Table 1
Total number of tweets. For search queries 1 and 2, the time frame was the whole month of September (1–30 September). The time frame for search queries 3 and 4 was 28–30 September. Search query 1- ‘afib OR #afib OR atrial fibrillation OR #atrialfibrillation.’ Search query 2- ‘#afibawarenessmonth OR #afibawareness OR afib awareness OR afib awareness month OR atrial fibrillation awareness OR atrial fibrillation awareness month OR #atrialfibrillationawareness OR #atrialfibrillationawarenessmonth.’ Search query 3- ‘use heart OR #useheart.’ Search query 4- ‘world heart day OR heart day OR #whd OR whd OR #worldheartday OR #heartday.’
| ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TWEETS (SEARCH QUERY 1) | TWEETS SPECIFC TO AFIB AWARENESS MONTH (SEARCH QUERY 2) | TWEETS SPECIFIC TO WORLD HEART DAY DEDICATED KEYWORD – #USEHEART OR USE HEART (SEARCH QUERY 3) | TWEETS SPECIFIC TO WORLD HEART DAY (SEARCH QUERY 4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7,475 | 549 | 3,148 | 31,996 |
| 2015 | 6,996 | 613 | 2,599 | 56,927 |
| 2016 | 10,332 | 837 | 7,466 | 86,820 |
| 2017 | 11,503 | 2,348 | 3,361 | 61,169 |
| 2018 | 21,906 | 2,112 | 5,176 | 1,20,707 |
| 2019 | 14,150 | 2,082 | 6,772 | 69,790 |
| 2020 | 13,456 | 1,791 | 23,578 | 1,48,823 |
| 2021 | 15,759 | 1,660 | 14,900 | 1,24,668 |
| 2022 | 12,905 | 980 | 16,287 | 1,55,797 |
Figure 1
Hashtag network analysis of the search query- ‘afib OR #afib OR atrial fibrillation OR #atrialfibrillation.’