Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @nickgillespie
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
721
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
Reason magazine editor and podcaster, Nick Gillespie, is often seen engaging with guests on various topics such as drug policy reform, education, politics, and libertarianism. He frequently hosts events and conversations and features on podcasts, including Reason Roundtable and ReasonTV. Gillespie advocates for the legalization of all drugs and believes that parents should have the right to choose where their children attend school.
Topic Modeling
- Preferences of libertarians, specifically related to technology vs. paper menus
- School choice and funding following the child
- Events and appearances featuring various individuals, such as Jesse Singal and authors
- Drug policy and decriminalization/legalization
- Academia and its role in intellectual and cultural life
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets are generally positive, with individuals expressing excitement and enthusiasm about various events, podcasts, and discussions involving @nickgillespie and others associated with Reason and libertarianism. There is also a sense of humor and lightheartedness in some tweets, with references to "sickos" and joking about hiding in bunkers. However, there is also a serious tone in discussions about drug policy reform and the role of academia. Some tweets express disagreement with Gillespie's opinion on campaign finance violations, but overall the tone is positive and engaged.
Trend Analysis
- Drug policy reform and legalization
- Interviews and discussions with various guests
- Reason Roundtable podcast episodes and channel updates
- Education and school choice
- Opinions on libertarianism and related issues
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
119
Percentage of total tweets
16%
Number of Original tweets
51
Percentage of total tweets
7%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
721
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
546
Percentage of total tweets
75%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
27
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
43
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 255 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 246 |
| Twitter for Android | 119 |
| Twitter for iPad | 34 |
| TweetDeck | 31 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| reason | reason | Reason is the monthly magazine and website of “free minds and free markets” published by @ReasonFdn. | 282,476 |
| iowahawkblog | David Burge | Karma's janitor | 233,179 |
| gladstein | Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ | Chief Strategy Officer @HRF. Opinions mine. Essays at @BitcoinMagazine. Author, Check Your Financial Privilege: https://t.co/JbAaLXQAib | 213,929 |
| exjon | Jon Gabriel | Undisputed king of stuff. Editor-in-Chief, @Ricochet. Columnist, @azcentral. King of Stuff podcast. WSJ, CNN, NRO, etc., etc. Restorationist. ☦️ IC XC NIKA | 127,339 |
| kerpen | Phil Kerpen | Husband. Father of four. @AmerComm and @Comm4Prosperity president. Syndicated columnist. IFC chairman. Mets fan. | 116,742 |
| nickgillespie | Nick Gillespie | Host, The Reason Interview: https://t.co/ajTIjCxkz8… | 113,035 |
| BobBurg | Bob Burg | Bestselling Co-Author, The Go-Giver Series. Speaker. Animal Lover. Free-Market Advocate. Money is an echo of value. https://t.co/3gUCuaNqI1 | 111,426 |
| asymmetricinfo | Megan McArdle | Columnist at the Washington Post. Opinions my own. Email me: Megan.McArdle -at- https://t.co/0v35DOybb0 Buy my book, The Up Side of Down https://t.co/awicv1MdkX | 93,715 |
| MattWelch | Matt Welch | Editor at large, @Reason. Co-conspirator, @wethefifth (https://t.co/0OeLPBJbm2). Helpmate, @palomamedia. Books: https://t.co/XRMnjlaw1x… | 87,198 |
| jackshafer | Jack Shafer | Politico columnist. I am easily found. | 80,643 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| BobBurg | Bob Burg | Bestselling Co-Author, The Go-Giver Series. Speaker. Animal Lover. Free-Market Advocate. Money is an echo of value. https://t.co/3gUCuaNqI1 | 100,347 |
| vannschaffner | Vann Schaffner | #TCOT/Pathologist/Navy Medicine 1984-1992 This account represents only myself, no employer or org. No medical advice. Truth/GETTR/ Parler/Gab=@Pathman | 13,675 |
| SonjaTrauss | Pedestrians made contact with our vehicle | 🏙 Are you making decisions unsupported by findings and issuing findings unsupported by evidence? 🌃 ED @yimby_law Check out https://t.co/Kw18P0HjJR | 8,312 |
| PrincetonUPress | Princeton University Press | Princeton University Press is a leading independent publisher of trade and scholarly books. Sign up for our email newsletter and receive a 30% off code. | 8,200 |
| reasonpolicy | Adrian Moore | Free minds and free markets, liberty and responsibility. Fiscally conservative, socially liberal. I am VP @reasonfdn. Pardon any nerd rage you may encounter. | 7,323 |
| NotoriousTIB | Tara Isabella Burton | Author: SOCIAL CREATURE; STRANGE RITES; THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE. June: SELF-MADE: CREATING OUR IDENTITIES FROM DA VINCI TO THE KARDASHIANS | 2024: HERE IN AVALON | 5,686 |
| jameswester | James Wester | Tech analyst covering #payments, #fintech, and #crypto since The Before Times. Now with @javelinstrategy. All tweets are pre-washed and ready to consume. | 5,187 |
| hallcyon | Hallcyon 🏴☠️🎭⚜️♥️🕊🃏☮️🎭🇲🇹♟🇵🇸🖤🌙 | I'm a stoic suprarationalist-fallibilist muckraker, patrician connoisseur, & dissident exile. A+E=PA. Memento mori. | 5,027 |
| KingDavie24 | Michael Davis | Life, Liberty, Private Property, Sound Money, and The Pursuit of Happiness | 5,003 |
| dilanesper | Dilan Esper | Litigator, attorney, appeals, entertainment | 5,003 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| andyjabbour | More Freedom, More Choice. @Lions fan. Imported Tattooed-🇺🇸. Veteran. Gen ❌‼️ Founder @Gate_15_Analyst @faithbasedisao & @CannabisISAO. More👇🏼 | 22 |
| jasondweinman | - | 18 |
| Timberati | Watermaster for a neighborhood-water co. Prefer guidelines to laws. Pro-vax. Hanlon's razor. Nullius in verba. Retired forester. Humboldt State alum. Go 'Jacks! | 14 |
| reason | Reason is the monthly magazine and website of “free minds and free markets” published by @ReasonFdn. | 13 |
| nickgillespie | Host, The Reason Interview: https://t.co/ajTIjCxkz8… | 12 |
| ulymelendez | - | 8 |
| petersuderman | Write, Edit & Podcast @Reason || https://t.co/UN3UqVIUq5 || https://t.co/PJSAriw9EV || | 8 |
| MPichman | not the creator of the avatar pro dna, agnostic/atheist sub-superchimp/meat puppet blame any controversy on free association | 7 |
| ThomasStrenge | Born unfree in East Germany. Escaped to West Germany. Immigrated to America. Graduated from the US Naval Academy. Went to sea. Went to Afghanistan. | 7 |
| Phila_Mino | Running this account in the best tradition of the British Navy, with rum, sodomy, and the lash. | 7 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1639930715394678785 | "When parents are able to choose where their children should attend school, ... the money follows the child instead of the brick building," @@WinsomeSears tells @nickgillespie https://t.co/VLafbbXAVZ | 19 |
| 1638572917842690049 | ReasonTV's Bragg brothers talk with @nickgillespie about Remy music videos, libertarian parodies, and their new indie film, "Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game." @pinballfilm https://t.co/WfI5NbgKuJ | 8 |
| 1640110484807643136 | An excellent survey of the status of drug policy reform in the United States. With @nickgillespie @TheAbridgedZach & @ethannadelmann @CatoHealth https://t.co/mlktOQJsMa | 8 |
| 1640489322729074691 | Today on the @Reason Roundtable I learned that @kmanguward, @nickgillespie & @ENBrown are the kind of sickos who prefer QRT codes and phone-fumbling to actual paper menus, which I think probably explains everything wrong with libertarians, or something. https://t.co/ajYp76FaGt | 6 |
| 1638289796949745666 | Trump admin used harsh #immigration enforcement policies but they didn’t work. Apprehensions at the SW border increased more than 100% between FY 2016 and FY 2019 (from 408,870 to 851,508). Safe, legal options are better. @ALT_uscis @pbump @nickgillespie https://t.co/Mhw4KT3WTh | 6 |
| 1638922297745756161 | It's a Special! Bonus! Episode! of the @reason Roundtable w/ @kmanguward @nickgillespie @robbysoave and yours truly in the moderator's chair - taped in front of a live audience in Pasadena, CA, last weekend. It's now online for your listening pleasure. https://t.co/tR9bpz4Hh1 | 6 |
| 1639769382090858497 | Inflation, Biden, and sensitivity readers: Watch a special in-person episode of The Reason Roundtable with @nickgillespie, @katherine, @petersuderman, and @robbysoave. https://t.co/TM7QkVAjGz | 5 |
| 1638367140771135489 | "Anything having to do with campaign finance violations is basically bullshit and shouldn't be a crime," says @nickgillespie on this week's podcast. Listen now and subscribe to the NEW Reason Roundtable channel on YouTube. https://t.co/ysEevLwCMv | 5 |
| 1638600860627263489 | .@MattWelch, @kmanguward, @nickgillespie, and @petersuderman have a new home on YouTube. Subscribe to the Reason Roundtable channel for weekly podcast episodes: https://t.co/jD3UgiVo3s https://t.co/rUy45HZfp4 | 5 |
| 1638143730149466113 | On the @Reason Roundtable, @nickgillespie, @petersuderman, @kmanguward & I criticized the indictment of Donald Trump, and I heaped derision at Fox mangling the broadcast of a drama-filled U.S. vs. Cuba baseball semifinal in Miami. https://t.co/po5eupMfKM | 5 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1640489322729074691 | Today on the @Reason Roundtable I learned that @kmanguward, @nickgillespie & @ENBrown are the kind of sickos who prefer QRT codes and phone-fumbling to actual paper menus, which I think probably explains everything wrong with libertarians, or something. https://t.co/ajYp76FaGt | 67 |
| 1639930715394678785 | "When parents are able to choose where their children should attend school, ... the money follows the child instead of the brick building," @@WinsomeSears tells @nickgillespie https://t.co/VLafbbXAVZ | 65 |
| 1638021153800298496 | Reporting a live Jesse Singal sighting at a @IQ2US event in NYC this evening! 😜 Reports that Jesse is hiding in a bunker somewhere are greatly exaggerated. (Also great to see @nickgillespie, @MattWelch, @kmele, @NancyRomm & @mcmoynihan) | 65 |
| 1640792645839765507 | @nickgillespie @reason @kmanguward @petersuderman @MattWelch not sorry https://t.co/A5r9O2Cath | 31 |
| 1638535579498430470 | Time to legalize ALL drugs in America? Tomorrow at 1pm ET, @ethannadelmann joins me and @nickgillespie to make the case. Questions, concerns? Drop them in this thread or in the YT comments, and I'll be sure to raise them. https://t.co/dmEBD50aZw | 28 |
| 1638572917842690049 | ReasonTV's Bragg brothers talk with @nickgillespie about Remy music videos, libertarian parodies, and their new indie film, "Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game." @pinballfilm https://t.co/WfI5NbgKuJ | 28 |
| 1640119973430415361 | In the @wethefifth Weekender: @daniellubetzky, @TheFireOrg, @KillerMike, @ishapiro, @glukianoff, @nickgillespie, @mattzwolinski, @nancyromm, @jonahdispatch, @naomirwolf, @jeffreyatucker, @realwayneroot, @alecbaldwin, @tracymorgan, @steven_hyden, & more! https://t.co/NyLljsSWOw | 27 |
| 1640426966296739853 | The Reason podcast welcomes PUP authors @Mattzwolinski and John Tomasi for a live podcast on April 3, 6-9:30 pm EDT. They will be speaking with host @nickgillespie about their forthcoming book, The Individualists (out April 4). Buy your tickets today! https://t.co/8HUaOjbJjv https://t.co/PbCPET1s1N | 27 |
| 1638155314825515008 | @CathyYoung63 @IQ2US @nickgillespie @MattWelch @kmele @mcmoynihan Proof https://t.co/kAO6uVMyMi | 24 |
| 1639025509853024258 | @nickgillespie @reason @TheAbridgedZach @ethannadelmann @DrugPolicyOrg At the very minimum, all drugs should be decriminalized. | 23 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #nyc | 9 |
| #libertarian | 7 |
| #schoolchoice | 4 |
| #svbbank | 2 |
| #endlesswar | 2 |
| #virginia | 2 |
| #svb | 2 |
| #algorithms | 2 |
| #dnl29 | 2 |
| #smartprisons | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @nickgillespie | 725 |
| @reason | 222 |
| @mattwelch | 101 |
| @kmanguward | 78 |
| @theabridgedzach | 53 |
| @petersuderman | 52 |
| @ethannadelmann | 40 |
| @slate | 39 |
| @nancyromm | 35 |
| @kmele | 34 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
6
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🤣 | 11 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 💩 | 6 | pile_of_poo |
| 🤔 | 4 | thinking_face |
| 🧵 | 3 | thread |
| 😂 | 2 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 👉🏼 | 2 | backhand_index_pointing_right_medium-light_skin_tone |
| 😉 | 2 | winking_face |
| 😜 | 2 | winking_face_with_tongue |
| 😮 | 1 | face_with_open_mouth |
| 🤷♂️ | 1 | man_shrugging |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 34 |
| People & Body | 4 |
| Activities | 4 |
| Objects | 3 |
| Symbols | 3 |
| Flags | 1 |
| Travel & Places | 1 |