Twitter Data Structure
January 2023 Update:
The following Twitter API 2.0 fields have been added to Communalytic:
> impression_count – a tweet-related field indicating the number of times a tweet was shown to others
> user_verified_type – a user-specific field indicating the type of verification an account has (possible values: blue, business, government or none)
The following Twitter API 2.0 field has been removed from Communalytic:
> source – a tweet-related field showing which Twitter client/application was used to post a given tweet
The following Twitter API 2.0 fields have been added to Communalytic:
> impression_count – a tweet-related field indicating the number of times a tweet was shown to others
> user_verified_type – a user-specific field indicating the type of verification an account has (possible values: blue, business, government or none)
The following Twitter API 2.0 field has been removed from Communalytic:
> source – a tweet-related field showing which Twitter client/application was used to post a given tweet
Sample output
Below is a sample tweet and its associated metadata*, as exported from Communalytic.
* Note: For more details about these Twitter API v2.0’s metadata fields and how they can be used by researchers, please review the Twitter API v2 Data Dictionary for Tweet-related Metadata and User-specific Metadata.
Parks Canada says starting this year, personal vehicles will no longer be permitted at popular tourist destination Moraine Lake in Alberta. https://t.co/fxR2yKv9IY
— CBC News (@CBCNews) January 8, 2023
| Metadata Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tweet_id | 1612222617355698177 |
| date | 2023-01-08T23:00:00.000Z |
| text | Parks Canada says starting this year, personal vehicles will no longer be permitted at popular tourist destination Moraine Lake in Alberta. https://t.co/fxR2yKv9IY |
| name | CBC News |
| username | CBCNews |
| userid | 6433472 |
| language | en |
| quote_count | 3 |
| retweet_count | 20 |
| reply_count | 26 |
| like_count | 97 |
| impression_count | 40975 |
| possibly_sensitive | FALSE |
| user_verified | TRUE |
| user_verified_type | business |
| user_location | Canada |
| user_created_at | 2007-05-30T05:20:39.000Z |
| user_protected | FALSE |
| user_description | Latest news and analysis from CBC News. 🇨🇦 |
| user_followers_count | 3435915 |
| user_following_count | 1278 |
| user_listed_count | 15619 |
| user_tweet_count | 270346 |
Additional fields for Retweets/Replies/Quotes:
