/2CtvuyRUbh | 34 |
1639127661082742784 | OH MY DAYS! KP8 GEOMAGNETIC STORM LEVEL 4. The last KP8 the Aurora was clearly visible to the naked eye on the south looking beaches of Auckland! People of New Zealand, are you ready for this, the #Aurora Australis is going OFF!!! @MetService blow the clouds away pls. https://t.co/arh08t68y0 https://t.co/zSJ2OeCAEj | 30 |
1639796720736550912 | @Space_Station @MetService The pass track over Aotearoa New Zeland https://t.co/BYXwHLrySd | 25 |
1637904576023261186 | The wind has picked up. 120km winds lashing Otago Peninsula - even more sustained & powerful at the end of the peninsula at the Albatross colony. #Dunedin #Storm @MetService @NiwaWeather @WeatherWatchNZ https://t.co/RPZ5OwrhjG | 23 |
1638072618912989185 | Wow 🤩 seen in Tauranga this evening, what kind of clouds are these? @WeatherWatchNZ @niwa_nz @MetService https://t.co/wHiiOhELqQ | 20 |
1639192827669405697 | @TheSewphist @five15design @MetService @SkyeAuroras Princess Bay - iPhone 12 unedited using my car door as a tripod. It’s my first Aurora sighting at 51 & Mum’s at 91 . I reckon find a dark spot near you and between you & R you’ll see it on a camera https://t.co/VmYZUDUilv | 10 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#brascassés | 110 |
#onlacherien | 26 |
#brascasses | 7 |
#prenezsoindevous | 5 |
#aurora | 4 |
#brascassės | 3 |
#onlâcherien | 3 |
#storm | 3 |
#dunedin | 3 |
#cyclonegabrielle | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@metservice | 620 |
@fourbe_platrier | 405 |
@wato_logy | 405 |
@chaussisfamily | 405 |
@bigoudilafafa | 405 |
@sylviedlcroistj | 405 |
@flofondacci | 405 |
@papounay_ | 405 |
@chifourmie | 405 |
@robinmaster28 | 405 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
122
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
👍 | 116 | thumbs_up |
😁 | 85 | beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes |
🤗 | 77 | smiling_face_with_open_hands |
😘 | 62 | face_blowing_a_kiss |
😎 | 50 | smiling_face_with_sunglasses |
🤣 | 31 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
🤙 | 30 | call_me_hand |
👍🏽 | 30 | thumbs_up_medium_skin_tone |
😂 | 29 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
🤟 | 28 | love-you_gesture |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 405 |
People & Body | 264 |
Travel & Places | 33 |
Symbols | 25 |
Animals & Nature | 18 |
Flags | 5 |
Activities | 4 |
Objects | 2 |
Food & Drink | 1 |