Twitter recently launched their own native analytics platform for all users and now you can get some quality data about your tweets directly from Twitter.
After researching over a thousand Twitter tools for the Twitter Toolbook, I came across many Twitter analytics and visualization tools. These Twitter tools are designed to add value by presenting a different way to visualize or analyze your tweets, people in your network, and tweets from people in your network.
Many tools tried to add value and failed. At least they tried. That’s why this list is only eight Twitter tools long, instead of the original ten. Two Twitter tools could not stand the test of time.
The following tools, however, stand out in my mind as outstanding or fun, and I recommend you check them out if you want to analyze and visualize your Twitter activity.
1. TweepsMap
TweepsMap is a great Twitter tool to analyze and visualize your Twitter network.
As its name suggests, it does this by showing you how your followers are distributed on a map, in percentage terms.
Below you can see the distribution of my followers. Obviously most of my followers are in the US and Canada, however it is interesting to know where my followers are across the globe.
This follower data can also be viewed at the province/state level, as seen below, or even at the city level.
TweepsMap also offers other great analytics options, such as the ability to see inactive people you follow who haven’t tweeted in three or six months.
Here are some of the other powerful features of Tweepsmap.
online followers worldwide, interactively and at the city level. Discover followers and influencers by location so you can design campaigns accordingly.
Smart publishing. Live publishing based on followers’ interests at that moment, Best time to tweet (by region), tweet scheduler and more.
Analyze influencers and competitors. Comprehensive analysis of each account (including competitors).
Best time to tweet. This new Tweepsmap feature shows you the best time to tweet based on when your followers are online, and also based on the best amplification potential for your tweets (your followers’ followers).
Schedule tweets to be sent automatically at the best time. Schedule a daily number of tweets, every day in the future, set the repeat frequency (if any), edit when required – and Tweepsmap will automatically choose time of day (based on your best time to tweet profile).
Increase/decrease by region: absolute number, as well as delta in daily, weekly, monthly or custom dates by campaign dates.
Measure impact and reach so you can rate
UNIQUE. Deep analysis and engagement.
There are too many other great features of TweepsMap to describe at length here, but I will be doing a full review of this Twitter tool in the near future, so stay tuned for that, and check them out in the meantime!
2. Twitonomy
Twitonomy is a powerful Twitter analytics platform that I discovered after it was founded @MattFyot contacted me on Twitter.
This free service is actually very powerful and I am impressed with all the different analysis methods it offers.
To give you a better idea, here is a screenshot of my Twitonomy profile:
3. Visible Tweets
Visible Tweets is a way to view tweets based on keywords or username.
This Twitter visualization tool is basically a screensaver that presents your tweets.
4. Tweetstats
Tweetstats is, you guessed it, statistics for Twitter. And solid stats at that. Check out this tool for a glimpse of your tweeting style and trends.
5. Portwiture
Portwiture is definitely one of the most unique visual Twitter apps you’ll find. Instead of tag clouds or graphs, Portwiture lets you visualize your tweets in pictures.
6. Foller.me
Foller.me is a nice free Twitter analytics tool that lets you quickly analyze important statistics for any Twitter user.
My favorite features of this tool are the analysis of topics, hashtags and mentions.
Other cool features of foller.me include the times of day you usually tweet, sharing your last 100 tweets and more!
7. Tweet Archivist
Tweet Archivist was built by Mix Online, a think tank of designers and developers at Microsoft.
Some of the interesting features of this tool include:
- Main users
- Key words
- Primary URLs
- Tweet vs. Retweet ratio
- Resources (Tools) Tweets are sent with
8. Follow my Hashtag
Track My Hashtag is an AI-powered way to track a hashtag, mention or Twitter user.
The top five use cases for their app include:
Hashtag tracking in real time
Track every Hashtag, Keyword or @account mention on Twitter in real time and see the result in our online dashboard
Historical hashtag data
Get historical Twitter data about any hashtag or search term from 2006 to the present
Hashtag Analysis of the Competition
Analyze all your competitors’ activities to plan your social media marketing strategy and track their top hashtags
Find key influencers
Find all the most influential Twitter users who are responsible for promoting each Hashtag campaign on Twitter
Measure and analyze
Measure the reach of your Twitter Hashtag campaign with the help of our AI-driven analytics platform
By far my favorite Twitter analytics tool isTweepsMap.
TweepsMap is a major reason why I’ve been able to consistently get great results on Twitter.
Using this tool, I am more aware than ever of where my network is from and what is happening within it.
Check it out to get a better idea of how it might work for you.
Feedback
How do you analyze and visualize your tweets and Twitter presence? Tell us in the comments below!
