How to Measure and Count Retweets

Twitter users can be measured and ranked by retweets.

According to a Biz Report article, retweeting is "the sincerest form of flattery." Retweeting, the act of repeating a tweet from one user to another, is tracked and ranked by many as a representation of a true following. The desire is to see if the content is going further than one person's twitter feed, and if so, to how many. People often also want to know whether this amount is more or less than that of other members in the Twitter community.

Instructions

1. Check the raw number of retweets you have received. Go to: www.Searchtwitter.com, type in "RT" and "@" followed by your user name. This will show your recent retweets. Look through for trending topics and tweets, then count within a date range and, if desired, track in a spreadsheet.

2. Set up an RSS feed for your retweets. On the search page, click the link "Feed for this query" in the upper right-hand side. It will keep you up to date on all of the people who retweet you.

3. Check your retweet rank. Go to www.retweetrank.com and enter your username. The rank represents how influential you are on Twitter. For example, if your rate number was 10, you would be the tenth-most influential member on Twitter.

4. Check your retweet percentile, which is located right below your ranking. The percentile is a score from one to 100. The 100th percentile is the best, and 0.01 the worst.

5. Increase your retweets. When typing a message you'd like to be passed on, ask your followers to retweet. The most common words in retweets are, "Please" and "RT," which stands for retweet. Therefore, by simply typing, "Please RT," you are increasing your chances of getting retweeted.

References

• Small Biz Trends: 6 Quick and Easy Tools to Measure Retweets
• Retweet Rank
• Biz Report: Measure Twitter Effectiveness By Tracking Retweets
• Mashable: The Science of Retweets