This document analyzes data and trends related to discussions of Ebola on Twitter over a 24 day period from October 7th to October 26th. It includes graphs and statistics on numbers of tweets per minute about Ebola, top retweeted and mentioned users, popular hashtags, languages used, top countries of tweet origins, and URLs shared. Maps show geographic locations and trends over time are shown in heatmaps.

1. Ebola´s evolution on Twitter (by Miguel del Fresno)
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○ cnnbrk (63486) ○ Dory (61472) ○ el_pais (49258) ○ A3Noticias (49147) ○ nytimes (47691) ○ YaBoyEboIa (44145) ○ CloydRivers (43710)
○ WorldStarFunny (41887) ○ _Kyheim (41272) ○ AP (39105) ○ ItsYaVirusEBOLA (38608) ○ CHlLDHOODRUINER (36158)
○ TweetLikeAGirI (36155) ○ chrisbrown (30655) ○ ActualidadRT (30230)
MENTIONED USERS .
○ cnnbrk (78897) ○ nytimes (75799) ○ YouTube (68989) ○ CNN (67232) ○ Dory (66949) ○ el_pais (64939) ○ WHO (64308) ○ AP (63125)
○ CDCgov (60577) ○ FoxNews (58846) ○ A3Noticias (51693) ○ YaBoyEboIa (47207) ○ ItsYaVirusEBOLA (42254) ○ _Kyheim (41726)
○ TweetLikeAGirI (41411)
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○ ebola (3165988) ○ ébola (490965) ○ tcot (181129) ○ news (148201) ○ salvemosaexcalibur (100745) ○ anamatodimision (73783)
○ breaking (65072) ○ cdc (62725) ○ isis (57467) ○ ebolaoutbreak (57242) ○ health (54513) ○ obama (53577) ○ liberia (42655)
○ cuba (42444) ○ africa (40925)
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○ en (16215904) ○ es (4973754) ○ pt (1378125) ○ fr (798825) ○ it (243459) ○ in (216111) ○ tr (196047) ○ und (115727) ○ de (88764)
○ nl (78625) ○ sv (66450) ○ ja (62077) ○ tl (60593) ○ ht (58426) ○ ar (37009) ○ Missing field (0) ○ Other values (212024)
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United States 160179 / ○
Brasil 39617 / ○
España 30313 / ○
United Kingdom 19526 / ○
Argentina 11402 / ○
France 8274 / ○
Chile 4916 / ○
Canada 4877 / ○
México 4822 / ○
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic Of 3405 / ○
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11 352 319 2632 980 32 9
445 11 38 19516 3480 63 17 3198
82 31988 2105 5 36315 7419 111 160 5 31 86 14242 14720995 16 297 12 496 311 5 41
180 357 86 253 3875 1748 398 91 1018 1445
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7 666 34 1514 1657 14 472 551 7 2 421 1244 93 394 3 76 67
3 474 54 5 7 19 11004 18
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https://vine.co/v/OqXgIBteqVI 81092 / ○
http://zpr.io/GDgy 58110 / ○
https://vine.co/v/OAtZx0uJ7BH 52565 / ○
https://vine.co/v/OM6Y9xpwKTe 50824 / ○
http://vine.co/v/OKHjtBZAaj3 42788 / ○
https://vine.co/v/OM6zh6aJ0uH 36904 / ○
https://vine.co/v/OmV7QWtJXHK 32499 / ○
https://vine.co/v/ObA1UHxpTWv 32065 / ○
http://vine.co/v/OM6Y9xpwKTe 28520 / ○
http://vine.co/v/OmV7QWtJXHK 23255 / ○
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http://twitter.com/thereaIbanksy/status/527272805864587264/photo/1 45690 / ○
http://twitter.com/_Kyheim/status/519225219983376385/photo/1 41864 / ○
http://twitter.com/tchampp/status/525091479627513856/photo/1 31222 / ○
http://twitter.com/TweetLikeAGirI/status/524903538091388928/photo/1 27081 / ○
http://twitter.com/RelatableQuote/status/527174765329788928/photo/1 22001 / ○
http://twitter.com/nickbilton/status/525459712335044608/photo/1 21703 / ○
http://twitter.com/CHlLDHOODRUINER/status/521208471715586048/photo/1 21347 / ○
http://twitter.com/ayylmao/status/522982881652903936/photo/1 20035 / ○
http://twitter.com/RelatableQuote/status/524951318604304385/photo/1 17969 / ○
http://twitter.com/TweetLikeAGirI/status/520319878595887104/photo/1 13296 / ○
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TWEETS
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38279 Mon Oct 13 07:02:04 +0000
2014
chrisbrown I don't know ... But I think this Ebo...
27684 Wed Oct 29 01:36:47 +0000
2014
thereaIbanksy Hunger kills more than Ebola but it's... we own nothing shared
27415 Sun Oct 26 00:51:00 +0000
2014
ArianaGrande "ariana grande! afraid to go to NYC b... Honeymoon ave.
22032 Wed Oct 08 05:42:51 +0000
2014
Dory *Ebola joke*
everyone laughs
P. Sherman 42 Wallaby
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19638 Wed Oct 22 12:42:10 +0000
2014
TweetLikeAGirI I would rather get Ebola then receive...
18966 Fri Oct 24 01:32:12 +0000 2014 nickbilton There are more experts on CNN right n... LA
17915 Fri Oct 17 05:30:10 +0000 2014 ayylmao WE NEED THIS NIGGA TO FIGHT THE EBOLA...
17325 Wed Oct 29 16:30:03 +0000
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BanksyOfficiaI Hunger kills more than Ebola but it's... we own nothing shared
16514 Tue Oct 28 18:01:28 +0000
2014
Dory When you thought you had a cold but y... P. Sherman 42 Wallaby
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16089 Wed Oct 22 15:52:02 +0000
2014
RelatableQuote I would rather get Ebola than receive...
14916 Sun Oct 12 15:17:08 +0000
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WhiteVsBlackTwt the air ebola 11s http://t.co/qbbjY9o...
14783 Sun Oct 26 17:39:48 +0000
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philippeal1 La faim tue plus qu'Ebola, mais l'occ...
13126 Wed Oct 08 20:07:47 +0000
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_Leahyates If Ebola was a haircut http://t.co/YC...
12489 Mon Oct 13 03:01:04 +0000
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TweetLikeAGirI Ebola was mentioned in The Lizzie McG...
12098 Thu Oct 09 04:42:26 +0000
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DrogadoSoy Ojalá el Ébola pase por Las Vegas; po... Colombia
11975 Thu Oct 09 21:08:20 +0000
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TweetLikeAGirI I KNOW WHO CAN CURE EBOLA http://t.co...
11905 Mon Oct 13 00:31:47 +0000
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ImLizzieM Ebola was mentioned in The Lizzie McG... The Digital Bean
11026 Sat Oct 11 15:54:35 +0000
2014
AverageGoal Not catching ebola.
10999 Fri Oct 10 04:35:59 +0000 2014 shevil_ I pray Ebola doesn't effect anyone I ... plottin
10806 Thu Oct 09 20:03:21 +0000
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luke_brooks "Can you be my first kiss, I don't ha... Melbourne, Australia
10088 Wed Oct 15 22:20:02 +0000
2014
WhiteHouse #Ebola is NOT spread through:
1. ...
Washington, DC
9966 Tue Oct 28 19:07:13 +0000
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RelatableQuote When you thought you had a cold but y...
9455 Tue Oct 28 02:09:38 +0000
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tarareba722 エボラ報道については、（陰性だったという話も大事かもしれんが）一番大
事なこ...
東京
9382 Thu Oct 16 03:07:09 +0000
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sammyROLLSTRONG I pray Ebola doesn't effect anyone I ... Tampa FL USA
9371 Tue Oct 07 18:11:39 +0000
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MejoresTwits Ordenan matar al perro de la enferma ...
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