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About the Australian Twittersphere

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As at end of June 2023

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The Australian Twittersphere is a longitudinal collection of tweets -from a periodically updated list of Twitter accounts that are identified -as Australian (i.e., have a stated connection to Australia in -the free text fields of the account profile). The Australian -Twittersphere is made up of three collections:

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  • In 2016, the TrISMA -project classified approximately 530,000 Twitter accounts as being -Australian and began collecting tweets from those accounts. The -TrISMA project concluded and tweets ceased being collected in May 2017. -This collection is known as the ‘2016’ collection.

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  • In early 2018, the Digital Observatory was established and -continued collecting tweets from the same accounts from approximately -March 2018 to December 2018 using a streaming API. This collection is -known as the ‘2018’ collection.

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  • In late 2018, the Digital Observatory developed an additional -collector which began collecting tweets from the same accounts. This -collection is currently active, and is known as our ‘current’ -collection. As of December 2020, the list of accounts in the current -collection is periodically updated according to a dictionary of phrases -that include/exclude accounts as being Australian. Points in time at -which the list of accounts was updated are represented by a vertical -dashed lines in the figures below.

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The following reference outlines how the Australian Twittersphere was -originally established (pre-Digital Observatory):

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Bruns, A., Burgess, J., Highfield, T. (2014). A ‘Big Data’ Approach -to Mapping the Australian Twittersphere. In: Arthur P. L., Bode K. (eds) -Advancing Digital Humanities. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
-https://link-springer-com.ezp01.library.qut.edu.au/chapter/10.1057/9781137337016_8

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Figure 1. Number of tweets per month for all -three collections (2016 onwards).

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Figure 1 shows the number of tweets per month from 2016 onwards -for all three collections that together form the Australian -Twittersphere. The current collection has been running since November -2018 and collected an average of 23 million tweets per month until the -beginning of December 2020. In December 2020, the list of accounts in -the Australian Twittersphere was updated (represented by a dashed -vertical line), and until October 2021 collected an average of 39 -million tweets per month. In October 2021, the list of accounts was -again updated, and to date has collected an average of 40 million tweets -per month.

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Over the period March to December 2018 (indicated by the grey -shaded area with orange border), the 2018 collection collected an -average of 22 million tweets per month. Over the period August 2016 to -April 2017 (indicated by the grey shaded area with green border), the -2016 collection collected an average of 37 million tweets per month.

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Figure 2. Number of tweets per month for all -three collections (all available data).

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Figure 2 shows the same information as in Figure 1, but shows -all available data back to as early as September 2006. The long tails -that can be seen for the 2016 and current collections are due to the use -of Twitter’s free developer API which enables limited collection of -historical tweets for Twitter accounts. Points in time at which the list -of accounts was updated are represented by vertical dashed lines.

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Figure 3. Number of tweets per month by tweet -type for the current collection (2016 onwards).

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Figure 3 shows the monthly number of tweets that are retweets -and not retweets for the current collection from 2016 onwards. From -December 2020 to October 2021, an average of 17 million retweets per -month were collected, and an average of 21 million tweets per month were -collected that were not retweets.

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From October 2021 onwards, an average of 18 million retweets per -month have been collected, and an average of 23 million tweets per month -have been collected that are not retweets.

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Figure 4. Number of active users per month for -all three collections (2016 onwards).

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Figure 4 shows the number of users per month from 2016 onwards -for all three collections that together form the Australian -Twittersphere. While the 2016 collection was operating (August 2016 to -April 2017), the average number of active users per month was 550,922. -While the 2018 collection was operating (March 2018 to December 2018), -the average number of active users per month was 307,856.

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The current collection had 317,760 active users in November 2018 -(the first month of collecting) and 231,176 users in November 2020 (the -last month of collecting before the list of accounts in the Australian -Twittersphere was updated in December 2020). From December 2020 to -October 2021, the average monthly active users in the current collection -was 442,586. In October 2021 the list of accounts in the Australian -Twitterspher was updated again, and since that time the average monthly -active users in the current collection is 453,925.

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Figure 5. Number of users per month for all -three collections (all available data).

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Figure 5 shows the same information as in Figure 4, but shows all -available data back to as early as September 2006. Points in time at -which the list of accounts was updated are represented by vertical -dashed lines.

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About the Australian Twittersphere

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As at end of April 2024

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The Australian Twittersphere is a longitudinal collection of tweets +from a periodically updated list of Twitter accounts that are identified +as Australian (i.e., have a stated connection to Australia in +the free text fields of the account profile). The Australian +Twittersphere is made up of three collections:

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  • In 2016, the TrISMA +project classified approximately 530,000 Twitter accounts as being +Australian and began collecting tweets from those accounts. The +TrISMA project concluded and tweets ceased being collected in May 2017. +This collection is known as the ‘2016’ collection.

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  • In early 2018, the Digital Observatory was established and +continued collecting tweets from the same accounts from approximately +March 2018 to December 2018 using Twitter’s streaming API. This +collection is known as the ‘2018’ collection.

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  • In late 2018, the Digital Observatory developed an additional +collector which began collecting tweets from the same accounts. This is +known as our ‘2019’ collection, and ran from November 2018 until early +July 2023 when X (formerly Twitter) closed the API. Beginning December +2020, the list of accounts in the 2019 collection was periodically +updated according to a dictionary of phrases that include/exclude +accounts as being Australian. Points in time at which the list of +accounts was updated are represented by vertical dashed lines in the +figures below.

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The following reference outlines how the Australian Twittersphere was +originally established (pre-Digital Observatory):

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Bruns, A., Burgess, J., Highfield, T. (2014). A ‘Big Data’ Approach +to Mapping the Australian Twittersphere. In: Arthur P. L., Bode K. (eds) +Advancing Digital Humanities. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
+https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137337016_8

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The population selection methodology employed from December 2020 +through the end of the Australian Twittersphere collection produces a +set of rules for whether a Twitter account would be included in the +Australian Twittersphere. These rules are available as open data at https://researchdatafinder.qut.edu.au/display/n41990 and +are citeable as:

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Hames, Sam; Takahashi, Marissa; Miller, Alice; QUT Digital +Observatory; (2023): Australian Twittersphere Population Rules. +Queensland University of Technology. (Dataset) https://doi.org/10.25912/RDF_1711599518062

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Figure 1. Number of tweets per month for all +three collections (2016 - 2023).

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Figure 1 shows the number of tweets per month from 2016 onwards +for all three collections that together form the Australian +Twittersphere. The 2019 collection ran from November 2018 through June +2023 and collected an average of 23 million tweets per month until the +beginning of December 2020. In December 2020, the list of accounts in +the Australian Twittersphere was updated (represented by a dashed +vertical line), and until October 2021 collected an average of 39 +million tweets per month. In October 2021, the list of accounts was +again updated, and until its end collected an average of 39 million +tweets per month.

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Over the period March to December 2018 (indicated by the grey +shaded area with orange border), the 2018 collection collected an +average of 22 million tweets per month. Over the period August 2016 to +April 2017 (indicated by the grey shaded area with green border), the +2016 collection collected an average of 37 million tweets per month.

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Figure 2. Number of tweets per month for all +three collections (all available data).

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Figure 2 represents the same information as in Figure 1, but +shows all available data back to as early as September 2006. The long +tails that can be seen for the 2016 and 2019 collections are due to the +use of Twitter’s free developer API which enables limited collection of +historical tweets for Twitter accounts. Points in time at which the list +of accounts was updated are represented by vertical dashed lines.

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Figure 3. Number of tweets per month by tweet +type for the 2019 collection (2016 - 2023).

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Figure 3 shows the monthly number of tweets that are retweets +and not retweets for the 2019 collection. From December 2020 to October +2021, an average of 17 million retweets per month were collected, and an +average of 21 million tweets per month were collected that were not +retweets. The latter includes quote tweets, replies, and original +tweets.

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From October 2021 onwards, an average of 17 million retweets per +month were collected, and an average of 22 million tweets per month were +collected that are not retweets.

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Figure 4. Number of active users per month for +all three collections (2016 - 2023).

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Figure 4 shows the number of users per month from 2016 onwards +for all three collections that together form the Australian +Twittersphere. While the 2016 collection was operating (August 2016 to +April 2017), the average number of active users per month was 550,922. +While the 2018 collection was operating (March 2018 to December 2018), +the average number of active users per month was 307,856.

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The 2019 collection had 317,760 active users in November 2018 +(the first month of collecting) and 231,176 users in November 2020 (the +last month of collecting before the list of accounts in the Australian +Twittersphere was updated in December 2020). From December 2020 to +October 2021, the average monthly active users in the 2019 collection +was 442,586. In October 2021 the list of accounts in the Australian +Twittersphere was updated again, and in that final portion of the +collection the average monthly active users was 445,806.

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Figure 5. Number of users per month for all +three collections (all available data).

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Figure 5 shows the same information as in Figure 4, but includes all +available data back to as early as September 2006. Points in time at +which the list of accounts was updated are represented by vertical +dashed lines.

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Contact information

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