Twitter Statistics – Twitalyzer
Twitter has quickly become a leading service for online marketers, celebrities and now even the general public. Offline mediums such as television and newspapers are commenting on how fast Twitter is growing and many people are looking into the future as to how Twitter is going to evolve and monetise.
One of the things that interests me is statistics. Whether it’s my Google Analytics, or my number of subscribers – I will be the first to admit that I check them too often!
Say hello to twitalyzer – the newest way to track your influence and success on Twitter. By entering your Twitter username on the homepage you are instantly given statistics regarding each of the following details:
- Influence – Your overall score as determined by twitalyzer.
- Signal – The amount of information you ‘pass-on’ rather than create.
- Generosity – The amount of content that you ‘retweet’.
- Velocity – The rate at which you contribute to Twitter.
- Clout – The number of references you receive from other Twitter users.
Each of the above terms is explained in greater detail on the twitalyzer website. Below is a copy of my current statistics overview:
The data reported above was collected by the Twitalyzer on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 2:16:21 PM. When the analysis was conducted, @darrensingleton had 105 followers, 66 friends, and had published 40 updates over the previous seven days.
Influence: 0.6
Signal: 77.5%
Generosity: 15.0%
Velocity: 5.3%
Clout: 0.9%
Following your simple statistics, you can the drill down and find out how you compare with all of the other Twitter users that are tracked by twitalyzer. The service is currently only tracking 30,043 Twitter accounts, but you can help out by visiting the website and entering your own username or by taking a look at the twitalyzer turk, where you can help build their database of users.
I’d recommend taking a look at twitalyzer and seeing how you compare with their top 100 list. If you aren’t a member of Twitter yet, you should be. Why not start by following me, post a comment on this blog with your Twitter username and I will follow you back.
Do you know of any other Twitter statistics tools? Can you suggest ways of increasing my followers? Let me know in the comments, or send me a message on Twitter.
