Twitter Visualization Tools

Twitter visualization tools provide users with graphics of information such as geographic data.

The social media website Twitter provides a wealth of data about the habits of its users based on their status updates. Third-party tools compile the information providing insight into demographics and interests of Twitter users. In order to comprehend this information, some tools organize Twitter data in easy-to-understand graphical interfaces giving a visual overview of aggregated statistics.

Twitaholic

Twitaholic tracks the most popular Twitter users and shows them in graphical lists based on overall popularity, location, number of updates and twitter account age. Visitors to Twitaholic.com can also enter a Twitter username and receive a report of statistics and rankings for a particular user. Statistics in the individual report include twitter popularity rankings, most used tags and a graph of follower statistics.

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TwitterVision

TwitterVision is a tool for geographic visualization of messages. It shows real-times status messages of Twitter users across the globe on a map. TwitterVision is powered by Google Maps. Each time a Twitter user makes an update, the map shifts to the geographic location of that tweet. The tool is also available as an iPhone application. The mobile version lets users see local status updates, search for keywords and mark favorites.

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Trendistic

Trendistic shows detailed statistics of the most popular trending topics on Twitter every hour. Charts of trends are also available in several other time intervals such as 24 hours, seven days and 30 days. Visitors to Trendistic.com can enter a keyword and view the word's Twitter popularity on Trendistic dynamically generated charts. Clicking on chart data points gives information such as a description of the topic and a link to further information on the subject. Users can also embed Trendistic charts on their websites.

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Analytic.ly

Analytic.ly provides consumers and businesses with in-depth analyses of Twitter users. Twitter trending topics and conversations can be compiled into custom reports. The commercial service will monitor a company's brand name, topics of interests and other keywords over time in order to provide historical data and tracking information. Reports include user retweets, mentions, geographic data and user gender data. The information is compiled into graphs, charts and images.

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Grafitter

Grafitter gives Twitters users information on their own tweeting habits. The web-based tool provides insight on twitter habits and patterns. It visualizes your Twitter updates using keywords and hashtags as the basis for its graphical tools. Users update their status on Twitter using a format specified by Graffiter and the service compiles this information for users. Graffiti can also compile information from other social media, instant messaging and blogging services giving users a comprehensive overview of their online habits.

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References

• Twitaholic
• Twittervision
• Trendistic
• Analytic.ly
• Grafitter

Resources

• TwitterVision for the iPhone
• Harvard Business Review: Four Ways of Looking at Twitter