The Heineken Cup
Twitter Sentiment Analysis of traffic on 21st May 2011
Sentiment Analysis on the Twitter traffic associated with Leinster twitter traffic on the 21st May 2011.
We're looking at the sentiment levels of all the tweets tagged with #leinster #leinsterrugby, as well as tweets referencing Leinster that are not tagged around the Heineken Cup final on the 21st May 2011.
Not all tweets within this stream are followers of Leinster ;) Many can be commenting, favourable or unfavourably on the game or otherwise. However, the overall bulk relate to the match and can be taken as a statistical snapshot.
Graph of Sentiment v.s Time
We've only flagged some points on the graph. The points indicated mark the approximate start of the event.
Leinster Twitter Traffic Word Cloud
You don't appear to have flash....you'll need it to see the fancy flash version..meanwhile here is the basic data...
game
heineken
come
best
go
!
comeback
c'mon
cup
great
win
northampton
match
time
up
done
now
second
well
twts
half
leinster
good
today
team
back
final
cardiff
rugby
sexton
- The graph illustrates relative sentiment levels
- The higher up the graph, the more positive (ie, happier) the sentiment or mood.
- The time scale is not linear (ie. it is uneven) - due to parsity of tweets at certain points.
- Tweets relating to an event or act can lag the initial appearance by a few minutes and can continue for some time after.
More Notes:
- A proprietary algorithm which we have developed and customised for twitter colloquialisms has been applied to determine the sentiment.
- The sentiment score has compared favourably to human marked sentiment.
- The base traffic stream has been treated as a non-linear time series and filtering and downsampling have been applied.
Check out our 'knexsymap' - visual representation of all geocoded tweets Mapping Irish Tweets
Here is some data extracted from the traffic...
(tip..hover over any user in feed to get profile details.)Top Retweeted Users
(36) ppaudioteampaddypoweraudioteamTallafornia baby!
827 Followers521 Friends
10004 Tweets Tallafornia baby! Weeks on Twitter: 35
(34) cooper_mMatt CooperIreland
21647 Followers357 Friends
2950 Tweets Presenter of The Last Word from 4.30-7.00 on Today FM. Author, columnist (Sunday Times, Irish Examiner) and TV3 sports host. Rush fan! Weeks on Twitter: 107
(20) leinsterrugbyleinsterrugbyLeinster
13413 Followers75 Friends
2735 Tweets 12 COUNTY ARMY Weeks on Twitter: 123
(19) bluemagicrugbyBlue MagicLeinster
488 Followers61 Friends
338 Tweets Celebrating Blue Magic rugby moments wherever they may happen throughout Leinster. Weeks on Twitter: 27
(15) connachtrugbyConnacht RugbyGalway, Ireland
1962 Followers135 Friends
589 Tweets One of four professionalrugby teams in Ireland based in Galway Weeks on Twitter: 86
(13) patmcardlePat McArdleDublin and Castlebellingham
712 Followers411 Friends
2465 Tweets Communication advisor, services marketing specialist, sometime producer for film and TV, speaker, accredited mediator, farmer. Coffee junkie. Weeks on Twitter: 210
(12) sineadkissaneSinéad KissaneDublin, Ireland
572 Followers137 Friends
412 Tweets TV3 Sports Reporter from Kerry. All views expressed are my own. Weeks on Twitter: 15
(12) therdsRoyal Dublin SocietyDublin, Ireland
1173 Followers210 Friends
1522 Tweets Founded in 1731, the RDS continues to fulfil its commitment to promote excellence, encourage development and advance awareness within its Foundation activities. Weeks on Twitter: 86
(12) howyadooinMark O'DonohoeCork, Ireland.
329 Followers638 Friends
2838 Tweets Cork, Ireland. Weeks on Twitter: 117
(11) weloveheaslipJamie Heaslip Fans
290 Followers241 Friends
1217 Tweets WE LOVE JAMIE HEASLIP cause hes AMAZING!! simple as that Team WeloveHeaslip @frances_21 & @Rugbygirl86xxx Uniting Jamie Heaslip fans! Weeks on Twitter: 11
(11) the_kenmeisterThe KenmeisterD4
201 Followers267 Friends
2013 Tweets Kielys regular, Krystle occassionalist & Leinster purist. Verified account. Weeks on Twitter: 51
(11) harpinonrugbyJL PaganoDublin, Ireland
1559 Followers1046 Friends
14397 Tweets Providing Leinster & Ireland rugby content 24/7. I'm happy to RT if you're selling tickets, but your tweet MUST contain words 'face value'. Weeks on Twitter: 96
(10) damoandivorDamo & IvorDublin, Ireland
708 Followers19 Friends
114 Tweets Comedy Goldfish presents the debut single from Damo & Ivor - Everybody's Drinkin'. Download it now on iTunes! PR enquiries: comedygoldfish@gmail.com Weeks on Twitter: 3
(9) ciaran_oCiarán Ó RaghallaighIreland
1019 Followers231 Friends
6883 Tweets Ireland Weeks on Twitter: 110
(8) knexsyknexsyDublin
353 Followers0 Friends
1783 Tweets Dublin Weeks on Twitter: 15
(8) thesheepshaggerthesheepshagger Dublin
123 Followers189 Friends
1934 Tweets Weeks on Twitter: 102
(8) hunni_hHelena iPhone: 0.000000,0.000000
614 Followers776 Friends
19247 Tweets Massive sports fan (especailly F1 and rugby) usually found drinking or dancing or both!!! If I can talk about it I'll tweet about it!! Weeks on Twitter: 118
(8) leinsterleoLeo the LionIn my den
1080 Followers51 Friends
115 Tweets In my den Weeks on Twitter: 16
(7) laurenmm10Lauren MDublin,Ireland
86 Followers219 Friends
2226 Tweets Love rugby,music,glee,live in dublin! Weeks on Twitter: 47
(7) rosiedavisonRosanna DavisonDublin/London
6727 Followers705 Friends
4222 Tweets Miss World 2003! Model, columnist, TV personality, blogger, illustrator, currently studying Biomedicine, UCD graduate in History of Art & Sociology. Tweet me! x Weeks on Twitter: 69
Top Retweeted texts
- (38) Brian O’Driscoll has more international caps than the whole of the Northampton team combined #leinsterrugby #stat
- (34) Has any Irish team ever pulled off a recovery as brilliant as that in any sport? Awesome #Leinster. Even us munstermen watched in awe.
- (16) Team back in Dublin to warm reception in Dublin airport...#LEINSTER
- (15) Heineken Cup here we come! Huge congrats to @Leinsterrugby #Leinster #rugby
- (12) Via @declanflynn When the Bible said the dead would rise at 6pm on 21st May 2011 who would have expected God was a #Leinster Rugby fan?
- (11) Message from friend in cardiff. If carlsberg did cup finals, it wouldn't have a patch on heineken... #Leinster #hc
- (11) Leinster will have their homecoming at RDS tomorrow. Celebrations start from 3.30pm #leinsterrugby
- (8) #leinsterrugby #leinsterrugby #leinsterrugby #leinsterrugby #leinsterrugby #leinsterrugby #leinsterrugby #leinsterrugby # pls RT
- (8) No more sleeps! #leinsterrugby
- (7) C'mon #Leinster!!
- (7) So today is the rapture.....the end is nigh...for northampton! Dont worry dudes not the end of the world! #kencup #leinsterrugby
- (6) #leinsterrugby isn't trending? Eh come on folks get to it. Support our boys in blue
- (6) Good luck to Leinster Rugby today! Bring the trophy back home where it belongs!
- (6) Hi ho hi ho it's off to #Cardiff I go, to see #leinster play and win today, hi ho hi ho hi ho!
- (6) Massive fair play lads...yet another event to put a huge smile on our faces this week...iontach uilig #wow #leinster #proudtobeirish :) xo
- (6) #Leinster's homecoming will be at the RDS at 3:30pm tomorrow. Naturally, all are welcome. :) #heinekencup
- (5) LONSTER FOR LOIFE!  #Leinster #Lonster
- (5) When the Bible said the dead would rise at 6pm on the 21st of May 2011 who would have expected God was a #Leinster Rugby fan
- (5) #Heinekencup touches down in cardiff #leinster #northampton http://t.co/1t9gtnX
- (5) You're welcome, Connacht. #leinsterrugby
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