Account Summary

Bio
Storyteller | Journalist | News Correspondent | @VirginMedia_TV | 🎙 The Group Chat Podcast 🎧 @VirginMediaNews | 📸: https://t.co/sKZXwuQgY5
Followers Count
60,488
Friends Count
3,425
Tweets Count
18,965
List Count
189
Location
Ireland
Verified
No
Followers Analysis (based on followers sample)
Verified
Number of Verified accounts
31
Percentage of Verified accounts
0.31%
Protected
Number of Protected accounts
1,101
Percentage of Protected accounts
11.01%
Age
Average Age of Twitter accounts
5 years
Bios
Number of users without a Bio
6,007
Number of users with a Bio
3,993
Percentage of users with a Bio
39.93%
Percentage of users without a Bio
60.07%
Worldcloud of Bios

Top 10 followers with the highest follower count
Username | Followers Count | Friends Count | Tweet Count |
---|---|---|---|
paul_steele | 642808 | 157532 | 190294 |
eliistender10 | 407240 | 101891 | 124662 |
BNOFeed | 321067 | 12998 | 15111 |
MiguelDelaney | 214352 | 5079 | 259458 |
franklinleonard | 179266 | 9852 | 125952 |
Derick_Hudson | 146920 | 125143 | 25762 |
Octopusintell | 143037 | 108324 | 19278 |
deAdder | 138108 | 8110 | 13604 |
lstwrd | 106349 | 3672 | 18247 |
christmasfm | 91605 | 614 | 5909 |
Top 10 followers with the highest following count
Username | Friends Count | Followers Count | Tweet Count |
---|---|---|---|
paul_steele | 157532 | 642808 | 190294 |
Derick_Hudson | 125143 | 146920 | 25762 |
Octopusintell | 108324 | 143037 | 19278 |
eliistender10 | 101891 | 407240 | 124662 |
militaryhistori | 60447 | 61844 | 130219 |
MarkMwandosya | 48563 | 87139 | 859 |
DrSarahB | 46852 | 62974 | 41956 |
MikeDull1878 | 34663 | 43221 | 51987 |
DavidClinchNews | 32600 | 29637 | 158803 |
EricMGarcia | 18713 | 32766 | 180672 |
Top 10 followers with the highest tweet count
Username | Tweets Count | Followers Count | Friends Count |
---|---|---|---|
Peymaneh_Sh | 423073 | 16877 | 8565 |
Andre3Verzaal | 399318 | 323 | 4992 |
IrishMirror | 332975 | 51524 | 956 |
EdzardErnst | 280611 | 20989 | 10108 |
MiguelDelaney | 259458 | 214352 | 5079 |
SueAtkins | 206703 | 34686 | 5281 |
ukraine6679 | 201599 | 1329 | 3517 |
paul_steele | 190294 | 642808 | 157532 |
phil04312 | 180824 | 42 | 1627 |
EricMGarcia | 180672 | 32766 | 18713 |
Top 10 followers with the highest listed count
Username | Listed Count | Friends Count | Followers Count |
---|---|---|---|
paul_steele | 9841 | 157532 | 642808 |
BNOFeed | 4284 | 12998 | 321067 |
MiguelDelaney | 3409 | 5079 | 214352 |
eliistender10 | 1661 | 101891 | 407240 |
franklinleonard | 1597 | 9852 | 179266 |
DavidClinchNews | 1418 | 32600 | 29637 |
Derick_Hudson | 1271 | 125143 | 146920 |
deAdder | 1248 | 8110 | 138108 |
SueAtkins | 1237 | 5281 | 34686 |
DrSarahB | 876 | 46852 | 62974 |
Tweets Analysis
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
3,242
Earliest tweet was on
2021-01-08
Latest tweet was on
2023-06-22
Tweets covering
894 days
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
1,395
Percentage of total tweets
43%
Number of Original tweets
1,847
Percentage of total tweets
56%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
1,699
Percentage of total tweets
52%
Number of tweets that were Replies
705
Percentage of total tweets
21%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
465
Percentage of total tweets
14%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
1,220
Percentage of total tweets
37%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter for iPhone | 3236 |
Twitter for iPad | 6 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1481647721144487940 | #NEW Remembering Ms Murphy: First class pupils pay tribute to their teacher. “I love you Ms Murphy” - among the cards left on an alter at the top of the classroom. Aisling Murphy is remembered for her kindness to the children here at Scoil Naomh Colmcille. @VirginMediaNews https://t.co/jm2AbblRhG | 1724 |
1536680373236731906 | #BREAKING 🚨 “Isn’t it much closer to the poor law system that we thought we were departing!” -Michael D Higgins expresses anger at Ireland’s housing “disaster” In an impassioned speech today he said: “it is our great, great, great failure!“ @VirginMediaNews @PresidentIRL https://t.co/e97JWJ9o7r | 1086 |
1579075592808697856 | #NEW #Creeslough victims named James O Flaherty-48 Jessica Gallagher-24 Martin McGill-49 Catherine O Donnell-39 and her son James Monaghan-13 Hugh Kelly-59 Martina Martin-49 Robert Garwe-50 and his daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe-5 Leona Harper-14 @VirginMediaNews #RIP https://t.co/fZn1CZHYCG | 524 |
1635163967093080068 | #LATEST ☘️🇺🇸 “I am the first person with Down syndrome going over to America to pick up these Oscars” -James Martin The entire #Oscars audience sang happy birthday to the actor as he stood on stage to accept Best Live Action Short film for “An Irish Goodbye”. @VirginMediaNews https://t.co/v8go0M6uKS | 493 |
1578708993895059456 | The team in the local coffee shop at the scene of the explosion in #Creeslough are feeding and looking after all the frontline responders. Soup, sandwiches, and hot drinks for those tasked with the difficult search and recovery operation. Remarkable kindness. @VirginMediaNews https://t.co/DFAruKY5ud | 389 |
1394607825758924801 | ❗️#ScamAlert ❗️ @HSELive confirms they are NOT sending out automated voice calls to patients. These calls are a scam, do not engage. @VirginMediaNews | 370 |
1350858262850265088 | #NEW 🚨 ⚠️🚨 “Do not go into work tomorrow if you can work from home. If you are an employer, facilitate remote working for your employees.” -Dr Tony Holohan @CMOIreland @VirginMediaNews #Covid19Ireland | 291 |
1658798650900770818 | #BREAKING Teenager “received treatment for serious facial injuries” following an assault in #Navan Gardai have confirmed to @VirginMediaNews that an investigation is now underway The attack happened on Monday afternoon at approx 2:30pm. https://t.co/qJhSaJSePQ | 257 |
1642641987835777024 | 🏡 Alan has €1,900 a month to spend on rent but still can’t secure a home for himself and his two children The 47 yr old single father say he has purchased high quality outdoor clothing and a tent He believes that sleeping on the street is now becoming a very real possibility https://t.co/TbWncRW08x | 225 |
1410860626264657921 | 🚨💉🇮🇪🚨 18-34 year olds will be able to get a #johnsonandjohnson vaccine at their local pharmacy from Monday. @VirginMediaNews #CovidVaccine | 205 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1481647721144487940 | #NEW Remembering Ms Murphy: First class pupils pay tribute to their teacher. “I love you Ms Murphy” - among the cards left on an alter at the top of the classroom. Aisling Murphy is remembered for her kindness to the children here at Scoil Naomh Colmcille. @VirginMediaNews https://t.co/jm2AbblRhG | 12799 |
1578708993895059456 | The team in the local coffee shop at the scene of the explosion in #Creeslough are feeding and looking after all the frontline responders. Soup, sandwiches, and hot drinks for those tasked with the difficult search and recovery operation. Remarkable kindness. @VirginMediaNews https://t.co/DFAruKY5ud | 7143 |
1365315911251550209 | A little bit of news ... Delighted to have been officially appointed ‘News Correspondent’ @VirginMediaNews Very proud to be part of this team of incredible Correspondents, Reporters, Producers, Editors, and crews. Looking forward to working even harder 😅😂🥳 | 5798 |
1536680373236731906 | #BREAKING 🚨 “Isn’t it much closer to the poor law system that we thought we were departing!” -Michael D Higgins expresses anger at Ireland’s housing “disaster” In an impassioned speech today he said: “it is our great, great, great failure!“ @VirginMediaNews @PresidentIRL https://t.co/e97JWJ9o7r | 5619 |
1579075592808697856 | #NEW #Creeslough victims named James O Flaherty-48 Jessica Gallagher-24 Martin McGill-49 Catherine O Donnell-39 and her son James Monaghan-13 Hugh Kelly-59 Martina Martin-49 Robert Garwe-50 and his daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe-5 Leona Harper-14 @VirginMediaNews #RIP https://t.co/fZn1CZHYCG | 4755 |
1635163967093080068 | #LATEST ☘️🇺🇸 “I am the first person with Down syndrome going over to America to pick up these Oscars” -James Martin The entire #Oscars audience sang happy birthday to the actor as he stood on stage to accept Best Live Action Short film for “An Irish Goodbye”. @VirginMediaNews https://t.co/v8go0M6uKS | 3640 |
1482038220909125641 | #LATEST Thousands of people turned out to pay their respects to #AshlingMurphy at a vigil in her local town. #Tullamore More details on @VirginMediaNews at 5:30 https://t.co/93DGZoA23g | 3202 |
1365752693906620416 | Just a note... Thank you to everyone who phoned, sent a lovely message, left a comment or a kind word in the last 24 hours. 💗 You’re sound and it’s very much appreciated. Z. x | 2512 |
1360705803724988420 | The concentration in my face. The fear in his. 😂 💇🏻♂️ #CutzByKing @newschambers https://t.co/FlR9MKkLvI | 2376 |
1431539860289069057 | Our first #FridayNightDrinks in forever 🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♂️🙋🏻♂️ These two | My absolute huns 🙌🏼 @gavreilly @newschambers Things we learned: •11:30pm is the new “3am rush” for taxis in Dublin - it will take an hour to get home 🚕 •Going out at 9pm is probably too late 😂 #Pals 🍸 https://t.co/wkkQQQ3w6l | 2255 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#covid19ireland | 673 |
#new | 595 |
#latest | 172 |
#breaking | 149 |
#covidvaccine | 88 |
#astrazeneca | 30 |
#covid19 | 21 |
#update | 20 |
#maternity | 20 |
#icymi | 16 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
@virginmedianews | 1183 |
@newschambers | 134 |
@gavreilly | 104 |
@cmoireland | 65 |
@ronan_glynn | 41 |
@donnellystephen | 26 |
@paulreiddublin | 24 |
@virginmedia_tv | 21 |
@michealmartintd | 20 |
@tonightvmtv | 16 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
⬇️ | 481 | down_arrow |
😂 | 201 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
🙌🏼 | 110 | raising_hands_medium-light_skin_tone |
🇮🇪 | 100 | Ireland |
💉 | 91 | syringe |
❤️ | 77 | red_heart |
🚨 | 68 | police_car_light |
🥳 | 61 | partying_face |
💗 | 58 | growing_heart |
👀 | 45 | eyes |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 567 |
Symbols | 495 |
People & Body | 255 |
Objects | 242 |
Travel & Places | 146 |
Flags | 128 |
Activities | 51 |
Animals & Nature | 49 |
Food & Drink | 34 |