Topsy in Action
Blog category for examples of how Topsy identified a trend or was used to conduct analysis.
Sentiment for #NFL plummets with replacement refs
Last night’s 14-12 victory for Seattle over Green Bay might have ended well for the Seahawks, but both teams were frustrated with the inconsistent calls made by replacement referees. With…
Visualizing Election Sentiment
In August, Topsy and Twitter partnered with polling firms The Mellman Group and North Star Opinion Research to bring you the Twitter Political Index. This project, called “Twindex” for short,…
Over 16,000 Tweets Per Minute During #iPhone5 Launch
Apple’s newest version of the iPhone – the iPhone 5 – was officially revealed today at a San Francisco conference. This highly anticipated new iPhone gained a lot of attention…
RNC vs DNC in Tweets
Political junkies worldwide took to Twitter over the past two weeks to voice opinions about the Conventions. Here at Topsy, we wondered: how did the numbers stack up between Parties?…
“We the People” on Twitter
In September 2011, The Obama administration released an online project called “We the People”, an easy to use web-based petitioning system that allows anyone over the age of 13 to…
Election 2012: Twindex values for Swing States and Key Issues
To complement the Twitter Political Index (or “Twindex”, for short) and USA Today’s Election Meter, we will also publish a series of reports with deeper analysis such as swing state…
Super PACs and Sentiment
Excessively negative political advertisements seem to be flowing freely from both sides of this year’s Presidential race. Rather than extolling the virtues of either candidate, messages from both official campaigns…
2012 Heat Wave: Tweets Reflect Temperature
Across the United States, Summer 2012 so far has seen some of the hottest temperatures in history. Record-breaking highs in the Midwest, the South, and particularly on the East Coast…
Oil price jumps on Twitter – Topsy identifies false rumors
Traders dream of being able to act on information before it hits the wire services, and social networks like Twitter provide access to this. But social media, like chatter around…
@MarsCuriosity: Live-tweeting a Mars Landing
Summer 2012 has seen an explosion of scientific chatter on the social Web. With the #Higgs boson discovery in July marking the first widely-tweeted-about topic in a heavily academic realm,…