Dissecting the Reach and Impact of Twitter’s Top Voices

Twitter has been at the centre of numerous controversies because of the influence of some of the largest accounts on the platform. The top 100 twitter accounts (by following) have an estimated total following of around 4.1 billion. We have seen how the top voices of Twitter can sway political opinion, impact financial markets, set trends, and even stir up hatred. Naturally, as a data scientist I was curious about what patterns could be revealed through a deep dive analysis over their tweets. The rest of this post delves into my efforts to comprehend the nature of the influence of these accounts by examining the relationships between them. I will use clustering algorithms and statistical analysis to uncover patterns within and across clusters. I hope to gain a deeper understand of the nature of the influence these top voices have. <a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/dissecting-the-reach-and-impact-of-twitters-top-voices-52262ef58b40">Website</a>