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Published February 23, 2023 | Version 2023-01
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Monthly Samples of German Tweets (2023)

Creators

  • 1. Lübeck University of Applied Sciences

Description

This dataset contains German tweets and Twitter accounts recorded from the public Twitter Streaming API using the following filters:

  • terms: 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', and 'n'
  • language: 'de'

This filter combination should record a 1% sample of (almost) all German tweets (in German, it is very unlikely that terms do not contain vowels or the frequently used character 'n').

This dataset might be helpful for the following use cases:

  • Natural language processing (focussing on Twitter specifics in German, there exist only little German datasets)
  • Social Network Analysis (Twitter network)
  • Identifying behavioural patterns (retweeting, quoting, replying, hate speech, ...)
  • Sharing political (or other domain-specific) content
  • Bot detection
  • and more ...

This dataset will be updated monthly. Each sample (starting in April 2019) will follow the following naming pattern:

  • german-tweet-sample-<YEAR>-<MONTH>.zip (size: ~ 1GB)

It will contain several bunches of recorded JSON gzipped files.

Files

Restricted

The record is publicly accessible, but files are restricted to users with access.

Request access

If you would like to request access to these files, please fill out the form below.

You need to satisfy these conditions in order for this request to be accepted:

  • The dataset may be used for academic research only. Such research must follow the Twitter terms of usage and user privacy.
  • Access is granted only for research or educational institution accounts (email address).
  • The dataset may not be used commercially or for mass surveillance.
  • Further exclusions of use may be decided based on the access request.

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