8. Key Metrics for Trump and
Ambassador’s Twitter
Accounts
More Number Crunching
9. Followers, Number of Tweets
President Ambassador
61.8 M Followers 8787 Followers
42.8 K tweets 361 Tweets
10. Frequently Mentioned Keywords
President Ambassador
President’s vision of making America “great” again comes into a sharp focus in his tweets, while
Ambassador Harris frequently uses the word “day,” potentially in connection with various
anniversaries in South Korea.
15. Number of Tweets Throughout Day
President Ambassador
President Trump most actively tweets between 1100 and 1400 GMT (07:00 am and 10:00 am EST) while
he lets up between 0500-1000 GMT (01:00 am and 06:00 am EST). Ambassador Harris, meanwhile,
tweets actively between 0800 GMT and 1000 GMT (05:00 pm and 07:00 pm Seoul time).
17. Which Platform To Use?
President Ambassador
Both President Trump and Ambassador heavily use iPhone to send out their tweets.
18. Whose Tweets Do They Retweet?
President Ambassador
President Trump apparently retweeted himself 89 times.
This may sound strange even for Twitter veterans, but
retweeting oneself is not technically impossible. On the
other hand, Ambassador Harris is not an active retweeter,
only once retweeting a message from the US Embassy
Seoul.
19. Which Tweets Were Retweeted the Most?
President Ambassador
This is where things get interesting for the Ambassador. His tweets rarely get retweeted over 1000 times, but notice that the
ones retweeted over 4000 times are his references to boy bands BTS and EXO. Perhaps these high figures are attributed to the
BTS and EXO fans flocking to the Ambassador’s account in a quest to push the tweets to go viral.
20. President’s Friends Network
This is a computer-generated image of President Trump’s friends network (followers of the President whom the President
follows). You can see that the network is roughly split along professional background and business interests.
21. Ambassador’s Friends Network
This is a computer-generated image of Ambassador Harris’ friends network (followers of the ambassador whom the
ambassador follows). You can see that the network is split along AOR and professional background.
22. High Retweet Count = High Fav Count?
President Ambassador
Retweet counts appear to be closely correlated with favorite counts for both accounts.