Figure 1
New Norwegian Twitter accounts created per month, with interface language settings current as of February 2016.
Figure 2
Norwegian Twittersphere network. Edges not shown. Nodes positioned using Force Atlas 2 algorithm in Gephi (Jacomy et al. 2014); node colour gradient from blue to red represents increasing number of followers.
Figure 3
Norwegian Twittersphere network. Node colour based on Louvain community detection algorithm (modularity resolution 0.5; Blondel et al. 2008), implemented in Gephi. Clusters labelled following qualitative review of leading accounts in each community.
Table 1
Key activity metrics for the 30 largest clusters
| Cluster Name | Accounts in group | Protected | Verified | Median join date | Total tweets | Tweets per account | Average tweets per day | Median tweets per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blogs & Humour | 131,311 | 4,855 | 3 | 23.07.2012 | 100,736,580 | 767.16 | 0.6840 | 0.0258 |
| Oslo/National News & Culture | 118,483 | 980 | 5 | 05.08.2013 | 7,721,647 | 65.17 | 0.0966 | 0.0007 |
| Sports: Football | 55,107 | 1,047 | 61 | 01.05.2012 | 32,649,497 | 592.47 | 0.4078 | 0.0146 |
| Music & Radio | 38,094 | 1,106 | 72 | 07.12.2011 | 17,978,740 | 471.96 | 0.2811 | 0.0118 |
| Online Entertainment | 36,969 | 618 | 6 | 12.06.2013 | 15,610,716 | 422.27 | 0.5028 | 0.0199 |
| Comedy | 34,845 | 1,297 | 2 | 17.01.2012 | 12,155,711 | 348.85 | 0.2022 | 0.0071 |
| Netizens | 34,033 | 1,652 | 10 | 29.05.2010 | 17,344,820 | 509.65 | 0.3689 | 0.0129 |
| Others | 22,126 | 910 | 6 | 26.08.2012 | 8,240,985 | 372.46 | 0.3333 | 0.0056 |
| Travel & Leisure | 21,715 | 881 | 12 | 28.04.2012 | 13,018,976 | 599.54 | 0.4179 | 0.0051 |
| Development & Environment Policy | 19,256 | 752 | 18 | 23.08.2012 | 7,017,327 | 364.42 | 0.2932 | 0.0100 |
| Troms/Nordland News | 18,285 | 691 | 1 | 16.05.2012 | 4,246,332 | 232.23 | 0.1527 | 0.0031 |
| Western Country News | 17,478 | 630 | 08.04.2012 | 3,664,045 | 209.64 | 0.1487 | 0.0036 | |
| Business & Innovation | 17,299 | 616 | 4 | 07.07.2012 | 3,535,449 | 204.37 | 0.1665 | 0.0036 |
| Political Debate | 16,763 | 450 | 6 | 27.01.2012 | 9,751,181 | 581.71 | 0.3220 | 0.0167 |
| Cultural Debate | 16,711 | 614 | 5 | 30.01.2012 | 6,656,536 | 398.33 | 0.2273 | 0.0103 |
| Science, Innovation & Education | 14,309 | 610 | 11.04.2012 | 5,140,675 | 359.26 | 0.2200 | 0.0089 | |
| Health Policy | 13,742 | 507 | 5 | 20.09.2012 | 3,780,448 | 275.10 | 0.1906 | 0.0052 |
| Music & Entertainment | 11,242 | 178 | 06.10.2012 | 927,497 | 82.50 | 0.0667 | 0.0009 | |
| Religion & Politics | 10,076 | 397 | 1 | 29.02.2012 | 2,840,294 | 281.89 | 0.1665 | 0.0068 |
| Social Elites & Satire | 9,854 | 277 | 2 | 05.06.2012 | 1,017,314 | 103.24 | 0.0841 | 0.0007 |
| Business & Media | 9,240 | 757 | 1 | 23.04.2012 | 27,420,052 | 2,967.54 | 1.9127 | 0.0890 |
| Trøndelag News | 7,271 | 468 | 17.04.2012 | 3,454,163 | 475.06 | 0.3217 | 0.0190 | |
| Food & Drink | 6,957 | 259 | 14.05.2012 | 1,993,346 | 286.52 | 0.2221 | 0.0048 | |
| Sunnmøre News & Culture | 6,567 | 316 | 30.03.2012 | 2,787,846 | 424.52 | 0.2706 | 0.0158 | |
| Photography | 6,055 | 343 | 1 | 01.03.2012 | 2,075,153 | 342.72 | 0.2139 | 0.0099 |
| Irony and Curiosa | 5,278 | 194 | 04.04.2012 | 1,579,698 | 299.30 | 0.2087 | 0.0086 | |
| Hordaland/Bergen News | 4,493 | 165 | 05.06.2012 | 1,097,836 | 244.34 | 0.1451 | 0.0035 | |
| Østfold News | 3,550 | 185 | 24.03.2012 | 1,078,426 | 303.78 | 0.1702 | 0.0029 | |
| Oslo Region | 3,165 | 267 | 17.06.2012 | 3,058,934 | 966.49 | 1.0260 | 0.0314 | |
| Gambling | 2,976 | 116 | 20.08.2012 | 670,343 | 225.25 | 0.1566 | 0.0042 | |
| Sexuality | 2,826 | 132 | 19.11.2012 | 1,448,780 | 512.66 | 0.6536 | 0.0066 | |
| Total | 716,076 | 22,270 | 221 | 08.07.2012 | 320,699,347 | 447.86 | 0.3544 | 0.0066 |
[i] Comments: List ordered by number of accounts in each cluster. ‘Others’ is a merged category of remaining, small clusters.
Table 2
Key interconnectivity metrics for the 30 largest clusters
| Cluster Name | External connections (within Norway) | Internal connections | E-I index | Accounts receiving in-cluster edges (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blogs & Humour | 105,580 | 108,279 | −0.01 | 84 |
| Oslo/National News & Culture | 137,996 | 38,945 | 0.56 | 34 |
| Sports: Football | 148,587 | 42,748 | 0.55 | 77 |
| Music & Radio | 131,715 | 28,498 | 0.64 | 74 |
| Online Entertainment | 56,123 | 23,501 | 0.41 | 63 |
| Comedy | 103,527 | 24,287 | 0.62 | 65 |
| Netizens | 128,251 | 30,409 | 0.62 | 87 |
| Others | 68,682 | 14,714 | 0.65 | 67 |
| Travel & Leisure | 91,932 | 16,338 | 0.70 | 76 |
| Development & Environment Policy | 107,269 | 16,478 | 0.73 | 90 |
| Troms/Nordland News | 67,720 | 15,938 | 0.62 | 86 |
| Western Country News | 60,573 | 14,160 | 0.62 | 82 |
| Business & Innovation | 93,165 | 13,412 | 0.75 | 77 |
| Political Debate | 117,442 | 13,749 | 0.79 | 81 |
| Cultural Debate | 93,687 | 14,193 | 0.74 | 85 |
| Science, Innovation & Education | 93,286 | 12,394 | 0.77 | 88 |
| Health Policy | 82,485 | 11,490 | 0.76 | 87 |
| Music & Entertainment | 14,267 | 3,985 | 0.56 | 37 |
| Religion & Politics | 59,466 | 8,831 | 0.74 | 84 |
| Social Elites & Satire | 28,997 | 3,086 | 0.81 | 31 |
| Business & Media | 137,708 | 8,397 | 0.89 | 88 |
| Trøndelag News | 22,950 | 6,380 | 0.56 | 86 |
| Food & Drink | 53,193 | 5,400 | 0.82 | 79 |
| Sunnmøre News & Culture | 27,212 | 5,583 | 0.66 | 88 |
| Photography | 25,621 | 5,217 | 0.66 | 91 |
| Irony and Curiosa | 14,470 | 4,584 | 0.52 | 84 |
| Hordaland/Bergen News | 33,295 | 3,294 | 0.82 | 72 |
| Østfold News | 30,769 | 3,076 | 0.82 | 86 |
| Oslo Region | 7,067 | 2,549 | 0.47 | 81 |
| Gambling | 22,391 | 2,463 | 0.80 | 84 |
| Sexuality | 15,278 | 1,765 | 0.79 | 61 |
[i] Comments: List ordered by number of accounts in each cluster (see Table 1).