However, we have noticed that a significant proportion of people connect their Foursquare accounts into Twitter, to auto-update their statuses when checking in to places.

We have analyzed every single tweet in South Africa for the past 6 months containing Foursquare checkins and mayorships, and found the following figures:

Total number of check-ins and mayorships: 45000 over the last 6 months

Total number of unique users checking in: 7800

Top locations being checked into, country wide:

Neighbourhood, a restaurant / bar in Cape Town, has been the single most checked into place in the country, as extrapolated via Twitter results.

Rafikis comes in spot number 2, which is also a bar in Cape Town. It seems that Cape Town, as shown by Fuseware’s Twitter stats from last year, also seems to be the early adopter crowd for Foursquare.

Beyond that, we have a collection of pubs, restaurants, gyms and airports that trail close behind.

Top 5 users Checking In

There are a couple of die-hard Foursquare users already, with @lindirudnicki coming at the top – averaging two checkins per day for the last 6 months.

Traffic Statistics for Foursquare: (excluding those using the Foursquare app)

Audience Interests for Foursquare:(excluding those using the Foursquare app)

So What Are the Absolute Numbers?
We can make an educated guess taking into account multiple data sources, that there are any number between 30000 and 50000 users in South Africa on Foursquare. Although this shows that the network still has a way to go before it becomes mainstream, explosive viral growth is not out of the question. The active number of Twitter users in May of last year was given as 55000, and this number has grown nearly 10 fold since then.

Important Note

This data does not in any way represent the overall usage of Foursquare in SA. It shows how Foursquare is being used by everyone in the country that has connected their Foursquare accounts to Twitter, and who accesses Foursquare on a browser instead of the application. However, we can still make some useful extrapolations from this data.

If you need more data for a specific venue, please contact us.

As the days progressed, South Africans had their voices and sentiments heard on Twitter. We have analyzed these mentions to see exactly what we said. All results in this post are from South Africans talking about Oslo on Twitter.

Word Cloud

As seen above, the word cloud shows how people discussed the terrorist attack. It was linked it to a Christian bomber, as well as accusations of Isreal’s Mossad being behind the attack. In light of the recent death of Amy Winehouse, some people felt it important to mention their condolences for both tragedies in the same tweet.

Sentiment Graph

Our state of the art sentiment algorithm shows that most people felt extreme uneasiness and sadness regarding the incidents, but there was a notable lack of other negative emotions such as anger and loathing.

Overall Sentiment

The overall sentiment was highly negative, of course. The scale sits at 25%, indicating very high negativity in the mentions.

Top Emotions

We matched the emotive words used in all tweets to show a word cloud of top emotions.

Top Locations

Most tweets originated from Johannesburg. We also picked up on a few tweets from tourists within the country talking about the tragedy, notably the U.S.A.

Most Influential Hashtags

Most hashtags were related to the attacks directly. This shows the top hashtags used in tweets over the last few days after the attack.

Most Active Users

These users are the ones that tweeted most about the attack. User @whumba is at the top, which appears to be an Islam related account.

Most Mentioned Users

Gareth Cliff from 5FM was the most mentioned user in all Oslo related tweets. This was due to the reweet of his tweet, as given in the top tweets below:

Top Tweets

The top tweet, most influential and retweeted by SA, was created by 5FM’s Gareth Cliff.

What we found was predictable, but also insightful. The DA is much more involved in online interactions, and this is apparent from its online reach and discussions. The ANC’s online chatter revolves mainly around the infamous Julius Malema, and is largely negative. One can make the assumption that DA’s main following corresponds to higher LSM groups, which interact more often online, and thus has greater support in the online community.

DA Top Tweets

	From	Followers	Tweet	Date
	busrep	27916	DA sets sights on Joburg http://bit.ly/fEZiw6	10:01, 29 Mar 2011
	News24	26602	DA lays charges against Shaik http://n24.cm/hFNjCL	23:00, 28 Mar 2011
	helenzille	22538	RT @GvanOnselen: The 1st DA Delivery Daily Fact is up. Read all about how the DA has delivered for the poor in CT: http://bit.ly/g2KdOs	10:36, 29 Mar 2011
	LuloCafe	18277	LOL I never noticed RT @Eyeunderm: @MrMawe2 on channel o , haai @LuloCafe you dudes laugh da same way lol	13:06, 29 Mar 2011
	ewnupdates	9598	DA accuses ANC of underhanded tactics http://bit.ly/gZZgOX	08:54, 29 Mar 2011
	702land	9391	#OnAIR #EWnews DA not worried about defections – The Democratic Alliance on Tuesday said it is not worried about def… http://ht.ly/1bXyX5	10:23, 29 Mar 2011

DA Top Hashtags

ANC Top Tweets

	From	Followers	Tweet	Date
	busrep	27918	‘Govt newspaper is ANC propaganda’ http://bit.ly/hAfra5	15:46, 28 Mar 2011
	News24	26609	ANC vs ANC on May 18 – report http://n24.cm/hkkDsK	21:31, 27 Mar 2011
	davidkau1	24891	Shame some black people just want a t-shirt to wear… DA, ANC, COPE. Just cos they wear it don’t mean they Vote it #freeT-shirtTweet	19:03, 28 Mar 2011
	702JohnRobbie	13864	Julius Malema has criticised President Zuma’s leadership and his Libyan policy. Will the ANC take action against him?	07:08, 29 Mar 2011
	khayadlanga	12689	RT @BusinessDayDigi: Aubrey Matshiqi on why poverty is the catalyst for instability in the ANC http://bit.ly/eW040R	09:00, 28 Mar 2011
	trevorgumbi	10833	Statue of Dr John Langalibalele Dube, founder & 1st president of the ANC at his home in inanda http://plixi.com/p/87029309	16:42, 26 Mar 2011
	ewnupdates	9599	Zille hits out at ’crony-driven’ ANC http://bit.ly/hRvnNO	16:00, 28 Mar 2011
	702land	9391	#OnAIR #EWnews W.C ANC confident it will meet IEC deadline – The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape… http://ht.ly/1bVqsk	09:22, 25 Mar 2011
	MelBala	9356	Interesting how Helen Zille has co-opted the ANC catch phrase of "A better life for all"…? #DAManifestoLaunch	13:01, 26 Mar 2011
	steve_hofmeyr	8977	Mooi dag hier. Boardwalk vanaand. Waar is die beste sushi in PE? Meanwhile: Zille slag die ANC op SABC. Kan die Bulle die Leeus slag?	13:15, 26 Mar 2011

ANC Top Hashtags

• Standard Bank is clearly the least liked of all banks, according to online Twitter conversations assessed by the Social Insights platform.
• FNB receives the most online exposure, with 140 conversations occurring just this morning about the popular bank.
• FNB and Standard Bank have the most engagement, clearly responding to user’s complaints and queries. The other two banks have negligible responses on Twitter.
• Most conversations around the banks are not complaints, but news and updates surrounding what the banks are up to (e.g. website launches, sponsorships. events).

Absa

Most Influential Recent Tweets

	From	Followers	Tweet	Date
	MphoMaboi	14507	Pta. Absa Tuks stadium RT @tidoo: MphoMaboi where u working today?	07:22, 19 Mar 2011
	trevorgumbi	10549	{Oh no, not in THESE shorts ! Aarrgghh}RT @MaggsN: trevorgumbi just saw you at absa.	08:45, 22 Mar 2011
	kojobaffoe	5356	@Akona1 @hardymac I eventually just opened ABSA acc & used Western Union until they wouldn’t let me coz I didn’t have an ID	08:19, 19 Mar 2011
	ThatoMoeng	4154	Eish u can say dat again-thy culdnt even give me three month bank state last week SMH RT @Weezithegr8: ABSA’s (cont) http://tl.gd/9dfeeb	20:15, 21 Mar 2011
	TechCentral	3394	TechCentral latest, Absa explains downtime as maintenance – http://bit.ly/h4RENX	14:55, 18 Mar 2011

FNB

Most Influential Recent Tweets

	From	Followers	Tweet	Date
	khayadlanga	12436	Nice ad there for FNB @SizweDhlomo lol!	21:30, 18 Mar 2011
	jasonzoopy	7083	i see FNB has joined us in no longer supporting IE6. hallelujah. http://is.gd/1Ha9RY	11:28, 22 Mar 2011
	FrankySA	6077	RT @djmzi: Fnb Melville must be the slowest branch I know ✗are u withdrawing our travel money?✗	10:59, 19 Mar 2011
	kojobaffoe	5356	Interesting. From responses, FNB seems to be lesser of all evils for most (that responded).	22:08, 21 Mar 2011
	followthebounce	3990	RT @bulltj: @followthebounce I think Hugh is already pissed! Apparently we played the final at Fnb stadium last year!	19:11, 19 Mar 2011

Nedbank

Most Influential Recent Tweets

	From	Followers	Tweet	Date
	Amakhosi_Fans	3054	Nedbank Cup dates, venues & times http://bit.ly/gHP4hj	14:55, 20 Mar 2011
	OG_Molefe	2073	Ko Sonap, they took out that Nedbank ATM. RT @BongieSA: @OG_Molefe ATM bombing kae? Ke ko kasi and haven’t been told anything yet.	13:48, 20 Mar 2011
	Orlando_Pirates	1330	The Premier Soccer League has released the dates and times for the Nedbank Cup. Orlando Pirates’ Last 16 clash… http://fb.me/C0J3xCaj	12:06, 19 Mar 2011
	DJCapital90	1273	RT @HoNx_04: (Etv voice over) Standard BANK, nedBANK, First national BANK, only one bank matters, DJ Capital iiis #TheBank – Nimrod Nkosi	09:14, 18 Mar 2011
	laurakim123	902	Anyone else bank with Nedbank? I have been battling all day with their internet banking? Cant make payments!!!	17:42, 20 Mar 2011

Standard Bank

Most Influential Recent Tweets

	From	Followers	Tweet	Date
	OfficialCSA	18844	RT @StdBankCricket: That makes the Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras the 2011 Standard Bank Pro20 champions! #SBP20	21:15, 18 Mar 2011
	spitorswallow	6565	The staff at the Garden Centre @StandardBankGrp is really a bunch of IDIOTS. Thanks for your KAK service Standard Bank. I’ll move my money.	15:08, 17 Mar 2011
	sacricketblog	5958	The highest Standard Bank Pro20 score is 225 scored by the Eagles in 2005 – Could the Cobras better that tonight?	18:33, 18 Mar 2011
	kojobaffoe	5356	@Khetha I have 3 accounts with Standard Bank. Closing two.	22:04, 21 Mar 2011
	Sport24coza	3233	Cobras reach 166/5: The Cobras scored 166 for five after being asked to bat in the Standard Bank Pro20 final agains… http://n24.cm/hAB7j9	19:45, 18 Mar 2011

Twitter is the top medium being used to spread information regarding the devastating events happening in Libya right now. Here are some of the results we have found:

Overall, the words indicate strong indicators of violence in the region, and also mirror the support that countries such as Germany and Britain are providing to the people of Libya. The overall sentiment is positive, which is indicative of how people are reporting in neutral terms, or are expressing their positive outlook on the impending collapse of a long-standing regime. The emotional word cloud gives more insight into emotions used in these tweets:

Some of the most influential tweets of today include the following:

The top occupations if people spreading the message on Twitter indicate there is a professional bias towards journalists and writers, with photographers also covering the events as they unfold:

The top locations indicate which countries are spreading Libyan based information the most. Egypt, the Netherlands and Britain or among the top sources.

The top hashtags (Twitter keywords) are focused on key areas of the struggle, namely to do with Gaddafi and the events that occured on February 17th, 2011.

Over the world cup, there was a massive spike in Twitter usage and our systems indexed over 100’000 tourists using the medium in South Africa. The following is a list of the most popular retweets of South Africans by South Africans on Twitter during the 2010 Soccer World Cup:

Rank	Tweet	Number of retweets by SA
1	trevornoah: after 1 weekend europe wants to ban the vuvuzela- if only they acted this fast when banning slavery	124
2	seppblatter: …i don’t see banning the music traditions of fans in their own country. would you want to see a ban on the fan traditions in your country?	84
3	trevornoah: of course we support you bafana. you think we bought these yellow jerseys cause they look cool? make us proud boys!	70
4	trevornoah: dear europe to show that we have no hard feelings over the vuvuzela we have decided to give u weather that reminds u of home.	63
5	garethcliff: http://yfrog.com/j3orukj >>>he looks happy	60
6	zodiacfacts: #zodiacfacts #pisces are considered to be too ephemeral and sensitive to lead a normal day to day life	59
7	skepticsheep: "i have no special talents. i am only passionately curious." ~albert einstein	58
8	lindsaybiz: uruguay staying at vineyard hotel, newlands. go there and bang some drums all night or just call 021 657-4500 at 3am & ask for suarez	57
9	gussilber: south africans, do not do the mexican wave at soccer city on friday! it’s a trick to get us to drop our vuvuzelas.	54
10	lance_peterson: @garethcliff “i’m surprised england fans booed. i thought they were asleep” – arsene wenger. legend.	54
11	seppblatter: to answer all your messages re the vuvuzelas. i have always said that africa has a different rhythm, a different sound..	53
12	melanieminnaar: rt @jobvinesa: jobvine.co.za: restaurant manager – fourways, r11k p/m (johannesburg, south africa) apply now at http://tinyurl.com/34c6kxb	52
13	akianastasiou: google to employees: ‘mac or linux, but no more windows http://bit.ly/bhzvod	49
14	trevornoah: just saw a japanese supporter crying after the loss. his eyes were so small his tears were coming out as mist.	44
15	techcentral: techcentral latest, sa youngsters choose mxit over facebook – http://bit.ly/c3is2o	42
16	staffordmasie: just spoke 2 friend working @ twitter head office in usa. za definitely the reason they’re having capacity problems wow!!! viva vuvuzela!	42
17	jonathan_witt: @garethcliff who lives in a pineapple under the sea? spongebob squarepants! who died in the oil spill because of bp? spongebob squarepants.	42
18	trevornoah: bafana out of the world cup. look on the bright side. 23 more south africans to blow the vuvuzela!	41
19	leighannmol: this am near ct a white corsa bakkie hit a dog & carried on driving. plate: cy 289384. dog alive but injured, with the spca. name & sha	41
20	sinnsrestaurant: retweet this msg & u may win a dinner for 2 at sinn’s valued at r300! winner announced on twitter 20 july. @sinnsrestaurant	41

We have appended this to a list of the most popular users in the world cup, in terms of how many people retweeted what they said. The numbers are limited to one retweet per person to remove spammers. Take a look below:

The following is a list of the most popular hashtags on Twitter during the same period. Almost all of them are world cup related.

As you can see, all the information is very World Cup-centric. Many businesses have utilized Twitter to expand their online offering, such as MTN, Vodacom, IOL and Freight Quote.

Up until now, no extensive Twitter study has been conducted for South Africa. Fuseware has profiled millions of tweets from South Africa and tens of thousands of users to better understand the South African Tweeter. We have aggregated this information into dozens of graphs and word clouds for easy reading and dissemination.

It contains insights and demographics about what SA tweets about, when they tweet, what they tweet with and how often they do it.

The report is available absolutely free to look at and use (with attribution to Fuseware) at this link:
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