Table 2 Summary of the user attributes derivable from native Twitter objects
From: Developing insights from the collective voice of target users in Twitter
Object | Field | Description | Derivable user attributes |
|---|---|---|---|
User | name | Name of the user | Name, gender, age, race/ethnicity |
location | User-defined location for the account’s profile | Location | |
url | URL provided by the user in association with their profile | Web site, blog, or other social media accounts | |
description | User-defined description of their account | Demographics, expertise, hobbies, interests, personality traits, political orientation | |
verified | Whether Twitter has verified that the account of public interest is authentic | Popularity | |
followers_count | Number of users following the account | Popularity | |
friends_count | Number of users the account is following | Sociability | |
listed_count | Number of public lists that the user is a member of | Popularity | |
favourites_count | Number of tweets the user has liked in the account’s lifetime | Posting activeness | |
statuses_count | Number of tweets (including retweets) issued by the user | Posting activeness | |
created_at | UTC datetime that the user account was created on Twitter | Account age | |
profile_image_url_https | HTTPS-based URL pointing to the user’s profile image | Gender, age, race/ethnicity | |
followers* | List of users following the account | Network | |
friends* | List of users the account is following | Network | |
Tweet | created_at | UTC time when the tweet was created | Behavior |
text | Actual text of the status update | Demographics, expertise, interests, personality traits, political orientation | |
coordinates | Geographic location of the tweet as longitude and latitude coordinates | Location, behavior | |
place | Known place as city, state, or country | Location, behavior | |
reply_count | Number of times the tweet has been replied to | Popularity | |
retweet_count | Number of times the tweet has been retweeted by other users | Popularity | |
favorite_count | Number of times the tweet has been liked by other users | Popularity | |
lang | Machine-detected language of the tweet | Language | |
retweeted_status | Original tweet object if the tweet is a retweet | Typical tweet or retweet |