Account Summary
Bio
A not-for-profit, social justice media publication, dedicated to a pro-poor, pro-working class focus | We chase quality, not clicks.
Followers Count
59,464
Friends Count
184
Tweets Count
12,133
List Count
137
Location
Johannesburg, South Africa
Verified
No
Followers Analysis (based on followers sample)
Verified
Number of Verified accounts
406
Percentage of Verified accounts
0.68%
Protected
Number of Protected accounts
5,391
Percentage of Protected accounts
8.97%
Age
Average Age of Twitter accounts
6 years
Bios
Number of users without a Bio
15,005
Number of users with a Bio
45,097
Percentage of users with a Bio
75.03%
Percentage of users without a Bio
24.97%
Worldcloud of Bios
Top 10 followers with the highest follower count
| Username | Followers Count | Friends Count | Tweet Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| JohnCena | 14105690 | 568321 | 7443 |
| News24 | 5377161 | 730 | 427510 |
| NelsonMandela | 1564656 | 27731 | 22462 |
| City_Press | 1509199 | 753 | 204876 |
| TeachForIndia | 1300809 | 1346 | 14127 |
| thapagk | 1246538 | 1253 | 3517 |
| mailandguardian | 1157185 | 530 | 171097 |
| PabiMoloi | 863535 | 1370 | 50906 |
| OtiAdjei | 747918 | 1113 | 111818 |
| Abramjee | 710714 | 20835 | 261543 |
Top 10 followers with the highest following count
| Username | Friends Count | Followers Count | Tweet Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| JohnCena | 568321 | 14105690 | 7443 |
| IamMzilikazi | 375099 | 540100 | 130217 |
| peterndoro | 270020 | 357302 | 12824 |
| jorcervan | 185134 | 237615 | 65961 |
| africaupdates | 154545 | 140504 | 655020 |
| laurentbaheux | 140205 | 247832 | 23175 |
| waluwande | 133000 | 209336 | 120390 |
| DalithSteiger | 111218 | 119370 | 6047 |
| SwissCognitive | 108004 | 151206 | 24999 |
| KOMINERT | 106330 | 223409 | 110427 |
Top 10 followers with the highest tweet count
| Username | Tweets Count | Followers Count | Friends Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| dpiloncita | 1475499 | 28521 | 27462 |
| SupremeBeingNes | 1028563 | 73910 | 66443 |
| Khuze_Elikhulu | 804480 | 7363 | 1238 |
| Mr_AlVil | 778176 | 406 | 158 |
| tigerbeat | 711218 | 10109 | 11122 |
| africaupdates | 655020 | 140504 | 154545 |
| Penxenxe | 653666 | 49981 | 2562 |
| WheelsnToys | 617443 | 6991 | 4972 |
| Petchary | 602796 | 19010 | 20910 |
| IsaakDinensen | 585589 | 3667 | 1294 |
Top 10 followers with the highest listed count
| Username | Listed Count | Friends Count | Followers Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| JohnCena | 31690 | 568321 | 14105690 |
| News24 | 5290 | 730 | 5377161 |
| KatrinaNation | 5227 | 44485 | 177618 |
| NelsonMandela | 4135 | 27731 | 1564656 |
| allafrica | 4127 | 1945 | 479610 |
| markmackinnon | 3915 | 15289 | 106599 |
| evgenymorozov | 3633 | 8376 | 90489 |
| BreeNewsome | 3593 | 2457 | 475345 |
| RaniaKhalek | 3305 | 3838 | 253014 |
| mailandguardian | 2760 | 530 | 1157185 |
Tweets Analysis
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
595
Earliest tweet was on
2022-03-30
Latest tweet was on
2022-07-04
Tweets covering
95 days
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
54
Percentage of total tweets
9%
Number of Original tweets
541
Percentage of total tweets
90%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
331
Percentage of total tweets
55%
Number of tweets that were Replies
0
Percentage of total tweets
0%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
0
Percentage of total tweets
0%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
518
Percentage of total tweets
87%
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1543838106532601856 | EDITORIAL | After close to four years of intense work we must now reimagine how journalism can and should be done in a moment when the coils of social and political crisis squeeze ever more tightly. #NewFrame #NewFrameShutDown #Left #Workers #Justice https://t.co/RCneBGrIGP | 84 |
| 1533764029960814593 | The war in #Libya, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s first major military operation on the continent, was part of a strategy to coalesce Western power and expansion into #Africa, writes @vijayprashad. #NATO #Africa #war https://t.co/VWQsdmhHrz | 16 |
| 1514241089921851393 | In addition to damaging public infrastructure, the floods in KwaZulu-Natal have devastated the lives of shack dwellers and township residents, many of whom now have to start over while grieving. #KZN #KZNFloods #KZNWeather #Weather #Disaster https://t.co/nrIXRQp0lb | 14 |
| 1520645150514499585 | EDITORIAL | Most young people in South Africa do not have a job and are, under current circumstances, unlikely to ever have one. For years, deindustrialisation and the collapse of mining laid waste to unionised jobs. #WorkersDay #MayDay2022 #SouthAfrica. https://t.co/SClcOjdSXG | 14 |
| 1526574952723382279 | The fractious relationship between the two countries has reached a new low with France being ordered to leave immediately. This has many implications for the strife-torn region, writes @vijayprashad. #Mali #Africa https://t.co/aYxyzHOpq8 | 13 |
| 1537675949688475650 | Did you know that among the more than seven million speakers of #Afrikaans in South Africa, six out of 10 are Black? Literary scholar Hein Willemse tells @CabeMusa about the suppressed histories of Afrikaans. #June16 #RadioNewFrame #LeftwingPodcast https://t.co/1A1dyJuV6R | 12 |
| 1542778974899769345 | The low-grade form of heroin continues to strip the youth of their future and the young women living in a drug house in #Ekurhuleni say the police do not take them seriously, writes @Nationinha. #DrugAbuse #Nyaope #Youth https://t.co/RLhlJIdrXG | 12 |
| 1535134543849697281 | We bring you the story of one South African woman’s fight for #justice for herself and others who were forcibly sterilised in public hospitals. She was sterilised 17 years ago. She tells @MasechabaMmotla the story. #RadioNewFrame #WomensHealth https://t.co/uwEw7TFwlU | 11 |
| 1539970289135517698 | A fire at the #Yeoville African Market in Johannesburg has left some sellers destitute, with shopkeepers saying vigilante group #OperationDudula threatened a week earlier to burn down the #market, writes @jwbornman_ and @DennisWebster_. https://t.co/mYvDqg40Xx | 11 |
| 1511724888083644420 | Government ministers and political leaders are going along with extremist Nhlanhla ‘Lux’ Dlamini in blaming migrants for the country’s problems. More violence will surely follow | @jwbornman_ #OperationDudula #Xenophobia #Migrants #NhlanhlaLux https://t.co/3pOPw2PEMg | 11 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Reply count
| ID | Text | Reply count |
|---|---|---|
| 1543838106532601856 | EDITORIAL | After close to four years of intense work we must now reimagine how journalism can and should be done in a moment when the coils of social and political crisis squeeze ever more tightly. #NewFrame #NewFrameShutDown #Left #Workers #Justice https://t.co/RCneBGrIGP | 8 |
| 1511724888083644420 | Government ministers and political leaders are going along with extremist Nhlanhla ‘Lux’ Dlamini in blaming migrants for the country’s problems. More violence will surely follow | @jwbornman_ #OperationDudula #Xenophobia #Migrants #NhlanhlaLux https://t.co/3pOPw2PEMg | 6 |
| 1525918001643630593 | The long-awaited switch from #analogue to #digital television transmission will finally happen on 30 June after years of delay, but this will leave millions of impoverished #SouthAfricans without a television signal. https://t.co/6Lzw9HK3Cx | 3 |
| 1530917764956823552 | WATCH | The funeral of murdered Abahlali baseMjondolo activist Nokuthula Mabso was held at her home in Esidumbini, KwaZulu-Natal, on 14 May. #Murder #activism https://t.co/ebS3rUYcs1 | 2 |
| 1529338092418654209 | #Africansongs only: to commemorate #AfricaDay, @JCharlesLeonard has selected songs in all shapes and styles, from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Morocco and Lesotho to Niger, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Algeria – and in between. #Mixtape #Fela #Africanmusic #AfricaDay2022 https://t.co/V69P6RjZI3 | 2 |
| 1533764029960814593 | The war in #Libya, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s first major military operation on the continent, was part of a strategy to coalesce Western power and expansion into #Africa, writes @vijayprashad. #NATO #Africa #war https://t.co/VWQsdmhHrz | 2 |
| 1513439591554076673 | The queen, the pope and the surfer who’s stoked to help street children, writes @Gregarde | 📸: @aluta_continua_ https://t.co/DAFcxAMGeA | 2 |
| 1522214545032290305 | ANALYSIS | The xenophobic and violent #OperationDudula is part of a global trend of rising right-wing vigilantism that is finding favour in an era of crisis | Illustration by @AnastasyaE #Xenophobia #Migrants https://t.co/DosgaDSOxq | 2 |
| 1526574952723382279 | The fractious relationship between the two countries has reached a new low with France being ordered to leave immediately. This has many implications for the strife-torn region, writes @vijayprashad. #Mali #Africa https://t.co/aYxyzHOpq8 | 2 |
| 1513247652812632068 | In 2021, #Amazon spent $4.2 million on union-busting consultants, hired to persuade workers to not join the union. ALU crushed Amazon’s union-busting efforts with less than $100 000 according to Chris Smalls, soliciting donations from a Gofundme page. https://t.co/E0PGRaTQtp | 2 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Quote count
| ID | Text | Quote count |
|---|---|---|
| 1543838106532601856 | EDITORIAL | After close to four years of intense work we must now reimagine how journalism can and should be done in a moment when the coils of social and political crisis squeeze ever more tightly. #NewFrame #NewFrameShutDown #Left #Workers #Justice https://t.co/RCneBGrIGP | 69 |
| 1536589255484506113 | The British Somali poet draws readers into migrant life in 'Bless the Daughter', a collection that reflects her attempts to create a sturdy sense of home and belonging | Illustration by @AnastasyaE. #Mother #Daughter #Poetry #NewFrame https://t.co/Vp9nMnTq1o | 4 |
| 1512354468200960004 | Despite its promises of #universalism, international law has clearly not yet shaken its foundation as a racial order. #War #InternationalLaw https://t.co/yGFpugEDap | 3 |
| 1529073205935325184 | Often, as soon as male relatives die, single or widowed Kenyan women are accused of witchcraft and killed by conspiring people who then take the land on which their victims lived | @Nationinha | @HelpAgeAfrica. #ExposeAgeism #ElderlyNetwork #Marani4 https://t.co/5sQ9BiLq9y | 3 |
| 1535665896487890944 | In two decades, Botswana’s senior #women’s national football team went from being handed their biggest defeat – a thumping 14-0 loss to #BanyanaBanyana – to becoming one of southern Africa’s flagbearers in continental #football | @BusisiweMokwena. https://t.co/h4s91rWKSx | 2 |
| 1533764029960814593 | The war in #Libya, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s first major military operation on the continent, was part of a strategy to coalesce Western power and expansion into #Africa, writes @vijayprashad. #NATO #Africa #war https://t.co/VWQsdmhHrz | 2 |
| 1529338092418654209 | #Africansongs only: to commemorate #AfricaDay, @JCharlesLeonard has selected songs in all shapes and styles, from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Morocco and Lesotho to Niger, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Algeria – and in between. #Mixtape #Fela #Africanmusic #AfricaDay2022 https://t.co/V69P6RjZI3 | 2 |
| 1527170457061011458 | An eSwatini chemist’s short story about early humans and murder has made it to this year’s #Commonwealth prize shortlist. Yet, its author is disinclined to accept the title ‘writer’ | @CebelihleM. #Writer #ShortStory #eSwatini https://t.co/yL2IABBNMO | 2 |
| 1526574952723382279 | The fractious relationship between the two countries has reached a new low with France being ordered to leave immediately. This has many implications for the strife-torn region, writes @vijayprashad. #Mali #Africa https://t.co/aYxyzHOpq8 | 2 |
| 1526086499090911233 | Commuters like the two new ‘people’s trains’ but still have to deal with delays and no-shows, safety issues and their employers’ ire when they’re held up getting to work, writes @MattHirsch08 | 📷: @novocainer. #PublicTransport #Commute #trains https://t.co/gtcxYA5YiT | 2 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1543838106532601856 | EDITORIAL | After close to four years of intense work we must now reimagine how journalism can and should be done in a moment when the coils of social and political crisis squeeze ever more tightly. #NewFrame #NewFrameShutDown #Left #Workers #Justice https://t.co/RCneBGrIGP | 121 |
| 1526574952723382279 | The fractious relationship between the two countries has reached a new low with France being ordered to leave immediately. This has many implications for the strife-torn region, writes @vijayprashad. #Mali #Africa https://t.co/aYxyzHOpq8 | 43 |
| 1542868133203132416 | English singer & #activist @billybragg tells @JCharlesLeonard he is encouraged that American workers at @SBWorkersUnited&@Amazonlabor are organising themselves.“People are remembering that #collectivebargaining is a fundamental right.” #Workersrights https://t.co/aue0iwkJWn | 40 |
| 1533764029960814593 | The war in #Libya, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s first major military operation on the continent, was part of a strategy to coalesce Western power and expansion into #Africa, writes @vijayprashad. #NATO #Africa #war https://t.co/VWQsdmhHrz | 27 |
| 1536589255484506113 | The British Somali poet draws readers into migrant life in 'Bless the Daughter', a collection that reflects her attempts to create a sturdy sense of home and belonging | Illustration by @AnastasyaE. #Mother #Daughter #Poetry #NewFrame https://t.co/Vp9nMnTq1o | 25 |
| 1539233247028207616 | Twenty-nine-year-old Ntsika Kota has today been announced as the overall winner of the world’s most global literature prize. A global first, Journalist @CebelihleM interviewed Kota about his story last month. #CommonwealthShortStory #Africa #eSwatini https://t.co/yL2IABBNMO | 24 |
| 1527232124302020608 | This is a lightly edited excerpt from 'Selected Hồ Chí Minh', edited by @vijayprashad. The book launch will be hosted at the Forge in Braamfontein on 20 May 2022. Please send RSVP's to rsvp@theforge.org.za. #NewBooks #NewFrame #SocialJustice #Land https://t.co/iVuHMBxfNs | 23 |
| 1513771822885523456 | A rare recording featuring #Palestinian artist Riad Awwad and poet Mahmoud Darwish has resurfaced, found amid a collection of 12 000 old cassette tapes in the West Bank, writes @Atzushka | @MominSwaitat. #Music #Palestine #CassetteTapes #History https://t.co/ietnSsYsFA | 20 |
| 1537675949688475650 | Did you know that among the more than seven million speakers of #Afrikaans in South Africa, six out of 10 are Black? Literary scholar Hein Willemse tells @CabeMusa about the suppressed histories of Afrikaans. #June16 #RadioNewFrame #LeftwingPodcast https://t.co/1A1dyJuV6R | 19 |
| 1514831157581463555 | ‘Moya’ weaves a narrative in movement and song https://t.co/swFqX8vKyp | 18 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #sport | 54 |
| #football | 43 |
| #southafrica | 42 |
| #radionewframe | 40 |
| #women | 36 |
| #newframe | 35 |
| #leftwingpodcast | 33 |
| #africa | 30 |
| #music | 24 |
| #migrants | 22 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| @cabemusa | 17 |
| @anastasyae | 16 |
| @carloscartoons | 14 |
| @newframe_news | 13 |
| @masechabammotla | 13 |
| @jcharlesleonard | 12 |
| @atzushka | 11 |
| @sazibongwe_ | 11 |
| @nolomokua | 10 |
| @lesterkk | 10 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 📷 | 8 | camera |
| 📹 | 1 | video_camera |
| 📸 | 1 | camera_with_flash |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Objects | 10 |